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		<title>Neighborhood News Roundup: Hide Your Lilacs Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Baca</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bladensburg Road]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District.
More Like Bladensburg Parkway: Frozen Tropics reports that Denny's will open its second D.C. location at 17th Street NE and Bladensburg Road (its first is on Benning Road in Deanwood). Commenters aren't completely convinced that the chain should be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District.</em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71276" title="Neighborhood News Roundup" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2011/03/nnr_logo.png" alt="Neighborhood News Roundup" width="200" height="173" /><strong>More Like Bladensburg Parkway:</strong> Frozen Tropics <a href="http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2011/04/dennys-comes-to-bladensburg-road.html">reports</a> that Denny's will open its second D.C. location at 17th Street NE and Bladensburg Road (its first is on Benning Road in Deanwood). Commenters aren't completely convinced that the chain should be welcomed with open arms. "I would only ever go to this Denny's if the Capitol City Diner was closed, like on a late weeknight. It's good to see some jobs coming to this area, but I hope it doesn't crush the existing diner, which is THE GREATEST," writes one. "Yea. Sort of conflicted by this. On one hand it's great that this area can attract a national chain, but I'm all about supporting local businesses," agrees another Capital City Diner fan. But a vocal supporter of Denny's expansion plan says, "yeah, if you're a 20something urban cool kid, this kind of sucks. but if you are a vested resident of this city interested in our economic revitalization, this is great news! people saying, oh i would rather go to the capitol city diner never say the same thing when a new bar opens. you don't have to personally go there to reap the benefits. it's more options people! it's more activity. Denny's will attract families and non- bar crowds. things like this may also help KEEP families from moving. this is amazing to see bladensburg avenue popping!" Unfortunately, in their enthusiasm for neighborhood growth, the commenter wrote Bladensburg Avenue... not Road.</p>
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<p><strong>For the Birds: </strong>"Has anyone had any luck with humming birds in brookland ?" writes one member of the neighborhood email list. Responses indicate that Brookland is indeed a safe space for hummingbirds, and several list members offered suggestions of the best plant to lure the speedy avians: pineapple salvia, "which has  beautiful electric green leaves and tubular red flowers, perfect for  hummingbirds" and "Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) bushes" are the most outstanding. For those seeking diversity in their fauna, another member adds, "I've had really good luck with goldfinches (black thistle seed, once I had thirteen) and  woodpeckers (suet)."</p>
<p><strong>Not In My Former Grocery Store:</strong> The Tenleytown email list is discussing extensively the forthcoming closure of Superfresh. Most are upset that the neighborhood will be losing a standby for grocery shopping ("speaking with staff at SuperFresh they will be open for another 60 days - that sucks," "That is just awful! They have been a wonderful store and I have been going there since I was three now I am 45!"), but one list member advises, "lets hope another store takes over and AU doesn't change its mind about moving the law school and creates a third campus on the site."</p>
<p><strong>When the Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Disappear'd: </strong>In a thread on the Cleveland Park email list titled "Lilac thief on the prowl?" a member writes, "I just looked out the window in the 3100 block of 34th Street and saw a man  walking briskly southward carrying a large bunch of lilacs. They weren't wrapped  but loose. I believe I have seen this same man in past years walking away from  the Cathedral Close bearing large branches of flowering shrubs. I am sorry if  your shrub has been stripped." It wasn't an isolated incident. Other members quickly chimed in. One said, "This is probably the same individual who comes into the Newark Street Community Garden and helps himself to everyone's peonies," while another careful observer notes: "If this man is about 60 years old, of short stature, Caucasian, and with wavy, salt-and-pepper hair, I believe I have seen him in past years helping himself to big armfuls of hydrangeas in the summer, from multiple homes. Each time I've seen him, he's walking away from the denuded bushes very quickly."</p>
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		<title>The Needle: Hoax Not So Wise Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Madden</dc:creator>
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Hard-Earned Wisdom: Yesterday afternoon, Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise appeared to have a huge scoop on Twitter—Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger would be suspended for five games for an alleged assault. Before you could say "April Fool's in August," the Internet was abuzz with the news. Which was precisely Wise's point; the whole thing was [...]]]></description>
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<div><strong>Hard-Earned Wisdom</strong>: Yesterday afternoon, <em>Washington Post</em> sports columnist <strong>Mike Wise</strong> appeared to have a huge scoop <a href="http://twitter.com/MikeWiseguy/status/22536074714">on Twitter</a>—Steelers QB <strong>Ben Roethlisberger</strong> would be suspended for five games for an alleged assault. Before you could say "April Fool's in August," the Internet was abuzz with the news. Which was precisely Wise's point; the whole thing was a hoax, designed to prove how quickly bogus information spreads online because no one checks it. Unfortunately for Wise, the <em>Post</em> had the last laugh—he told listeners on his radio show today that he was <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100831/sp_yblog_upshot/washington-post-suspends-columnist-for-twitter-hoax">suspended for 30 days</a> for the stunt. Or at least, we think he did; we read about it on Twitter, so who knows if it's true? <strong>-2</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Checkpoint Charlie</strong>: It certainly seemed like a dumb idea at the time—Metropolitan Police Department officers set up blockades around the Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast, stopping everyone who tried to drive into the area in an attempt to quash a string of violence. A federal court agreed, and now even the District has come around to realize that <em>maybe</em> the Constitution trumps the need for good p.r. around fighting crime. City officials <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/update-on-the-news/dc-to-drop-controversial-check.html">settled with</a> three people who sued over the checkpoints, deciding not to challenge the court ruling and agreeing to pay $3,500 each to