Recessionary times are all about relativity. Beancounters take a look at the biz climate and decide just how big of a hit the organization is going to take. We estimate that sales will be off 20 percent from the same period last year—that's how the exercise goes.
Yesterday, plaintiffs lawyers in one of the controversial Pershing Park cases filed a scathing response to AG Peter Nickles' sworn statement submitted in U.S. District Court on August 12. In their response, the lawyers take a moment to defend one D.C. cop—Sgt. Douglas Jones.
What makes Jones stand out? Jones had testified in a deposition that [...]
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Morning all. The District government is being told it needs an overhaul of its economic [...]
I met Tony Johnson on the beach at 9 a.m., just as he was finishing his day’s work. He sat meterstick-straight atop his tractor, a traffic-cone orange front-loader with what appeared to be a giant wire cage hitched to the back. As it dragged along the sand, I saw dozens of tiny teeth working behind [...]
Good morning, City Desk readers, and welcome to another Freedom Friday!
Theory: Mainstream political reporters are to Sen. Ted Kennedy what Sports Illustrated's Peter King is to Brett Favre. Kennedy wasn't just any old senator–he was a monolith, a model, a(n) [insert ejaculatory praise here]; Favre, despite his retirement shenanigans, isn't just any old quarterback–he's the [...]
Georgia Avenue's Yes! Organic Market opened its doors—again—this morning. Mayor Adrian Fenty appeared a bit put out to hear that the store had already been open for a week—but brightened up when he was still allowed to cut his ribbon.
Around 30 people gathered to see the official opening. It's Ward 4's third grocery store, and [...]
Roy Pearson Jr., he of the $54 million pants, has taken his case to federal appeals court. He's seeking reinstatement as a D.C. administrative law judge.
Read all about it at Legal Times.
Says commenter there, "Well, he's not a quitter."
The Grio published an opinion column yesterday asking this: "Do black men prefer their women larger?"
Weighing in was Milton Kent, a former sportswriter at the Baltimore Sun who hosts "Sports at Large" on WYPR in Baltimore and is, as it happens, a friend of mine. Kent, for the record, is black. And the Grio [...]
Courtesy of WRC-TV, here is video of LL, WTOP's Mark Segraves, and WRC's Tom Sherwood vainly trying to extract some answers from Mayor Adrian M. Fenty on his adherence to the DCPS enrollment process:
Finally someone not afraid to ask.
This morning, local reporters gathered at a press event at the John A. Wilson Building honoring the World Team Tennis champion Washington Kastles. We, of course, were interested in something besides the fabulous tennis team. That, of course, was to give Mayor Adrian M. Fenty one more opportunity to explain how his twin sons ended [...]
This week's edition of Washington City Paper features a story on the cleanliness of water in city pools, with an emphasis on the municipal facilities managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). Over a couple of weeks in midsummer, reporter Christine MacDonald tested for bacteria levels at 27 pools and found registrable amounts [...]
Greater Greater Washington, in an interesting blog post the other day, delved into the use of the word "ghetto" in part in response to the heated online discussion that ensued over a mural that went up in Bloomingdale earlier this year.
After a neighborhood blog pictured the mural of "Boxer Girl," a black woman clad [...]
