On Tuesday, during its last session of the summer, the D.C. Council quickly passed dozens of resolutions and laws, including two "emergency" bills designed to resuscitate major real-estate developments: a Center-Leg Freeway air-rights project that was originally approved almost two decades ago, and a West End project that involves the city selling fire, police, and [...]
Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans motioned to table the Taleshia Ford Memorial Amendment Act of 2007 today so that the Committee on Public Works and the Environment could continue to revise it.
Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham introduced the bill shortly after 17-year-old Taleshia Ford was killed by a stray bullet at Smarta/Broadway on 9th [...]
Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans might be returning to his roots as an advisory neighborhood commissioner.
For the past two months, the rancor that's come to characterize the Shaw ANC since the beginning of the year has paralyzed the group's operations. Scheduled public meetings in March and April were cancelled by Chair Doris Brooks—the first for [...]
Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans got screwed when the council passed pay raises for themselves last December.
The law grants raises only to councilmembers sworn in after Jan. 1, 2007. The starting salary for the two rookie lmembers who will be sworn in Tuesday night will be $122,000. Council vet Evans remains at the low end [...]
“I'm gonna nail you here: I've checked your record—you've not voted once while you've been in office. You wanna defend that?” And who knew she was such a Francophobe?
OK, commenters: Did this beat Jack Evans' Daily Show appearance?
On Wednesday, Adrian Fenty voted no on a piece of crime-emergency legislation that the D.C. Council took up in a special session. Among the 12 councilmembers in attendance, the Ward 4 rep and mayoral hopeful was the only dissenter from the package, which was authored by Mayor Anthony A. Williams.
Councilmember Adrian Fenty (photo by Darrow [...]
In last week's paper, we wrote about a loophole that has been allowing developers to convert buildings to condos while avoiding a hefty 5 percent conversion fee. They vacate a building, or at least claim it's vacant, and then apply for a “vacancy exemption” from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA). It may [...]
A damp and chilly Emancipation Day meant the big parade down Pennsylvania Avenue NW didn't turn out to be the crowded meet-and-greet event candidates and visibility-seeking politicos had hoped for. Parade participants outnumbered spectators, and most of the pols choose the cozy comfort of waving from an automobile over mixing with the nearly nonexistent crowds [...]
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The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance (OCF) has issued its final audit of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans’ political action committee, indicating that Evans did not violate any city campaign laws.
But the report also recommended that Evans repay $6,772.72 to the PAC, which he has done. [...]