the three for the unlawful stops. MPD will now have to find another venue to practice their bad-World-War-II movie German accents as they ask, "Your papers, please?" <strong>+4</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Get Off My Corner, You Crazy Kids</strong>: Sonic warfare comes to Chinatown, as someone—it's unclear exactly who—has <a href="http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-on-foot/2010/08/did-someone-install-a-teen-anti-loitering-device-at-the-gallery-place-chinatown-metro-stop&#8211;1076.html">installed a noise machine</a> at 7th and H Streets NW that emits high-pitched beeps that only teenagers can hear. The idea, apparently, is to prevent future fights like the 70-person brawl on the Metro a few weeks ago. But not only is this a questionable strategy legally, it doesn't seem to work; teenagers hanging out by the corner say they "kind of like it," and meanwhile, adults are apparently irritated by the beeps. Kids today! <strong>-3</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Chilimatic</strong>: In town to play the 9:30 Club with <strong>Damian Marley</strong> (and appear onstage, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083004805.html">briefly</a>, with <strong>Lauryn Hill</strong> at the Rock the Bells show Sunday), <strong>Nas</strong> stopped by U Street for the now-obligatory-for-all-visitors-to-D.C. trip to <a href="http://thefabempire.com/2010/08/31/spotted-nas-at-bens-chili-bowl/">Ben's Chili Bowl</a>, where he posed with <strong>Virginia Ali</strong>. Because he's neither <strong>Barack Obama</strong> nor <strong>Bill Cosby</strong>, presumably the hip hop artist had to pay for his half-smoke. <strong>+1</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Lions!</strong>: Four new lions join the National Zoo overnight, as 5-year-old mom <strong>Shera </strong>delivers the <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/08/31/zoo-babies-national-zoo-welcomes-four-lion-cubs-more-coming/">first set of cubs</a> zookeepers expect in the next month or so. The zoo's only male lion, <strong>Luke</strong>, was the father of these cubs, as well as the litter Shera's sister <strong>Nababiep</strong> is carrying. Hoping to recapture the public frenzy that greeted the birth of baby panda <strong>Tai Shan</strong> five years ago, zoo officials are rumored to be considering painting the lions black and white and feeding them bamboo. <strong>+3</strong></div>
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<div><strong>Yesterday's Needle rating</strong>: <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/08/30/the-needle-like-a-hurricane-edition/">39</a> <strong>Today's score</strong>: +3 <strong>Today's Needle rating</strong>: 42</div>
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		<title>Cold Case Or Cold Shoulder? Family Wants Answers About Trinidad Police Shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rend Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The District neighborhood of Trinidad had so many murders in 2008 that D.C. police decided to set up checkpoints along its perimeter&#8211;roadblocks the U.S. Court of Appeals later deemed unconstitutional.
Yet, as Johnny Barnes of the American Civil Liberties Union points out, "the only homicide in Trinidad last year was at the hands of the police."
It's a year and one day [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-55889" title="Joyner" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/06/Joyner.jpg" alt="Joyner" width="300" height="225" />The District neighborhood of Trinidad had so many murders in 2008 that D.C. police decided to set up checkpoints along its perimeter&#8211;<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071002750.html">roadblocks the U.S. Court of Appeals later deemed unconstitutional</a>.</p>
<p>Yet, as <strong>Johnny Barnes</strong> of the American Civil Liberties Union points out, "the only homicide in Trinidad last year was at the hands of the police."</p>
<p>It's a year and one day since <strong>Trey Joyner</strong>, 25, was mowed down by police bullets, and family members of the slain Trinidad resident are still waiting for an update on the investigation. Relatives, along with some fuming local activists, gathered in front of the John A. Wilson building on Wednesday to point out as much.</p>
<p><span id="more-55829"></span>Dressed in the coveralls of his workplace, <strong>Travis Joyner</strong> wanted to know why authorities had yet to reveal what they'd discovered about the circumstances surrounding his brother's death. The family only knows that on June 8, 2009, Trey Joyner was killed by plainclothes park police, allegedly after he pulled a gun.</p>
<p>Eyewitnesses have contradicted <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/06/09/police-shooting-of-linwood-haggins-produces-divergent-stories/">an assertion made by cops </a>that after a struggle in an alley, Joyner turned a gun on a group of U.S. Park Police officers who were in Trinidad as part of an inter-agency task force led by the FBI. Witnesses' claim that Joyner was shot in the back would also seem to contradict the cops' account.</p>
<p>"I'm to the point that I'm very frustrated, that our family hasn't gotten any answers," Joyner tells City Desk. "To me it's very sad, because I feel as though if it had happened in another area of Washington, D.C. like Dupont Circle of Upper Northwest, I believe that the investigation would have <em>been</em> over."</p>
<p>Joyner says the local U.S. Attorney's office, which was investigating the tragedy, contacted the family a week after the shooting, but not one time after. <a href="www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/D_C_-prosecutor-to-farm-out-investigation-of-police-shooting-95363069.html">The investigation has now been taken over by federal prosecutors in Philadelphia.</a></p>
<p>Joyner says his family has tried to contact Mayor <strong>Adrian Fenty</strong> to see if he could help get answers, but the mayor wasn't interested. Cousin <strong>Patrice Lancaster</strong> hounded the Mayor's office about her deceased relative, and says she was hung up on three times. Eventually, someone who identified herself as "an administrative assistant"  to the mayor told her "that Mayor Fenty didn't want to have anything to do with my cousin's case," she says. </p>
<p>"Not true," mayoral spokesperson <strong>Mafara Hobson</strong> says of Lancaster's story via email.</p>
<p>Trey Joyner's father, <strong>Walter Joyner</strong>, his voice wavering, called for an end to the violence<strong>:</strong> "I would just like to say, put yourself in my place and all of our brothers and sisters need to ban together and stop this police brutality that is happening on our streets killing our youth. That's all I have to say right now."</p>
<p><em>Staff photo by Rend Smith</em></p>
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		<title>Photos: Breakfast Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrow Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Capital City Diner, February 23
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<p><span id="more-48211"></span><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48226" title="Cap_city-2" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-2.jpg" alt="Cap_city-2" width="420" /></a></p>
