Posts tagged Kwame Brown
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Weekend links: The culture war comes here
Gay rights take step forward; Women’s rights take step backward; Put gentrifiers, not football players, at Res. 13; Simmer down now, DC Council; Council beefs up transportation expertise; Charter schools on the trigger; NO TAGS? $20,000 in tickets; The Tide rolls in; And…. Keep reading…
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Councilmembers who rarely walk block shoveling bill
8 DC councilmembers tabled a bill this afternoon to enforce DC’s law requiring shoveling sidewalks. This means that, for the umpteenth time, DC is doing nothing about the serious safety problem of unshoveled sidewalks after a snowstorm. Only bill authors Mary Cheh (ward 3) and Tommy Wells (ward 6), joined by David Catania (at-large) and Chairman Kwame Brown, voted against… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pressure’s building
Tensions mount over budget; The signs of disengagement; Up in arms over car barn; A walk down K Street; Confusion burns; First, they came for our land…; Florida HSR would have been profitable; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bring in the dough
Brown puts tax cuts first; A stop sign for a suburban Walmart; PG’s sprawling problem; Will Metro get fixed?; Restoration used to be racist; No need to watch for bikes, peds in Virginia; VA House may cut unions from Silver Line; Transportation bill a speeding SUV; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Next time will be better
A mea culpa for the meltdown; Streetcars gone 50 years; Condemn me; DC statehood gets mixed reception; No more spending; The health effects of urban design; The great art of the train; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Speedwalking
Racial differences in walking; Lots of heat in education debate; Drawing great teachers to bad schools; Bethesda’s new gateway; A fight for DC’s memorial; Georgetown needs a plan; One City Summit for the masses; How blogs influence planning. Keep reading…
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DC Council and OSSE dragging feet on community schools
When the DC Council gave control of the schools to the mayor in 2007, the law required DC to create community schools, but there has been little progress since. The Council can rectify this problem by passing a proposed law to create incentives for community schools. Community schools are schools that provide after-hours services to students and their families and communities. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not very ethical
An abrupt end; Kwame vs. press, part 1; Kwame vs. press, part 2; Neighbors want retail; Neighbors and Cafritz get closer; Fight for the transit benefit; Fairfax school crumbling; How to fix Amtrak; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thomas gone
Thomas to resign; Union contract up; Ride sharing drafted; Commission vs. Authority; Go to college; Blame the government; And…. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Downtown building angst
Franklin occupied; Add 2 floors to MLK Library?; Evans the paradox; Bill pays WMATA, changes MWAA; How WMATA got religion on open data; TEDxPhilly learns problem with car dependence; Fixing vacant lots is healthy; What avenue are you?; And…. Keep reading…