Posts tagged Kwame Brown
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How much government waste really exists and is easy to cut?
In a surprise move, Mayor Gray vetoed a budget measure that spends some of DC’s reserves to delay an upcoming bond tax. Gray wants some kind of income tax, like he had in his original budget. Kwame Brown insists he’s opposed to that, and wants to create commission to study further cuts. This aversion to a very small income tax increase is silly. Many DC residents face… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time to go
Metro closes @metroopensdoors; Elections chief quits; Wells calls for Thomas to resign; Hope for the Anacostia?; Montgomery approves first charter school; No free parking on commercial street; We don’t spend a lot on gas; A look inside Metro; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Signs of the times
Ugly signs protest development; Will Capitol surface parking ever go away?; Route 1 to be more friendly; Take MLK from MLK to MLK; The Ward 4 WMATA Board; CaBi sets records on the 4th; Amtrak privitization faces the 5th Amendment; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Brown criticizes GGW but still has no believable explanation
Kwame Brown criticized Greater Greater Washington to TBD, claiming we’re wrong about his motivations for reshuffling committees. But his explanations continue to simply not hold water. Brown claimed that the changes better unify subject areas in the same committee, like putting the environment with transportation and public works. There is indeed a lot of linkage,… Keep reading…
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Knocked on our heels, it’s time to broaden the urbanist tent
The DC Council vote to strip Tommy Wells of his chairmanship of the Transportation Committee and his seat on the WMATA Board of Directors is a reality check for urbanists and smart growth advocates. While it’s true that council chairman Kwame Brown was exacting revenge for Wells’ report on the SUV scandal, simply blaming Brown misses the deeper point. The sad… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 12 dirty pols
Why nobody spoke up; Bond tax delayed 1 year; No bus garage at Walter Reed; Bulger not a regular rider; Parking required at historic train station; ANC supports waterfront development; Walmart asked for transit improvements; Greens not for transit. Keep reading…
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Bowser, Bulger get WMATA Board, Wells gets planning
The WMATA Board, which has already had most members change in the last year, will see even more turnover as Kwame Brown plans to strip Tommy Wells of his seat along with the transportation committee today. Muriel Bowser would instead represent the DC Council as a voting member, Freeman Klopott reported. Bowser currently chairs the regional Transportation Planning Board. Kwame… Keep reading…
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Breaking: Kwame Brown stripping transportation committee from Tommy Wells as retribution for SUV scandal
DC Council chairman Kwame Brown plans to remove Tommy Wells from his chairmanship of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation today. This appears to be naked political payback from February, when Wells published a report on the Lincoln Navigator scandal. Email the Council or call Brown’s office at (202) 724-8032 to express your disappointment that personal… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with the law
93 days in jail for a vegetable garden; Are strip clubs good neighbors?; Black women bike, too; Scandals complicate economic development pick; Too many boards and commissions?; Two approaches to solving regional congestion; 4 stories shockingly massive; Chairs vanish where immigrants gathered; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Zoning and the Bill of Rights
Zoning & 1st Amendment collide; Zoning & 2nd Amendment collide; Brown v. BOEE; Metro offers a sneak peek of the future; Many bidders for car share spaces; Walmart waited for its DC debut; Speed cameras come to PG; Sheiks shun Shaw; And…. Keep reading…