<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48217" title="Cap_city-3" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-3.jpg" alt="Cap_city-3" width="420" /></a></p>
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<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48216" title="Cap_city-1" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-1.jpg" alt="Cap_city-1" width="420" /></a></p>
<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-8.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48227" title="Cap_city-8" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-8.jpg" alt="Cap_city-8" width="420" /></a></p>
<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-14.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48219" title="Cap_city-14" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-14.jpg" alt="Cap_city-14" width="420" /></a></p>
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<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48218" title="Cap_city-4" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-4.jpg" alt="Cap_city-4" width="420" /></a></p>
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<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-6.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48214" title="Cap_city-6" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-6.jpg" alt="Cap_city-6" width="420" /></a></p>
<p><a rel="lightbox[aaaacaps]" href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-5.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-48213" title="Cap_city-5" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2010/02/Cap_city-5.jpg" alt="Cap_city-5" width="420" /></a></p>
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<p>Capital City Diner, February 23</p>
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		<title>Photo: Tuesday, The Diner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darrow Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Bladensburg Road NE, February 23
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<p>Bladensburg Road NE, February 23</p>
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		<title>Our Morning Roundup: Block Captain Sign up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[P.S. Montessori attends a DCPS workshop and reports back:
"Before the Thanksgiving Break, I attended a DCPS workshop on Phonemic Awareness. It was actually a pretty good workshop that I found useful and wanted to share....This workshop was really interesting, because a lot of the teachers that were attending taught higher level elementary, middle or high [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>P.S. Montessori</strong> <a href=" http://psmontessori.blogspot.com/2009/11/phonemic-awareness.html">attends a DCPS workshop</a> and reports back:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Before the Thanksgiving Break, I attended a DCPS workshop on Phonemic Awareness. It was actually a pretty good workshop that I found useful and wanted to share....This workshop was really interesting, because a lot of the teachers that were attending taught higher level elementary, middle or high school. Most of these teachers were a bit in the dark about how to teach reading, since most of that happens in the younger years. Unfortunately, a lot of older children really need help with the basics even as they get older."</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Frozen Tropics</strong> has <a href=" http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/11/anc-5b06-seat-vacant.html#comments">big ANC news</a>: "Commissioner Wilhelmina Lawson has resigned from her seat in Trinidad. Lawson represented the southwestern portion of Trinidad, and all of the Capital City Market."</p>
<p><strong>Rebuilding Place In The Urban Space</strong> <a href=" http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2009/11/right-to-safe-transit.html">considers safety/crime on public transit</a>. The post has the usual thorough rundown of links, articles, and cites an interesting study.</p>
<p><strong>The Heights Life</strong> has<a href=" http://www.theheightslifedc.com/2009/11/from-inbox-celebrate-scots-tonight-and.html"> info on how to become a block captain</a> for Columbia Heights' neighborhood watch program.</p>
<p><strong>In Bloom</strong> wants <a href=" http://www.inbloomingdale.com/2009/11/hey-vegetate-how-about-bloomingdale.html">Vegetate to move to their neighborhood</a>: "Wouldn't it be great if they could relocate to Bloomingdale? The big yellow building on the corner of First Street NW and Seaton Place NW is just crying out for a restaurant to occupy the ground-floor space."</p>
<p><strong>The 42</strong> has the scoop on a <a href=" http://the42bus.blogspot.com/2009/11/cheap-art-sale-benefit-for-neighbors.html">cheap art sale that benefits an area nonprofit</a>.</p>
<p>*<em>follow me on <a href=" http://twitter.com/jasoncherkis">twitter</a></em>.</p>
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		<title>Our Morning Roundup: The Joy Of The Mandatory DCPS Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Urban School Nightmare wonders if their insurance covers insanity. This is awesome:
Yesterday we had our monthly staff meeting after school. Interestingly enough, the first thirty minutes of this mandatory whole-school meeting were dedicated not to raising test scores, preparing for IMPACT observations, or discussing important events coming up at our school. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Harry Potter and the Urban School Nightmare</strong> <a href=" http://urbanschoolnightmare.blogspot.com/2009/11/does-my-insurance-cover-insanity.html">wonders </a>if their insurance covers insanity. This is awesome:</p>
<blockquote><p>Yesterday we had our monthly staff meeting after school. Interestingly enough, the first thirty minutes of this mandatory whole-school meeting were dedicated not to raising test scores, preparing for IMPACT observations, or discussing important events coming up at our school. Rather, we spent time talking about all of the exciting ways Aflac insurance can work for us! Seriously?! I don't need to come to work to hear a commercial. This staff meeting is required &#8211; not some optional sales pitch &#8211; and the Aflac presentation went long, so we had even less time for the rest of the agenda (which consisted of such clearly unimportant topics as "How and when to report child abuse" and discussing our "school safety plan").</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>DCist</strong> <a href=" http://dcist.com/2009/11/outdoor_skating_at_the_national.php">reports</a> that the Sculpture Garden's ice skating rink remains closed due to "technical difficulties."</p>
