Posts tagged Corruption
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Breaking: Kwame Brown stripping transportation committee from Tommy Wells as retribution for SUV scandal
DC Council chairman Kwame Brown plans to remove Tommy Wells from his chairmanship of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation today. This appears to be naked political payback from February, when Wells published a report on the Lincoln Navigator scandal. Email the Council or call Brown’s office at (202) 724-8032 to express your disappointment that personal… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with the law
93 days in jail for a vegetable garden; Are strip clubs good neighbors?; Black women bike, too; Scandals complicate economic development pick; Too many boards and commissions?; Two approaches to solving regional congestion; 4 stories shockingly massive; Chairs vanish where immigrants gathered; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Follow the money
Team Thomas spends on luxuries; Imagine the L Street cycletrack; Ike Memorial has windshield perspective; Gray supports aerial Dulles station; Gowdy, unexpected champion of DC autonomy; Rage against the machine; Hate crimes shift, but still under-reported; Community polices trail; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver on the line
Virginia officials talk Silver Line savings; Metro morsels; Johnson resigns, but not fast enough; Car sharing bidding “backward policy”?; Ward 1 ANCs discuss bike lanes, parking; Preserve Washington artifacts or empty space?; When automobilization was new; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Virginia Metro, less DC development
Potomac Yard station has options; New ideas “surface” to cut Silver Line costs; Projects shrink, opponents still oppose; No Megabus, no videotaping; MPD stops photography, gets sued; Greening or green-washing?; Johnson stays on council… for now; Interesting transit ideas; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Dealing with delays
Streetcars delayed a year, but streetscape done; DC supports red light cameras; Mayor wants more police; All bets may be off; BZA might reread library plans; How about affordable housing?; PG mulls liquor regulations; A park for a school; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: What conservative people like
Republicans for multimodalism, not mixed-use; GOP staff like Virginia; Home buyers want less driving; LAPD blames cyclists for being hit by drunk; What’s with officials using public money for their cars?; City Paper files to dismiss Snyder suit; Current supports keeping meter rates; Really, Wrigley doesn’t need more parking; Bike butlers relocate Danish bikes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What feds are up to
Amtrak privatization plan stirs debate; House keeps riders, doesn’t add more; Park Police make things up; FBI tried hard to bribe Graham; Metro getting safer; Henderson: Still effective, more friendly; On the sidewalk; Bus lanes go far, almost. Keep reading…
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Real ethics reform goes beyond rearranging the deck chairs
The District of Columbia is in an ethical crisis of unparalleled proportions thanks to the DC Council’s pitiful standards. Real reform needs to address some of the serious problems, including members holding seats on nonprofit boards, having jobs which create conflicts of interest, and accepting nearly limitless corporate contributions. Councilmember Mary Cheh… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spending money, honestly and otherwise
The day in ethics; Health and taxes up for debate; Not just a political prop; He messed with the wrong cyclist; Labor dispute delays ART; US Open still punishing Metro riders; Hybrid trains?; And…. Keep reading…