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Posted by Amanda Hess on Apr. 2, 2008, at 8:59 am

* Gridskipper has your guide to surviving the Cherry Blossom Festival. Just in time: The blossoms reportedly peak tomorrow.

* Are the Caps poised to pwn into the playoffs?!!!!1 (via WTOP).

* The D.C. Council repealed a law yesterday allowing landlords of vacant buildings exemption from tenants rights laws. Graham gets "the bad guys"; Post pats self on back. Check out their interactive feature on the issue--complete with scare fonts--here.

* Prince of Petworth ponders, is it a waste to hose sidewalks instead of just sweeping them? A commenter weighs in on the complicated issue:

This lazy wastefulness was among the first DC bad habits I noticed upon moving here in ‘85. I often see the workers chasing a lone cigarette butt into the gutter with a powerful spray. In defense of hosing, there is a surprising amount of urine sprayed every night on ALL of the buildings…If you go to work before 6:30, it’s discouraging to see. So maybe a sweep for litter first, then hosing of the urine?

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Comments

1. Big Mike April 2nd, 2008
   10:14 am
   #1

   Yeah the Post did pat itself on the back a little... but I thought its series on the landlord/tenant issue was well-done, important, and timely. Granted, it wasn't nearly as earth-shattering or relevant as an interminable take down of Murray Waas or a laundry list of excerpts from the Late Night Shots website, but I guess we all have our priorities, right?

2. Amanda Hess April 2nd, 2008
   10:55 am
   #2

   I thought the series was good, to. Check it out, I linked to it in Our Morning Roundup.

3. Arthur Delaney April 2nd, 2008
   11:26 am
   #3

   Hey Big Mike!
   http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=32793

   http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2006/cover0113.html

   http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=32331

   http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=32277

   http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=278

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