Weekend in Review (WIR)
*Hey, look, Laurie Collins is speaking up again.
*What sort of calamity would be sufficient to make D.C. police Chief Cathy Lanier bag her weekend plans and head back to D.C.? This would do it.
*City officials are thinking about the fireworks season, with bans on their minds. Should be no problem–not like it’s a tradition or anything.
*The Smithsonian has put up banners on the National Mall for its annual Folklife Festival, which takes place from June 25 through June 29 and July 2-6. There’s nothing particularly significant about the banners–just that you can be sure that summer’s very hottest days will coincide with the festival. They always do.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 am
I’ve always thought the folklife festival was scheduled at the worst time. It’s about the only time in a year that I go down to the mall, yet it’s just about the worst time of the year to be down there.
And are they going to recycle Musica Latina yet again this year? Despite it being on the schedule like five years in a row, they never seemed to have any Brazilian or Argentinian music.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Despite the efforts of Laurie and others, it may be over for Klingle Road, unless the City Council admits their mistake and votes on Tuesday to overturn Ward 3 Council Member Mary Cheh’s budget amendment to delete funds requested by the Mayor for immediate cleanup and water remediation in the Klingle area. Mary Cheh’s amendment is an environmental disaster in itself, and she has badly misled her colleagues. Her amendment will lead to nothing good in the Klingle Valley and may end up costing the DC government a fortune in litigation by injured parties whose access to their own property would be threatened by the closure of Klingle Road. What can be done? Write at once to DC Council Members: membersonly@dccouncil.us. Ask them to at least pull the Cheh amendment from the budget bill, in order to calmly review the issues about Klingle Road.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I agree with Joe. We had a chance to ease some traffic congestion by repairing a road. There was finally a light at the end of the tunnel until Mary Cheh’s amendment. Klingle Road needs to be repaired and reopened.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Laurie Collins speaks up for truth and good government decisions, again. There is no need for a hike/bike path on Klingle Road, NW. The city council should not support a member who is not looking out for what is best for the District.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I also agree with Joe: It’s over.
And seriously, is the email address for the Coucil “Members Only”? Really?