<p><strong>And Now, Anacostia</strong> gets over their conflicted feelings and <a href=" http://anacostianow.blogspot.com/2009/11/yesterdays-turkey-giveaway.html">celebrates a turkey giveaway</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Barry Farm (Re)Mixed</strong> <a href=" http://barryfarmremixed.blogspot.com/2009/11/yes-organic-coming-to-river-east.html">trumpets the news </a>that a <strong>Yes! Organic Market</strong> is coming to Minn and Penn SE. It's one of the busiest intersections in the city. It has just been crying out for some major retail. This could be it. Or the start of something. <a href=" http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/breaking_ground/2009/11/yes_organic_coming_east_of_the_river.html">The market will be joining a brand new residential spaces</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Southwest...The Little Quadrant That Could</strong> chronicles <a href=" http://southwestquadrant.blogspot.com/2009/11/pat-recommends-buzzard-point-should-be.html">the latest news</a> in redevelopment plans for <strong>Buzzard Point</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Frozen Tropics</strong> <a href=" http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/11/baltimore-cp-reclaiming-alleys-with-art.html#links">wonders</a> if alleyways should be reclaimed with art.</p>
<p><strong>The Georgetown Metropolitan</strong> <a href=" http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2009/11/23/why-not-build-some-bike-lanes/">thinks there should be more bike lanes in their hood</a>.</p>
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		<title>Our Morning Roundup: Teacher Burnout!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Urban School Nightmare expresses early burnout with blogging and possibly teaching! They write:
"Don't know if it's because of Impact (don't think so) or the forever stalled contract negotiations (maybe) or my administration (YES!!!), but I just feel really de-motivated. One thing I can say is that it's definitely not the kids. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Harry Potter and the Urban School Nightmare</strong> <a href=" http://urbanschoolnightmare.blogspot.com/2009/11/harry-potter-and-general-malaise.html">expresses early burnout</a> with blogging and possibly teaching! They write:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Don't know if it's because of Impact (don't think so) or the forever stalled contract negotiations (maybe) or my administration (YES!!!), but I just feel really de-motivated. One thing I can say is that it's definitely not the kids. My kids this year are doing really well, and I've somehow managed to build a really positive culture in my classes. They try hard, and for the most part they're learning a lot. But damn if I'm just not satisfied.</p>
<p>It's getting to the point where I'm thinking about what else I could be doing, and trying to figure out if I want to stay teaching (or at least teaching at my school) next year. On the one hand, I don't like falling into the stereotype of Teach for America teachers who sweep in on a wave of idealism and then leave after we've worked that glassy-eyed naivete out of our system. But on the other hand, do I really want to continue working in a place where I feel unvalued, unengaged, and unhappy?"</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Bloomingdale (for now)</strong> <a href=" http://imgoph.blogspot.com/2009/10/end-for-now.html">has left Bloomingdale</a>. In a moving post, blogger writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Well, i looked, but there was nothing in my price range in the neighborhood. working for a non-profit doesn't allow one to afford the prices in this part of the city if you want a rowhouse (not condo). so, i looked far-and-wide for a place that fell into my price range. in the end, i bought a house in trinidad.</p>
<p>i've been in trinidad for two months now. i love it. this house is amazing, the neighbors are friendly (as friendly as bloomingdale, i dare say!), and i'm still a short bike ride downtown to work. it's been interesting learning the minute details of a whole new part of town."</p></blockquote>
<p>It's hard to imagine Bloomingdale having a better blogger. The upside: Trinidad needs a good local reporter to tell us what's what.</p>
<p><strong>And Now, Anacostia</strong> has a<a href=" http://anacostianow.blogspot.com/2009/11/fotoweek-starts-tomorrow-in-anacostia.html"> full rundown of fotoweek events</a> east of the river.</p>
<p><strong>Borderstan</strong> <a href=" http://borderstan.com/2009/11/09/sunday-night-on-church-st-attack-of-the-hipsters/">discovers </a>a new place for hipsters to get their haircut.</p>
<p><strong>Greater Greater Washington</strong> posts a <a href=" http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=4013">reader's letter</a> complaining that no one turns their headlights on in Arlington. <em>Really</em>? And reports on the possibility of<a href=" http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=4012"> Riggs Place adding a dreaded speed bump</a>. The blogger writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Would a speed hump even fix the problem? It's not like through traffic uses Riggs, since it doesn't go anywhere. It would be helpful to understand who is speeding there, and why. When I lived a block from there, the only time I would drive on that block was to try to park.</p>
<p>If the high-speed traffic is people circling for parking, a speed hump won't deter them. They may well just speed down the road until they reach the speed hump, slow down to traverse it, then speed up again, since drivers looking for parking are often in a hurry to get the car parked or to find that elusive space before someone else does."</p></blockquote>
<p>Please check out the cool new blog <a href=" http://leftforledroit.com/">Left for LeDroit</a>.</p>
<p>And let's give handclaps to <strong>Congress Heights on the Rise</strong> for their <a href=" http://www.congressheightsontherise.com/2009/11/its-official-councilmember-marion-barry.html">big scoop</a>: Marion Barry is following in the footsteps of some Baldwins, MC Hammer, and Flavor Flav and getting into the reality show racket. He's filming a reality show pilot.</p>
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		<title>Neighborhood Watch: Smelly Trees or Tree Stumps in Trinidad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Liebelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Issue: Some residents aren’t charmed by the odor of female ginkgo trees in Trinidad—and have already had some removed by the city. But according to D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) policy, after a tree is cut down, someone must call again for another one to be replanted  the city will plant another in its [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-36581 alignleft" title="1804642458_0dab2e41b9" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2009/11/1804642458_0dab2e41b9.jpg" alt="1804642458_0dab2e41b9" width="248" height="360" /><strong>The Issue: </strong>Some residents aren’t charmed by the odor of female ginkgo trees in <a href="http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/11/street-tree-drama.html#comments">Trinidad</a>—and have already had some removed by the city. But according to D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) policy, after a tree is cut down, <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">someone must call again for another one to be replanted </span> the city will plant another in its place, but the process can take up to seven months. With lax communication, some neighborhoods, like this one, are left with stumps for years. Should the ginkgoes be left alone?</p>
