So I guess I could have just gone to the big man himself. Earlier today I posted about the confusing, and concerning, documents filed by Creative Loafing, our parent company, in their application for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Well, blogger Rob Capriccioso, aka Big Head Rob, took it upon himself to forward my post to [...]
Flash of Genius, the film version of inventor Robert Kearns' life, comes out this weekend, starring Greg Kinnear.
I don't know what's in the movie, but I got to know the real Kearns, who lived in Montgomery County and on the Eastern Shore, back in the late 1980s.
I wrote for a small chain of automotive trade [...]
A few months back, LL included in his column an item about how the federal Office of Special Counsel declared that the chair of the Board of Zoning Appeals was in fact subject to the Hatch Act—the federal law prohibiting political activity by certain federal and city employees. That opinion [PDF] was sent in response [...]
Bad news for D.C. bookstores today: DCist reports that Olsson's Dupont Circle store has closed. This follows the bookseller filing for bankruptcy in July; earlier this month Shelf Awareness reported that the local chain's head book buyer and general manager, Alexis Akre, left the company.
Nobody's picking up the phone at any of the chain's [...]
Perusing the scanned documents from our parent company's Chapter 11 case, I'm finding a lot of lingo I don't totally understand (PDFs: Emergency Motion to Use Cash Collateral, Emergency Motion for Nunc Pro Tunc Authorization). But hey, here's one I think I get: Notice of Deficient Filing. It appears that Ben Eason's bankruptcy papers [...]
Last week, Todd Metrokin, whose brutal beating on Kalorama Road we wrote about, told City Desk police were close to making an arrest in his case. Today, via the Washington Blade, we learned one unnamed juvenile has been charged.
We also reported Metrokin has been involved in the re-forming of the advocacy group Gays and Lesbians [...]
With the help of Greenpeace, D.C. artist Mark Jenkins recently scared the bejesus out of authorities by staging some bear sculptures around town. The foofaraw has since died down, but today he tells BoingBoing's David Pescovitz what he was up to. He doesn't say too much more than what was in Greenpeace's press release, but [...]
What has the world come to? Apparently, amid our hand-wringing over bank failures and congressional flailing, the good citizens of Washington are getting stingy with their Franklins. At least one charity is offering a discount to ease the pain of $150+ dinner tickets. The CARMA Foundation, which raises funds for Haitian women and children in [...]
Capitol News Connection is looking for people to call in to their taped interview with VA Senator Jim Webb. Webb is taking calls on the topic of National Security and Economic Security today at 2:30 PM. What are the big issues the next President and the next Congress will face? What do you want to [...]
Pop Cesspool hypes a piece on the crumbling financial markets.
Mr. T in DC visited the National Aquarium and found it relaxing.
We Love DC previews the Caps' upcoming season: "I get the Redskins, people. Really. But I’m not a football fan. It’s all about sticks, pucks and skates – and the cool Zamboni ‘race’ between periods." [...]
In appreciation of the speed with which our own management has us hurtling down the highway to hell, there will be no state of Six Flags post today from City Desk.
But keep the dial right here for all future breaking news from Dan Snyder’s Six Flags soap opera.*
*Though from reading that piece linked above I [...]
For six months now, Don't Be Silent a blog dedicated to giving "the women of DC a place to speak up about their ordeals with street harassment" has been—uh—silent. The blog, whose author was interviewed for an engrossing Washington City Paper cover story ("Nice Ass!" by Joe Eaton) on catcalling, ground to a halt in [...]
The D.C. Jail is on lockdown. A Sept. 24 release announces that the Department of Corrections (DOC) has instituted a "non-emergency security procedure" at the D.C. Jail until October 6. Inmate movement is restricted. A sign on the visitor's door says the lockdown started on Sept. 22 and that no visitors are allowed.
DOC spokesman [...]
This item only made it into the Washington Times' briefs. The short story had these details: Colin Hatch, a 23-year-old Capitol Heights church deacon gets sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a DC prostitute at gunpoint.
Pretty bad. Here's what they left out: Hatch was two weeks from taking a new job as [...]
