Posts tagged Elections
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Breakfast links: Don’t jump
Metro behind in suicide prevention; Troubles for the trolley?; 11th St. Bridge span opens; Who should maintain the roads?; Gentrifiers get gentrified out; More playgrounds than you think; Photo tickets down, bike lane tickets up; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Not again
Metro brake breaks again; WMATA board all shook up; HPRB almost an empty board; Steal early, steal often; Battle for succession; Some gin with your zoning; Hawaii train on track; Development is harder than it looks. Keep reading…
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Running for office in DC? Tell our readers about yourself
If you’re running for elected office in the District of Columbia in the 2012 cycle, we’d like to run a guest post from you. Keep reading…
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Can Falls Church ban parties endorsing local candidates?
Virginia state law prohibits ballots from listing partisan affiliation for local elections. The Falls Church City Council wants to go a step further, banning political parties from endorsing candidates in city races altogether. Can they do this, and with extremely limited public input? In the wake of two major shakeups to Falls Church city politics, the City Council is set… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Zoning and vice
Board talks dirty about zoning; Neighbors uneasy over pot; Governors spar over growth; Green Line stations close for repairs; Why is building a subway so expensive?; ICC’s 2nd segment opens soon; Baltimore selects different bike sharing; Area elections extremely close; And…. Keep reading…
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Put the democratic back in DC’s Democratic Party
Top DC Democrats have taken drastic measures to prevent voters from disrupting their control of the party. Ironically, as a result, they have sown the seeds for a successful voter revolt to open up the party and turn it into a powerful agent for change. The party leadership was so worried about facing voters next April, they canceled the election in which 340,000 voters get to choose… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bumper weekend
Driver strikes 3 protestors… intentionally?; WMATA wants to break radio silence; Borrowing is the new stealing?; Attend a town hall by hashtag; Gentrification, or more diversity?; DC Democrats become less democratic; RI Ave ped/bike bridge moving forward; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Ohio leads the way
Ohio bridge design reunites neighborhoods; Trails come at a premium; Night of the walking dead; SF candidates offer solutions to transit; Participation can improve outcomes; We are the 0% (of Congress); Tourmobile closing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to start planning for growth
Washington will grow no matter what; Money talks; Tysons Corner does its part; Repubs demand more spending; Cross the virtual tunnel; Trail costs jump; Shout it from the treetops; Movie popcorn gets even more expensive; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Inner city blues
East of the river’s self-fulfilling prophecy; Howland can’t use transportation the rest of us do; Right-to-Life Metro; Driver assaults group of cyclists on parkway; Can we get streetscape relief right?; How long is your commute?; MD redistricting advances; Charm City removes bike lane; community asks why?; And…. Keep reading…