Forget everything you've heard about holiday tipping. Here in the District, residents should apparently forgo tipping their garbage collectors in favor of writing a nice note to the boss. On the Tenley email list, Department of Public Works spokesperson Linda Grant writes:
We would prefer that you express your appreciation in writing to DPW Director Howland at either William.howland@dc.gov or [...]

Sweepercam (or is it "Sweeeperscam"?) is back.
"Today, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Department of Public Works (DPW) Director William O. Howland, Jr. kicked off the District’s 2010 street sweeping program," reads the press release. "For the second year running, street sweeping will include Sweepercam, the District’s one-of-a-kind license plate recognition system."
If you haven't heard about [...]

Finding parking in Kent Boese's stomping grounds in the Park View/Petworth region often involves some trolling. Boese, however, had a lucky streak on a certain stretch of Park Place NW—his go-to spot. "The space is in front of my neighbors, and we get along well," says Boese, adding that he liked to park there because [...]