Posts tagged Jack Evans
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Breakfast links: In and out of Arlington
Housing or parks?; County flight; Vacant in Virginia; Taxicab share decreasing; Cycle law enforcement; Transit as a social good; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build for bikes
Trail rebuild gets OK; Bike lanes mean more space; Bikes are the real menace!; Support for stadium?; No liquor delivery?; A bigger Circulator?; Check out affordable housing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Triggers
Maybe no tax cuts?; Eventual traffic calming; No streetcar referendum; Alexandria stems flooding; Chickenshare; #1 for walking; Women attacked on Met Branch; See the Blue Line; Florence and the interchange; And…. Keep reading…
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Dupont will get a new park over Connecticut Avenue
Where Connecticut Avenue dives under Dupont Circle, there is a block-long space between Q Street and the circle which residents have long dreamed of covering over to create a park. Now, that is likely to actually happen. Keep reading…
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Dan Snyder talking with DC, Maryland, and Virginia about new football stadiums
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. DC officials and candidates have long been talking about plans to try and lure the Washington NFL team back to play within the city limits. It was revealed today that, in fact, this is part of a larger deal with Maryland and Virginia to build stadiums for the team in all three jurisdictions. Owner Dan Snyder revealed at a press… Keep reading…
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Will the next mayor build a new football stadium?
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. Here are the discussions about a potential football stadium with candidates for all of the races we covered. See all of the interviews here. There’s a lot of popular support inside DC for having the Washington NFL team play its games in the… Keep reading…
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Candidates voice skepticism about a soccer stadium land swap deal
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. Here are the discussions about a potential football stadium with candidates for all of the races we covered. See all of the interviews here. Would swapping land at 14th and U for a soccer stadium at Buzzard Point be a good deal for DC? Some candidates… Keep reading…
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“Stay the course” or “pivot”? Gray and Evans disagree about the ill-fated Wisconsin Avenue median
In 2012, DC changed the traffic patterns on Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park to make it more friendly to pedestrians, then reversed course following strong complaints from many Georgetown residents including Councilmember Jack Evans. The issue came up in my interviews with Evans and Mayor Vince Gray. Keep reading…
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For DC Mayor: Tommy Wells
Tommy Wells is the best candidate for mayor of the District of Columbia. He has the strongest vision for the future on transit, housing affordability, education, social services, and many other subjects. We urge voters in the Democratic primary to cast their ballots for Tommy Wells. You can vote in person on April 1, or in early voting starting March 17. As regular readers know,… Keep reading…
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Bowser wants to solve middle school problem by replicating Deal, but Wells says that won’t work
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here is the second of two posts on what the candidates for mayor said about education. See all of the interviews here. Both Muriel Bowser and Tommy Wells say it’s… Keep reading…