<p><strong>“I Speak for the Trees, for the Trees Have No Tongues”: Hilloholic</strong>, writing on the blog Frozen Tropics, says, “Ginkgoes are awesome! Don’t cut them down. I wouldn’t call their smell a huge problem.” There is also a pesticide spray available that halts the production of the smelly fruit—a tactic the Urban Forestry Administration has utilized in the past.<span id="more-36580"></span></p>
<p><strong>What is That Smell? </strong>No stretch here: Many people wouldn't be sad to see the smelly offenders go. The <a href="http://dcist.com/2008/12/what_do_you_think_ginkgo_fruit_smel.php">blog </a>DCist has an entire page of comments dedicated to describing the aroma of the ginkgo fruit: Most include some combination of the words “vomit,” “jizz,” and “Parmesan.” As far as the pesticide option, the city found it difficult to complete the spraying in the short time window available, and has mainly used tree removal as a solution in <a href="http://ufa.ddot.dc.gov/ufa/cwp/view,a,1292,q,575305.asp">recent years</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Next Step: </strong>If you want trees replanted fast, grab neighbors and mobilize: DDOT spokesman <strong>John Lisle </strong>told City Desk that the city also “requests an agreement saying the community is going to water the tree and assist nurturing it for the first two years.” A commenter also <a href="http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/11/street-tree-drama.html#c635937998077253443">offers </a>this advice: “You have to call to have the tree removed. You can't use the online system because they don't read those reports.”</p>
<p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kewgardens/1804642458/">Kew Gardens</a>, Creative Commons Attribution License</em></p>
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		<title>Trinidad Checkpoints Still Illegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia refused to hear the District's appeal on the legality of  D.C. police checkpoints. On July 10, a unanimous three-judge panel of that court ruled that the police checkpoints&#8212;which started in Trinidad&#8212;were unconstitutional.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia <a href=" http://www.justiceonline.org/site/DocServer/mills-checkpoints-en-bank-petition-denied.pdf?docID=1301&amp;autologin=true">refused to hear the District's appeal</a> on the legality of  D.C. police checkpoints. On July 10, a unanimous <a href=" http://www.justiceonline.org/site/R?i=nsR4txWyOlSwiIKeX7EtuQ..">three-judge panel of that court ruled</a> that the police checkpoints&#8212;which started in Trinidad&#8212;were unconstitutional.</p>
<p>The District's only recourse at this point is to take its case to the Supreme Court.</p>
<p>AG <strong>Peter Nickles</strong> tells <strong>City Desk</strong>: "I'm disappointed. We'll look at our options including a Supreme Court request....The D.C. Circuit has spoken and we'll take it from there."</p>
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		<title>Our Morning Roundup: A Metrobus Strikes Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prince of Petworth posts on the effort/petition to save the Black Rooster. One reader's response:  "i LOVE the black rooster. if the peace corps really closes it down…i just…i might just not go to happy hour anymore, ever, anywhere. and that would make me terribly sad. save the rooster!"
Penn Quarter Living debuts a new column [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Prince of Petworth</strong> posts on <a href=" http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/10/dear-pop-help-save-the-black-rooster-pub/">the effort/petition to save the Black Rooster</a>. One reader's response:  "i LOVE the black rooster. if the peace corps really closes it down…i just…i might just not go to happy hour anymore, ever, anywhere. and that would make me terribly sad. save the rooster!"</p>
<p><strong>Penn Quarter Living</strong> debuts a new column called <a href=" http://pqliving.com/?p=6531">High Rise Life</a>. The first one is on elevator etiquette. It's not so much a column as bad comment bait of which I am sometimes guilty of. Here's a sampling from PQL's rookie effort on sharing an elevator: "Fob in and offer to push buttons or don’t offer and make sure others belong in the building? Remind neighbors that bicycles and their owners usually ride the freight elevator or zip it? Heel your dog or let him/her sniff around and be friendly? What is good neighborly elevator etiquette?" Fascinating.</p>
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<p><strong>Frozen Tropics</strong> <a href=" http://frozentropics.blogspot.com/2009/10/pedestrian-hit-by-bus-in-trinidad.html#links">reports</a> on the breaking news last night concerning the pedestrian hit by a Metrobus in Trinidad. The Post is <a href=" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100503430.html">reporting that the woman has suffered life threatening injuries</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"In Monday's incident, the woman had just gotten off the D-8 Metrobus on Mount Olivet Avenue NE, between Trinidad and Montello avenues. She apparently crossed in front of that bus and then was struck about 6:30 p.m. by another Metrobus traveling in the same direction, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said.</p>
<p>Two men who said they witnessed the incident told television stations that the woman was thrown a distance down the street, and appeared to be unconscious after being struck. One of the men said that after the woman was hit, the driver of one of the buses 'got down' and prayed."</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>The Georgetown Metropolitan</strong> answers the question: <a href=" http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2009/10/05/what-are-georgetowns-boundaries/">Just what are Georgetown's boundaries?</a></p>
<p>Do you want to see pictures of people buying records? Someone posted <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedikuma/sets/72157622515923742/">a bunch of pictures</a> from the DC Record Fair held this past Sunday. We wish we could have been there. Meanwhile....Fair sponsor <strong>The Vinyl District</strong> i<a href=" http://vinyldistrict.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-tvd-ticket-giveaway.html">s giving away tickets</a> to this week's<strong> Gossip</strong> show at the <strong>9:30 Club</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>The New Teacher On the Block</strong> <a href=" http://thenewteacherontheblock.blogspot.com/2009/10/reflections-on-rif.html">offers their take</a> on the hundreds of teachers laid off last week. In the Rhee vs. Gray fight, the blogger sides with Gray:</p>
