D.C. political activist Deborah Royster has had a busy week. On Tuesday, the news broke that she was out of a job as a Democratic National Committeewoman for the District. Royster cited the competing demands of her job as deputy general counsel for Pepco Holdings.
What didn't get mentioned is that Royster is also in [...]
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Say you're in a job interview and you're asked to name one of your weaknesses. If you're the kind of person who answers with something like "I work too hard," then you'll likely enjoy former Mayor Adrian Fenty's new interview with the Huffington Post.
"My only regret is that I wasn't more uncompromising," says Fenty.
Sheesh. Read [...]
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These are sensitive times when it comes to matters of race on the D.C. Council.
In a year full of reporting on politician’s alleged misdeeds, some black councilmembers feel that their behavior has drawn more attention and scrutiny than that of their white colleagues. The rhetoric makes white councilmembers nervous: When Councilmembers David Catania, Mary Cheh, [...]
Mayor Vince Gray announced today one of his biggest job initiatives so far: hiring 300 new cops.
The mayor set aside the money to hire the police back in June. Apparently now it's go time, as the Metropolitan Police Department is gearing up to restart a police academy that's been dormant since February, according to FOP [...]
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School Board Member Trayon White Arrested
Taxicab Color: Who Cares?
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Ward 8 State Board of Education member Trayon White was arrested Saturday on a charge of unlawful entry, court records show.
White was arrested by a pair of D.C. Housing Authority police officers for standing in front of the Woodland Terrace public housing complex, court records show. White had been barred from Woodland Terrace earlier this [...]
What is the big deal about D.C. having multicolored taxis?
The taxi-medallion legislation introduced earlier this year would require that all cabs be painted black. Now Ward 6 Councilmartyr Saint Tommy Wells just asked new D.C. Taxicab Commission Commissioner Ron Linton about the possibility of requiring a uniform cab color.
Linton said he's well aware that the [...]
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