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When the Editor’s Away…

Posted by Ted Scheinman on May. 9, 2008, at 11:33 am

With Wemple out on vacation, the proletariat takes over his office to discuss the changes they’d make as editor. Watch out, Wemple! Heed the voice of the people!

[Elsewhere at the City Paper, anarchy abounds as Amanda Hess fills in for Wemple in an upcoming episode of Fuego/Frio. Stay tuned!]

Topics: Media, City Paper, Zoning Commission/BZA, Anarchy

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How Badly Do We Need to Protect Fenty?

Posted by Erik Wemple on Jun. 7, 2007, at 4:55 pm

Via the Dupont Current comes news that the D.C. police department needs a zoning variance to place a guard booth outside the Crestwood premises of Mayor Adrian Fenty.

A July 3 hearing of the Board of Zoning Adjustment has been scheduled to take on the issue. The post will enable the cops to continue with the 24-hour security traditionally accorded to D.C. chief execs. (Anthony A. Williams, Fenty’s predecessor, didn’t need the protection because he lived in a secure building, according to the Current).

Given Fenty’s populist bent and his fearlessness with respect to engaging the public, I’d always figured he’d be the one to end the city’s ridiculous and costly overprotection of our mayors. I mean, the only one who’s really after these guys is Dorothy Brizill, and she does all her work through proper legal channels.

Topics: Politics, Adrian Fenty, Cops, Bureaucracy, Zoning Commission/BZA

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