Posts tagged David Catania
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DC officials tweet, but with varying enthusiasm
Twitter can be a powerful tool for politicians and government agencies to connect with constituents. Many of DC’s elected leaders are on Twitter, but they use their accounts to widely varying degrees. Their tweets also vary in frequency and quality, and some officials tweet personally while staff send out tweets for others. Which are the best and the worst? Tommy… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad old days
Scandals are the 80s all over again?; Thomas, get out; Hit and run, alcohol and PTSD; Where are the rent controlled apartments?; Pile of twisted metal or triumphal arch?; New Hampshire may weigh in on DC statehood; HOT builder bowing out?; Gabe putting in bike lanes; Auto executives for higher gas taxes. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: What’s developing
Development clusters good for neighborhoods; Wheaton Costco a hot topic; Council race racing ahead; How about an Anacostia contest?; Markets moving; Houston continues to get worse; EU wants emissions-free city streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New ways of thinking
Target willing to go without huge garage?; Wyman will update Metro map; Baker has plans for PG; Where are the new MoCo residents?; DC might withhold $50M in face of cuts; Undisciplined school discipline; Biddle wasting BOEE & opponent resources?; Gray’s hiring misses mark; Metro needs longer track work planning. Keep reading…
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DC 2010 budget would end Saturday free parking
Back in November, Councilmember Jim Graham suggested raising parking meter rates to restore some cuts in important housing programs like HPAP, which helps people get mortgages to buy homes. Graham suggested raising $1/hour meters to $2, and 50¢ meters to 75¢. He also proposed ending DC’s policy of free parking on Saturdays. Keep reading…
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Have DC Councilmembers ever tried to park downtown on a Saturday?
The Council passed Jim Graham’s parking meter rate hike yesterday, raising $1/hour meters to $2 and 50¢ meters to 75¢, and restoring much-needed city housing programs. But to get enough political support from the Council, Graham and co-introducer Tommy Wells had to agree to an amendment from Jack Evans designating $1 million of the revenue raised to the O Street… Keep reading…
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Connecting communities (or not)
It was Councilmember Marion Barry (ward 8) who had the day’s most relevant quote. “Streetcars are about connecting communities,” he said, as he urged his colleagues to support the proposed 1.3-mile, $43-million Anacostia demonstration streetcar in his ward. There’s only one problem: the proposed line doesn’t connect communities at all. There’s no community on South Capitol… Keep reading…
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Labor successfully waters down noise bill
The DC Council just passed a revised version of the much-debated bill on non-commercial noise. Since I don’t know all the arguments well enough to have a strong opinion, I’ll just report the arguments that were made at the hearing. Keep reading…
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Where do DC’s at-large Councilmembers live?
I’m listening to the entertaining debate in the DC Council on the noise bill, broadcast on the local cable Channel 13. Harry Thomas (ward 5) introduced an amendment to restrict the proposed legislation to only residentially zoned districts, as opposed to mixed-use districts. Muriel Bowser (ward 4), Jim Graham (1) and Yvette Alexander (7) so far have spoken in favor of this… Keep reading…