<blockquote><p>"Now, of course, this has resulted in finger-pointing, name calling, and a complete lack of transparency on many people's parts (Standard Operating Procedure for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">DCPS</span>, really). Rhee blames the City Council for not providing the money required to allow all of these teachers to keep their jobs. City Council member Vincent Gray the DC City Council fired back with a<a href="../2009/09/17/vince-gray-says-fenty-scapegoating-council-on-dcps-teacher-cuts/"> press release</a> accusing Rhee of using the council as a scapegoat in executing her master plan of getting rid of large numbers of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">DCPS</span> teachers.</p>
<p>In this case, I'm in Gray's corner. The numbers just don't lie. It's just another example of the lack of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">transparency</span> Rhee feels she is entitled to. When I came here, I thought I liked her: I am among the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">legions</span> of teachers she's supposedly replacing the entire DC teaching force with and I support a lot of the ideas she proposes. But both her behavior and her attitude are counterproductive and arrogant; since I have been here, she has done nothing but alienate, obfuscate, and out and out lie."</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Neighborhood Watch: In Trinidad, ANC Wants Only Chain Restaurants to Serve Booze</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dana Liebelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Issue: One of the Trinidad Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) wants to curb alcohol-related problems by having  liquor licenses banned at establishments along Bladensburg Road in NE, with one exception. An ANC proposal says that all establishments in the area will be denied licenses to sell alcohol for five years unless they are “part [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-33406" title="Liquor Store" src="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2009/09/2827122952_f0b107642a-300x201.jpg" alt="Liquor Store" width="240" height="161" />The Issue: </strong>One of the Trinidad Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) wants to curb alcohol-related problems by having  liquor licenses banned at establishments along Bladensburg Road in NE, with one exception. An ANC proposal says that all establishments in the area will be denied licenses to sell alcohol for five years unless they are “part of an established chain.” But some think the ANC is going too far—and is specifically targeting a new diner that plans to open down the street.<span id="more-33404"></span></p>
<p><strong> Burger, Hold the Booze: </strong>Former commissioner<strong> </strong><strong>Kathy Henderson </strong>told City Desk that the area is “out of control with public drunkenness, drug dealings, and robberies—the police are doing a lot, but we need alternative solutions.” She says that the chain restaurant exception is a compromise: “If you are not a chain with a proven track record, such as T.G.I. Friday's or Ruby Tuesday, you will not be welcome to come.”</p>
<p><strong>Burger and a Beer, Please: </strong>Others argue the proposal discriminates against locally owned businesses; plus, you can loiter just as easily outside Ruby Tuesday. Some think the proposal is aimed at <strong>Matt Ashburn</strong>'s<strong> </strong>Capital City Diner, but he appeared at an ANC meeting this month to reassure the commission that he didn't even want to sell liquor. A resident commenting on the blog We Love DC <a href="http://www.welovedc.com/2009/09/21/non-applebees-need-not-apply/">says</a>: “This is clearly targeted at them....The diner is the one hope that there won’t be bullet-proof glass between you and your food.”</p>
<p><strong>Next Step: </strong>There is a public hearing on Oct. 21. <strong>Mark</strong>, also commenting on the blog, says: “Please attend, this promises to be excellent sport.”</p>
<p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/">Roadsidepictures</a>, Creative Commons Attribution License </em></p>
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		<title>Marion Barry&#8217;s Mystery Woman Revealed: Loose Lips Daily</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning.
Morning all. Late last night, we published a piece on the latest mystery woman in Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry's life: Sharon Bowen. Bowen, who resides in Ohio, received [...]]]></description>
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<p>Morning all. Late last night, we published a piece on the latest mystery woman in Ward 8 Councilmember <strong>Marion Barry</strong>'s life: <strong>Sharon Bowen</strong>. Bowen, who resides in Ohio, received $50,000 in contract work from the legendary politico to work on poverty issues in Ward 8. <a href=" http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37640#comments">Bowen, our sources say, was also Barry's girlfriend at the time</a> (June 2007 to May 2008). For the piece, we detail her work and interview key players including Barry and Bowen's daughter. Meanwhile, the Hill Rag's <strong>The Nose</strong> <a href=" http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/CCN_Website09/publication%20html/papers/HR/0809/TheNose0809.html">examines Barry's legislative record and finds it lacking in accomplishments</a>. The upshot: many of Barry's bills go nowhere and his priorities seem misplaced.</p>
<p>TREY JOYNER: The <a href=" http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/06/09/police-shooting-of-linwood-haggins-produces-divergent-stories/">U.S. Park Police shooting of Trey Joyner</a> on June 8 is getting a serious look by law enforcement authorities. On that Monday night, four park police cops in plainclothes moved in on Joyner as he was getting out of a car. When the officers tried to arrest him, allegedly a struggle ensued and he was gunned down. Witnesses at the time stated that Joyner was shot in the back and that the officers did not announce themselves. Now, WaPo is <a href=" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603860.html?hpid=moreheadlines">reporting that a federal grand jury is getting deep into the case</a> and has subpoenaed an amateur video showing the chaos in Trinidad after the shooting. The WaPo scoop includes an interview with the filmmaker and has the man's video. <strong>Fox-5</strong> finds <strong>Eleanor Holmes Norton</strong> <a href=" http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/080609_new_questions_surround_ne_dc_shooting">is still fuming</a> over whether or not the<strong> U.S. Attorney's Office</strong> should be leading the investigation into the shooting. If only all suspicious police shootings got this much attention.</p>
<p>HOMELESS FAMILIES: District officials plan to expand the number of beds for homeless families by 10 percent. But there's a catch: the extra beds will only be available in the winter. WaPo <a href=" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603244.html">reports</a> that means 75 more beds (<strong>WUSA</strong> also has <a href=" http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=89453&amp;catid=187">the story</a>). Key graphs:</p>
