Posts tagged Leon Swain
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Weekend Links: Take a gamble
MGM comes to the Potomac?; CaBi users not wearing helmets; Bhatt talks pedestrian safety; FBI informant runing for Council; IZ still a trickle; Prince George’s Plaza gets density; Am I condemned to gentrify?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Some good changes
Will Four26 prompt reforms?; IRV explained, British style; Higher ridership shrinks gap; Swain’s ouster political payback; Barry wants Near SE, Near SE doesn’t want Barry; Residents oppose development in Bluemont; Workers fired after accident; Important wedding today; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Taxi Commisioner let go; Fired teachers maybe fired for good reason?; GOP doesn’t get location efficiency; Developer gives away cars to home buyers; Good development on 14th Street; Fairfax leaders take mode challenge; Students to test SmartTrip IDs; Struck pedestrian dies. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Heroes and scofflaws
Leon Swain the hero; The ticket collectors; Bicyclist killed because he was riding in the road?; Sustainable transportation program is not sustainable; Down from the summit on texting; Automated announcements?; Watch for falling gas. Keep reading…
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A taxi, Leon Swain, and me
My car got towed last week (for accidentally violating a Pepco temporary no-parking notice). When I got back today I immediately went to get it out of the impound lot, at 2nd and Q Southeast Southwest. I got into a cab, but upon hearing the destination, the driver claimed not to know where that was (bogus) and refused to transport me. This is my first direct experience with this (taxis… Keep reading…