Back in December, Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry introduced a bill to extend Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE across the Anacostia River into Wards 2 and 6. Since then, the measure's gone nowhere fast, but Barry's looking to speed up the timetable a bit.
This week, Barry circulated a memo informing his colleagues that he [...]
Today marks Day 2 of the already controversial Bolt Bus era, and Jule's long-awaited maiden voyage. She called in from the road—the bus has wi-fi; Jule doesn't have a laptop—with her list:
5. There was a guy standing at 11th and G in a Bolt Bus golf shirt letting passangers know where to wait. This seemed [...]
Kojo had a pretty interesting discussion today about the plan to let people sign away their rights and let police come search their homes for guns. The deal offers amnesty for the guns — ostensibly belonging to rascally grandsons — but not for anything else. And if the gun's connected to crime, well, that's that. [...]
Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry has still more competition in his re-election bid.
Charles E. Wilson, a 32-year-old Anacostia resident, tells LL he's going to be challenging Barry for the Democratic nomination to the Ward 8 council seat. He joins longtime also-ran Sandra "S.S." Seegars and Yavocka Young, the head of the Main Street Anacostia nonprofit.
Wilson's [...]
If David Fischoff tends to look a little pasty, well, there’s a reason. Namely, he’s a guy who probably doesn’t see the light of day much—and the cold glare of a MacBook screen is a poor substitute for sun. Fischoff would rather seclude himself away in his basement apartment in Chicago or—according to his Web [...]
D.C. Hates the Planet: A reader calls in to note that among the many participants in tomorrow's Earth Hour 2008—including Chicago; San Francisco; Homer Glen, Ill.; La Grange, Texas; Asbury Park, N.J.; St. Louis, Mo.; Arlington, Va.; and the entire state of New York—Washington is not one of them. Shame on us! But feel free [...]
Last night, WJLA reported–along with everybody else–on a mysterious death inside Superior Court.
Here's what we learned today: At around 3:30 p.m., a man fell to his death from the 3rd Floor. This is the floor where a lot of your criminal cases are tried. He was described to City Desk as an African-American male in [...]
I'm an editor, and I'm feeling under siege of late.
First, Jack Shafer tells me that editors are losing a big chunk of status at the Washington Post.
And then I'm reading that the great Ted Leonsis has just unveiled his 10-point plan for reviving the newspaper biz. Point No. 8 is “Get Rid of Senior [...]
Some vernal obsessive, no doubt a poignancy fan, has demonstrated his/her enthusiasm for the change of seasons by putting leaves on traffic signs. I saw these ones down by Thompson Boat Center. Any other sightings?
Here's what At-Large Councilmember Phil Mendelson, chair of the committee on public safety and the judiciary, has to say about the hike in ambulance fees:
"The proposed fees sound steep to me....That could lead to a backlash. After all, we are talking an emergency need," he says.
He's somewhat skeptical of the argument that this is no [...]
We're suckers for a name. It's proven in this article by Gary Regan who created a tasty-sounding cocktail of single-malt Scotch (he recommends Oban or Springbank) and Canton ginger liqueur. He first named this concoction Whisky Qing after the Qing Dynasty, which is around when ginger liqueurs were first made in China. The drink went [...]
V-v-v-v-vuh. (WTOP)
All it takes is one easy step: stop reporting on water agencies! Eric Alterman's big "Out of Print" essay may have made it to the Fuego side this week, but imagine how hot it would have been if he'd had that nugget.
