Posts tagged David Grosso
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Breakfast links: Act locally
Statehood stalled; Council calls; Big wins for transit; How it shook out in DC; Fund it all in Arlington; How will housing fare?; What’s in it for Metro; Mini Metro on mobile. Keep reading…
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Tuesday is election day. Here’s a recap of our endorsements.
Tomorrow is election day, one of our single biggest opportunities to make the Washington DC region even greater. Please vote! If you didn’t vote early and are headed to the polls tomorrow, here’s a recap of our recommendations on how to vote. Keep reading…
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Our endorsements for races across the Washington region
Tuesday, November 8 is Election Day, and most area jurisdictions have early voting which has already begun. Here are our endorsements for some key races on your ballot. We recommend area voters choose: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine for President David Grosso and Robert White for DC Council at large Mary Lord for DC State Board of Education Eleanor Holmes Norton for DC… Keep reading…
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A unanimous vote to end DC’s unjust insurance law for people walking and biking
On Tuesday, the DC Council unanimously approved a bill to end the extremely unjust “contributory negligence” rule which frequently forbids people who are hit when walking or biking from collecting medical costs from a driver’s insurance. Keep reading…
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DC Council postpones fixing an injustice to pedestrians and cyclists because Kenyan McDuffie’s dog ate his homework
I’m on vacation in Copenhagen, but am writing a post anyway )using a Danish keyboard where the punctuation is all in a different place= because I’m sufficiently annoyed at Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie. He seems to have just read a very important bill to protect people walking and bicycling at the very last minute, then asked for an extension because it didn’t… Keep reading…
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DC’s homeless shelter plan just got a makeover
In February, Mayor Bowser put forth a plan to replace DC General with seven smaller family shelters around the District. The DC Council just made some key changes: all of the sites will now be city-owned rather than leased, and a few will be in different locations than first planned. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Plethora of opinions, paucity of options
No full track closures; RFK reactions; Housing-related stress; A new approach for Metro; Maryland’s need for speed; Travel bans for LGBT fans; Mosquitoes beware; Measuring cycling stress; Howard Theatre disappointment; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The cost of change
No paid leave; No eating, drinking, or loading SmarTrip; Metro on time; Strip it down; Connect the (railcar) dots; Bike lane blues; Flags for cyclist safety?. Keep reading…
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I’m an employer, and I support DC’s family leave bill
Employees who work in DC could soon be entitled to 16 weeks of paid time off for the birth of a child, to care for a sick family member, or recover from illness, under a bill introduced this week. As someone who runs a small nonprofit that will soon employ three people, I think this is a great idea. As someone who writes about the forces that affect where people live, I also think it’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Virginia votes
Silberberg for Alexandria; The victors in Arlington and Fairfax; No love for nominee; Share and yield; Green is gold; Get to work; WMATA sued for negligence; Love thy neighbor; Mapping markets; Riot repair; Park on, New Hampshire; And…. Keep reading…