Posts tagged Ethics
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Breakfast results: Less Brown, more rainbow
Grosso beats Brown; Voters say yes; Capitol Hill upholds Hine; Students do well; Euille and Dems win Alexandria; Rail wins in Hawaii; All the transportation votes; Lines were long. Keep reading…
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Endorsements for DC citywide races and ballot questions
While the Democratic primary most often determines office-holders in the District of Columbia, there is a serious race on the November ballot for a seat on the DC Council, alongside a number of other races. In the District, we endorse David Grosso for Council at-large, Phil Mendelson for chairman, Nate Bennett-Fleming for shadow representative, and yes votes on the 3 charter… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Contested transportation
GMU pushes sprawl some more; ANC agrees to no parking; Arlington candidates cold on streetcar; Graham vs. WMATA ethics; Got 11 cars?; TOD underway, awaits transit; Expanded transfers expands bus service; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Car Free Eve
Ditch the car tomorrow; More people for McMillan; Reporter vs. bus; Wells on ethics; Brown on campaign finance; Fewer boards across the board; A bad MAP; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winning
Olympics in DC 2024?; Region wins grants; Wins for economy, baseball team; Britain doesn’t want helmet laws; On the ethics of bicycling; Get low; And…. Keep reading…
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Super PACs in DC? The evidence doesn’t support the fears
DC has an opportunity to clean up its elections and restore public trust in District leaders with a ballot initiative, but some are arguing that a ban on corporate contributions to campaigns would just trigger super PACs. The evidence says otherwise. In states that have banned the same practice for decades, super PACs have not played any meaningful role. Ballot Initiative 70… Keep reading…
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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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Morning links: More muck
Yet another investigation; End entitlement, end tickets; The occupation is over; Some parts of DC get whiter; Metro becoming paperless; Bag searches catch nobody; TBD Off Foot; Time for a freeway’s exit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DePillis extravaganza
Lydia wins; Kennedy Center shoots for the sun; DC goes east and up; Blight tax spurs RI Ave proposal; Give up your seat, guys; Take a van to work?; Entitlement fuels scandals; Philadelphia draws in suburban art museum. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The end for Kwame
Brown resigns; Chair Mendo?; Reactions; Silver Line union preference gone; Metro works way out of way out problem; GU and neighbors agree; Anacostia’s value and brand; Bradbury foresaw future without pedestrians; And…. Keep reading…