Proudly the Flood Comes In: American River Taxi broke the news this morning that Georgetown Washington Harbour was closed—due to floods: "Needless to say, with gtown wash harbour under water, the morning runs are all cancelled," the company wrote on Twitter. Usually, flood barriers are erected in such situations to keep high water out, but [...]
While Palisades residents love their annual July 4 parade and the throngs of local politicians and would-be politicians it brings to their leafy Ward 3 neighborhood, they might be already regretting it.
Though I'm no inaugural historian, I'm just going to bet that the following scenario has never played out before in the history of Jan. 20ths:
Some people who live in an apartment building finish the holiday season with some extra wine that they never cracked. They look at the calendar, see that the inauguration is coming [...]
LL hears it's a done deal: At-Large Councilmember David A. Catania has claimed Carol Schwartz's fab fourth-floor corner digs down at the John A. Wilson Building. The spot is prized not only for its big windows with sweet views of the Willard Hotel and Pershing Park, but its...private bathroom.
Here's what LL had penned on [...]
They call it "burrowing in"—when government employees in politically appointed posts move into civil-service jobs as political fortunes shift.
That's what a lot folks working for Republicans are doing right now in the federal government. And, at the District level, there's some burrowing, too.
Nyasha Smith, who clerked the workforce development and government operations committee for outgoing [...]
In which we chat with the Ward I councilmember about huge lines at the polls, the benefits of Adrian Fenty's "early and strong support of the Obama candidacy," and whether or not Carol Schwartz qualifies as a maverick.
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LL shot some video Tuesday night, first at Patrick Mara's campaign HQ, then at Carol Schwartz central, before heading down to the Board of Elections and Ethics for the late-night voting fiasco.
Let's begin with the Mara video, shot early in the evening before results came in. By 8:15 p.m., several dozen had gathered at Mara [...]
TheWashCycle, which is really just the greatest thing, put questions to Council candidates about bike policy. Here are the people who responded (links when I could find them):
Jack Evans
Cary Silverman
Muriel Bowser
Baruti Jahi
And here are the lame-o's who didn't:
Patrick Mara
Carol Schwartz
Yvette Alexander
Marion Barry
Charles Wilson
And here is the candidate whose e-mail box was too full to receive [...]
