Recent Posts
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DC Dems should appoint a caretaker to Kwame Brown’s seat
In January, DC Council Chairman-elect Kwame Brown will vacate his current at-large seat, and the DC Democratic State Committee will appoint a temporary successor. This is a terrible provision of the law. The DCDSC should select someone who doesn’t plan to run permanently, and the Home Rule Act should be amended to remove this appointment power. The DC Home Rule Act calls… Keep reading…
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Let bicycles park inside New York Avenue Metro
WMATA should consider adding bicycle parking inside the New York Avenue/Florida Avenue/Gallaudet University Metro station to address the problems with theft and vandalism that plague many bike-Metro commuters, including myself just a few days ago. Two weeks ago Michael Perkins wrote about the need for more bicycle parking at the East Falls Church Metro station. The popularity… Keep reading…
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What’s That? #37
Each week I show small close-up photographs of three different well-known places and things related to the Washington, DC area. Keep reading…
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Autumn Streets: 14th Street
The Autumn Streets series offers a periodic photographic tour of a major street in DC. Last was 16th Street. Today’s installment: 14th Street, from Columbia Heights to Pennsylvania Avenue. View the photos in the Flickr slideshow below, or with picture-by-picture narration in a thread at SkyscraperPage forum. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Questionable actions
PG County Executive and wife arrested; No more free Smithsonians?; Herndon Metro plan raises differing opinions; DC crime concentrated in pockets; M and New Jersey SE will start (Barnes) dancing; Montgomery moves closer to car sharing; Metro wants to hire vets; Driver charged in hit-and-run on S. Capitol; And…. Keep reading…
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Biking weather in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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Push for better parking zoning, development, streetcars, retail and buses in DC and Arlington next week
Next week is a big one for advocates for sustainable transportation to make sure DC and Arlington seize big opportunities to move forward. There is a huge streetcar hearing, a key parking zoning hearing, the first step to rewriting the federal Comprehensive Plan, and exciting forums on East Falls Church, far Northeast livability, the Circulator, upper 14th Street, the Columbia… Keep reading…
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Does DC really need a Deputy Mayor for Education?
A mayoral transition is a good time to think about budget-friendly changes to the org chart, and one constructive change might be to eliminate the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME). Why do we need a DME when we already have an Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)? The DME office (with its own chief of staff, 8 full time staff and a $1.3m budget after the… Keep reading…
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Would mortgage tax reform slow sprawl and gentrification?
The co-chairs of the deficit commission created by President Obama released several proposals this week as a starting point for a conversation about deficit reduction. One of the proposals drastically reduces the largest home ownership subsidy, the mortgage interest tax deduction. The proposal would lower the mortgage cap within which mortgage interest is deductible… Keep reading…