<blockquote><p>"<strong>Nassim Moshiree</strong>, a lawyer with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, said the officials who presented the plan seemed overconfident. 'This past spring, 88 families were living at the family shelter at D.C. General Hospital when the capacity was 75,' Moshiree said. 'Some had to stay in the cafeteria. They say they'll only need 75 beds there in the winter, when demand is high now. Where is their Plan B? They need a Plan B.'</p>
<p><strong>Fred Swan</strong>, family services administrator for the Department of Human Services, said Moshiree voiced a common complaint. 'To a certain extent, we hear that every year,' Swan said. 'We'll make adjustments as needed.'</p></blockquote>
<p>AFTER THE JUMP&#8212;<strong>Cathy Lanier </strong>dismisses the controversy over the "police" report in Fenty's car accident, <strong>Harry Jaffe </strong>continues to hammer away at the Pershing Park case, Fenty signs anti-crime bill, and much, much more.</p>
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<p>NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT: D.C. Police Chief <strong>Cathy Lanier</strong> doesn't get why the press&#8212;and maybe a few readers&#8212;are concerned over how the police handled Mayor Fenty's fender bender. "I think there has been a lot of things made out of nothing here," Lanier <a href=" http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0809/647279.html">tells</a> <strong>WJLA</strong>. Nothing? WaPo <a href=" http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/08/police_chief_and_ag_defend_may.html">has more from Lanier on the accident</a>. Key quote: "'[Fenty] stayed on the scene. The [mayor's] children that were on the scene, were taken from the scene, but he stayed on the scene while the other driver didn't,' Lanier said. 'There are no procedures that were not followed. We thought that it was important to get the report taken and then file the supplemental report when we got the information. The important thing was to take the report, and it was taken, The photos were not taken because the other driver left the scene. The mayor stayed on the scene. He could have left because it was a minor fender-bender &#8212; if this was anybody else, they could have exchange information and left the scene.'</p>
<p>MORE TROUBLE FOR PETER NICKLES: The Examiner's <strong>Bill Myers</strong> is <a href=" http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Auditor-accuses-Nickles-of-hindering-probe-of-development-agencies-8071089-52615332.html">reporting that there's a big conflict brewin</a>g betweeen AG Nickles and City Auditor <strong>Deborah Nichols</strong>. Key graphs: "City Auditor Deborah Nichols says she wants a look at the last few years of books of the <strong>Anacostia Waterfront Commission </strong>and the <strong>National Capital Revitalization Corp</strong>. but that Nickles is invoking attorney-client privilege to prevent access to important records. 'It's quite clear that the [Attorney General's Office] is inexplicably attempting to subvert the auditor's authority,' Nichols wrote in a July 2 letter obtained by <em>The Examiner</em>. Nichols called the attorney general's conduct 'unconscionable and unacceptable.'" Nickles says his actions were "appropriate." Myers goes on to explain why Nichols is so interested: "According to a source familiar with Nichols' audit, she also is asking questions about tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees the revitalization corporation paid to <strong>Michelle Fenty</strong> in 2006 as Mayor <strong>Adrian Fenty</strong>, then a D.C. councilman, campaigned for the mayor's office. The mayor's wife focuses her practice on global technology transactions and does not appear to have a background in community development." Meanwhile, <strong>Harry Jaffe</strong> <a href=" http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Pershing-Park-case-resembles-Watergate-cover-up-8072294-52609257.html">compares the problems in the Pershing Park case to Watergate</a>.</p>
<p>CAFRITZ FIRE: Today, Mayor Fenty plans on announcing the preliminary findings in the city's investigation into the hydrant problems surrounding the <strong>Peggy Cooper Cafritz </strong>house fire. WaPo <a href=" http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/08/let_the_formal_blame_game_begi.html?hpid=topnews">reports</a> that <strong>WASA</strong> has written a letters to City Administrator <strong>Neil O. Albert</strong> in an apparent attempt to push some of the blame on the Fire Department. Fenty is expected to hold a news conference today near the Cafritz home. <strong>WUSA</strong> <a href=" http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=89433&amp;catid=187">reports</a> that the Fire Department is already taking measures&#8212;measures that were recommended in 2007&#8212;to prevent such hydrant issues from happening again.</p>
<p>BUDGET TALK: <strong>Elissa Silverman</strong> and <strong>Liz Williams</strong> get all ProPublica on the District as <a href=" http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/CCN_Website09/publication%20html/papers/HR/0809/TheNumbersFedStimu.html">they report out what happened to the city's federal stimulus money</a> in the <em>Hill Rag</em>. They find that without the fed's help the District would be in total budget meltdown mode: "The stimulus is helping DC in two key ways. Plummeting tax revenues combined with increased demands for health care and other human services have created gaping holes in state and local government budgets everywhere. The District is no exception. About a quarter of DC’s budget gap this year and next will be plugged by various pots of money made available from the stimulus. Without that critical influx of dollars, the city would have had to make even deeper spending cuts that would have led to more job losses and slowed down our economic recovery."</p>
<p>CRIME BILL: WaPo <a href=" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080602967.html">reports that Mayor Fenty signed the emergency crime bill</a> (minus the tricky anti-gang initiative). Fenty and Lanier praised the bill's new anti-loitering provisions, etc. Fenty still played the spoilsport: the bill's author Councilmember <strong>Phil Mendelson</strong> did not attend the bill signing photo op. He was not invited. Wondering why? Mendo did not support the anti-gang initiative.</p>
<p>FENTY'S SCHEDULE:<br />
 9:00 a.m. Remarks<br />
Chain Bridge Fire Report<br />
Location: 3022 Chain Bridge Road, NW</p>
<p>10:00 a.m. Remarks<br />
Summer School Graduation<br />
Location: Washington Convention Center<br />
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW<br />
Ballroom AB Level III</p>
<p>11:45 a.m. Remarks<br />
Potomac Avenue Triangle Park Groundbreaking<br />
Location: Intersection of Potomac Avenue, 13th, and I Streets, SE</p>
<p>1:30 p.m. Remarks<br />
Marvin Gaye Park Groundbreaking<br />
Location: Intersection of Division Avenue and Foote Street, NE</p>
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		<title>The Trey Joyner Shooting in Trinidad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Niedowski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has asked the U.S. Justice Department for clarification on the investigation into the fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police of Trey Joyner in D.C.'s Trinidad neighborhood on June 8.
