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Eddie Daye R.I.P.: Loose Lips Daily
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Morning all. First, local legendary singer Eddie Daye passed away late last week. Our own music blog has posted a sweet tribute to the man and his talents. He was 78. Key graph: “While those online and crate-digging fans may cherish copies of his obscure singles (some of which have been reissued on cd), I will just keep my memories of those fun late nights out seeing him sing bluesy soul and my conversations with him about his musical career and his take on 50 plus years of r’n’b history.”
SUMMER FINALLY COMES TO D.C.: The heat is upon us; today, temps are expected to climb into the triple digits. WTOP reports that the District is opening up several cooling centers and extending hours at area pools. WJLA and NBC4 also has a story on the heat wave. AP has another story, this one one the opening up of a new aquatic center in Tenleytown.
A MUST READ FROM COLBY KING: On Saturday, Colbert King published an eye-opening column on disorderly conduct arrests by D.C. Police officers. Citing records from the Office of Police Complaints, King produces a few stunning accounts of police abusing “disorderly conduct” charges against District residents. One of the many key graphs: “Residents are arrested in D.C. for disorderly conduct in large numbers: nearly 5,000 in 2007, more than 4,200 in 2008 and 4,469 this year as of Aug. 5. Many are probably arrested for good reasons: noise violations, blocking public spaces, etc. But, as in the Gates arrest, some busts never make it to court.”
FENTY’S DRIVING RECORD: WaPo cites several sources critical of Mayor Fenty’s insistence on driving himself to various ribbon cuttings, press conferences, etc. Nikita Stewart notes in her lengthy piece that no other big city mayor drives themselves around. Key quote: “I think it’s curious that he’s driving himself,” said D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large), chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary. “Why not have the security detail . . . when you have an accident like this past week?” Outside experts from other cities say security should be a top priority, and we’re not paying Fenty to drive around, we’re paying him to make decisions and think critically about the city’s needs—we don’t want him spending his time worrying about getting across town.
AFTER THE JUMP: More revelations on the Metro front, Jonetta sticks up for AG Peter Nickles, and much, much more.
Weekend in Review
Good thing the Washington Post’s Martin Weil has stuck around through all the buyouts and attrition at the region’s dominant daily. Without him, after all, we wouldn’t have those periodic weather-checks in the paper. A few excerpts from the latest, which ran on Sunday:
Record-Setting Folklife Festival Weather?
If you believe weather.com, temperatures over the next several days in the Washington area will stick in the mid-80s, with mostly sunny skies. It’ll be a glorious and active holiday weekend for everyone.
Yet the nice, mild weather is worth noting not just because people will be able to go biking and sailing and drinking.
It could be among the most newsworthy weather developments in the history of the Smithsonian Institution.
Hot Child in the City
Today has been declared “Code Orange,” weather-wise. I’m still not clear why it’s not called something more creative, like “Miserable Maroon Monday,” “Red Hot Heat,” or even just “Code Red,” (what is orange supposed to imply? acid?), but that’s another thing entirely.
MSNBC.com’s local news page reported:
The National Weather Service forecasts the temperature in the Washington region to reach 96 degrees with the heat index
expected to approach 100 degrees.
Monday has been named a code orange air quality day, which means high temperatures combined with high humidity may create a dangerous situation for children, the elderly and those who suffer from chronic heart or respiratory conditions.
Unfortunately, I didn’t read the article until I got to work today, meaning that I suffered the 15-minute walk to Adams Morgan in a pair of “just out of the dryer (and a bit too tight)” jeans. I don’t know what I was thinking. I’m hoping they’ll stretch to the comfortable fit I’m used to by the end of the day, but since things tend to expand when they get hot, I might need the Jaws of Life to get these suckers off tonight.
