Posts tagged Government
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Cheh, Wells try again to fix snow fines
Mary Cheh and Tommy Wells reintroduced a bill this morning to set up fines for failing to clear sidewalks. During last year’s storms, many residents and businesses toiled to keep their sidewalks clear, but some did not. The biggest offenders were commercial properties like this parking lot or this apartment building, where one tenant told us the property owner didn’t… Keep reading…
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Riders appeal to Metro police to stop bag searches
Over 100 people packed a hearing room at WMATA headquarters last night for a Riders’ Advisory Council meeting about the random bag searches Metro instituted in December. Police representatives explained the basic facts of the program in the face of over 30 often-impassioned arguments against the program. As Bob “Dr. Gridlock” Thomson tweeted, the crowd… Keep reading…
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What would you ask the at-large candidates?
Tonight, the Ward 6 Democrats are holding the last candidate forum for the vacant at-large DC Council seat prior to the Democratic State Committee’s selection of an interim appointee. Based on the committee membership Chairman Kwame Brown announced before the holidays, we can assume that this member will sit on four committees: Public Works and Transportation, Economic… Keep reading…
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Sound off on WMATA bag searches tonight
Tonight, the WMATA Riders’ Advisory Council is holding a public meeting to discuss the controversial bag search program launched without public discussion in December. I’ll be chairing the meeting, which starts at 6:30 pm sharp at WMATA HQ, 600 5th Street, NW in the committee room (past security, left and then right.) The meeting will start with public comment,… Keep reading…
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Candidates short on details as DCDSC ponders appointment
Amid biting budget forecasts, endemic unemployment in struggling neighborhoods, bursting juvenile crime and many other burdens, DC will fill Kwame Brown’s at-large seat as he becomes chair. It’s a very important position, one of just 13 men and women who will steer a city of 600,000 through tough times. The city’s Democratic clubhouse of about 80 people,… Keep reading…
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Will Thomas push for local business and good urban design?
Harry Thomas, Jr. will lead the DC Council’s Committee on Economic Development next year. In a press release, Thomas notes his plans to continue “building on what he has accomplished in this area for Ward 5.” The trouble is, Thomas’ development record in Ward 5 is spotty, at best. Suburban-style, big box-anchored retail development is scattered throughout… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Feds pay up
Feds speed up Silver Line funding; Congress orders feds to pay stormwater fees; Transit can never be fully secured; Glenmont getting garage; Silver Spring still debating library ped bridge; Car passenger pulls gun on pedestrians; Are film incentives worth it?; Buy America makes HSR costly; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Have plans, need money
Region brimming with streetcar projects; Virginia needs rail money; Fenty wants to surplus Franklin School; Shaw Library draws accolades; Affordable housing saves more than money; Frederick bridges in great shape; Big box retail moving into cities; From ballpark to snow park; And…. Keep reading…
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Christmas Eve links: What Santa’s bringing you
Have yourself a Merry Transit Christmas; All I want for the holidays…; FreshDirect in DC?; Bike parking to be enforced; Baltimore United?; DC not really least business-friendly; Freeways that weren’t; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Prince George’s moving forward, mostly
PG Metro board member yanked; Leslie Johnson won’t control development; Teen killed in hit and run; Gray education picks are strong reformers; Zimmerman looks ahead; Overhead wire bill approved; Dulles Metro station far for security reasons?; Tell station managers about escalators; And…. Keep reading…