Norton, after talking with Park Police Chief Salvatore Lauro, had been under the impression that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Del. <strong>Eleanor Holmes Norton</strong> (D-D.C.) has asked the U.S. Justice Department for clarification on the investigation into the fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police of <strong>Trey Joyner</strong> in D.C.'s Trinidad neighborhood on June 8.</p>
<p>Norton, after talking with Park Police Chief <strong>Salvatore Lauro</strong>, had been under the impression that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division would be leading an inquiry into the incident. She told residents as much at a community meeting last month at Mount Horeb Baptist Church.</p>
<p>"Last week, my staff was informed that the Civil Rights Division is not leading the investigation of the shooting, but that the U.S. Attorney's Office will be the agency leading this investigation," Norton wrote to U.S. Attorney General <strong>Eric Holder</strong> this week.</p>
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<p>More from the July 27 letter:</p>
<blockquote><p>It was clear to me that the involvement of federal police officers in a local shooting required a federal investigation. At the meeting, Chief Lauro told me that the Civil Rights Division had called him and that he had been told they would be taking over the investigation, according to notes taken by my staff at the meeting.  There appear to be no federal procedures in place for an incident involving a shooting of a local resident by a federal police officer.  Therefore, the use of a third party federal authority with no involvement with the city or local police seemed to me to be appropriate, especially since the Civil Rights Division has a long and credible history of investigating police departments and incidents around the country.</p>
<p>... This incident has raised considerable consternation here, but one thing I thought had been settled was that an independent body would be investigating the Trinidad shooting.  I seek immediate clarification and I believe that such clarification is due as well to the family and to the citizens I represent.</p></blockquote>
<p>Six Park Police officers were placed on administrative leave after the shooting. Lauro <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504640.html">told the <em>Washington Post</em> last month</a> that the officers were not part of an FBI-led "Safe Streets" task force, which is what Park Police had initially said.</p>
<p>Read the full text of Norton's letter <a href="http://www.norton.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1236&amp;Itemid=88">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Police Shooting of Trey Joyner Produces Divergent Stories</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Cherkis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, U.S. Park Police&#8211;as part of a task force&#8211;found themselves in the middle of a very strange fatal shooting. Within 24 hours, police and news accounts have begun to differ on how U.S. Park Police officers ended up firing on Trey Joyner. And now the Partnership for Civil Justice has filed a FOIA seeking answers.
The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, U.S. Park Police&#8211;as part of a task force&#8211;found themselves in the middle of a very strange fatal shooting. Within 24 hours, police and news accounts have begun to differ on how U.S. Park Police officers ended up firing on <strong>Trey Joyner</strong>. And now the <strong>Partnership for Civil Justice </strong><a href=" http://www.justiceonline.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&amp;id=5361&amp;news_iv_ctrl=1003">has filed a FOIA</a> seeking answers.</p>
<p>The U.S. Park Police has one story. And a WJLA story with interviews from potential neighborhood witnesses has yet another version of events. Let's break it down.</p>
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<p>In an interview with <strong>City Desk</strong>, U.S. Park Police Sgt. <strong>David Schlosser</strong>, the department's spokesperson, lays out this simple scenario.</p>
<p>"Yesterday detectives received information about about a man with a gun, located the subject," Schlosser says. "<strong>While they were making the arrest, a struggle ensued</strong>. The suspect was shot. The suspect did have a gun and the gun was recovered at the scene."</p>
<p>According to WJLA <a href=" http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0609/630321.html">account</a>, Trey Joyner never pointed a gun at the cops:</p>
<blockquote><p>On Monday night, four U.S. Park Police officers moved in when an informant reportedly made a call about a man with a gun. The plainclothes officers are part of the multi-agency Safe Streets Task Force.<br />
<!&#8211;PARA4!&#8211;><br />
Trey Joyner apparently got of a car and then something occurred which prompted the officers to fire repeatedly. Witnesses say they heard at least seven gunshots.<br />
<!&#8211;PARA5!&#8211;><br />
Investigators say they recovered a gun at the scene, but some who say they witnessed the shooting are adamant Joyner never brandished a gun or threatened the officers.<br />
<!&#8211;PARA6!&#8211;><br />
"He never pointed the gun at him," said a witness.</p></blockquote>
<p>The diverting narratives could simply be due to the fact that the case is still very, very fresh. One hopes the D.C. Police Department were able to do a thorough canvas and that residents came forward with whatever they saw. The D.C. Police Department is handling the case.</p>
<p>Schlosser says: "We are cooperating completely with them."</p>
<p>This afternoon, the Partnership for Civil Justice announced that it had filed a FOIA request today seeking answers concerning this shooting. [You can read a <a href=" http://www.justiceonline.org/site/DocServer/FOIA_to_DC_MPD__00062504_.pdf?docID=1201">PDF</a> of the FOIA].</p>
<p>In a release, the Partnership writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>"In response to reports that a resident of the District was shot in the back and killed last night in the Trinidad neighborhood by undercover federal law enforcement agents, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) today demanding disclosure of the directives and policies authorizing and implementing the program through which the officers were operating.</p>
<p>Few D.C. residents are aware of the existence of this FBI-led undercover law enforcement operation through which plain-clothed Park Police officers opened fire in the midst of a D.C. neighborhood. The fact of this operation, shrouded in darkness, came to light in reports published today that the officers involved in the above-referenced incident were working as part of an MPD and federal “inter-agency task force dubbed Operation Safe Streets, which addresses violence throughout the region and is overseen by the FBI.” (See Debbi Wilgoren and Martin Weil, The Washington Post, June 9, 2009, online edition)</p>
<p>The FOIA request was submitted to the MPD, the Mayor’s Office, the FBI and the National Park Service’s Police."</p></blockquote>
<p>U.S. Park Police were last involved in a shooting on April 13 of this year at 2nd and K Street NE. Schlosser says that investigation is still on-going.</p>
<p>*<strong>Correction</strong>: This reporter in a previous post was completely confused about this police shooting. He mixed up the earlier police shooting from yesterday morning with the Park Police shooting from last night. Item has been fixed. Embarrassment remains.</p>
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