Posts tagged Home Rule
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Breakfast links: Enterprise Community Partners expanding its efforts in Prince George’s County to promote church land-to-housing conversions
Prince George’s County invests in increasing housing stock through churches. House of Representatives grills DC officials on policing reform bill. Fairfax County’s Connector bus stops to see some improvements. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Most former McPherson encampment residents still unhoused six weeks after sweep
Six weeks later, most McPherson Square encampment residents still unhoused. Arlington has other goals for 136 properties ineligible for missing middle changes. MoCo Council overrides County Executive’s veto of proposed planning board appointee. Keep reading…
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How the Black Power movement shaped DC as we know it
George Derek Musgrove, co-author of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital, and a history professor at UMBC, argues that the Black Power movement wasn’t just a force in DC politics. It was the force for four decades. From the Civil Rights movement to DC’s first years of Home Rule to the resurgence of activism in the 1980s and 1990s, these activists were instrumental in shaping the District as we know it today. Keep reading…
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Myth busting: DC Home Rule prohibits a “commuter tax,” but that’s not why we don’t have congestion pricing
Why aren't there tolls on the Potomac River bridges? Why doesn't DC have a congestion charge to drive downtown, like London does or New York has considered? Is it because the Home Rule Act prohibits a “commuter tax?” It's a common argument, but isn't the reason. Keep reading…
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Election links: Sustainable growth faces off against experience
Welcome to the inaugural installment of Greater Greater Washington's weekly Election Links! We'll be bringing you roundups of election news in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Keep reading…
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DC Home Rule almost had… the FBI picking the police chief
What if, instead of DC’s mayor picking Chief Cathy Lanier to run the city’s police department, we had a chief chosen by the FBI, or the Secret Service? Some members of Congress wanted it to be that way when they gave DC home rule in 1973. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rape on Metro
Metro doesn’t mention crime; Obama sticks up for DC; Presidential neighbors; Mom is my roommate; Starter home struggles; The shunning economy; District of data; Preparing for the surge; Sidewalk’s closed. Now you’ll know; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget and bus lanes
Budget autonomy to the brig; Parking rate parity; 14th St streetscape; 16th St bus lane lag; IZ in DC; Plaza over Connecticut; Fort Reno done for?; Dollars for demand; A new VPP. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A different track
ICYMI; Bring on the buses; Homeless families on the rise; Car2go2more places; From retail to residence; Tall Oaks short on retail; Make the grade; Gaithersburg, the most diverse city; Traffic nightmare or hidden art?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the fence
Gaining momentum; Bike on; Congressional meddling; Slowing down; Around the corner; Curbing homelessness; Trailblazing; The many hats of Jim Graham; Sustainable Seattle. Keep reading…