Posts tagged Michael A Brown
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Breakfast links: Safety, please!
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Metro budget town hall tonight
Tonight is the first of several “town hall” meetings to discuss the upcoming Metro budget and the $100 million estimated gap. Tonight’s meeting is in DC, 6:30 pm at the Navy Memorial Auditorium, 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW. On Wednesday, Virginia’s town hall is at 6:30 pm in the George Mason High School Cafeteria, 7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Maryland… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep on the grass
Catoe gets silent nay from Albert; Parking rites; Chicago free market acolytes create price ceiling; Pull ya car on up; Where the sidewalks end; The great park bench debate; Watch out for reply-all. Keep reading…
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Car-centric and walkable instincts vie within evolving Thomas
As society’s view of the shape of our communities and the role of our streets has shifted, so have the views of our elected officials. In the 1920s, a public debate over the role of cars dedicated streets to cars alone. Communities passed laws mandating the suburban form of development. Today, we’re reevaluating those decisions and their negative consequences, and with… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Roadblocks and mental blocks
Room and Board not on board: Room and Board’s financing fell through to buy the vacant commercial building at 14th and T. In December, an exciting proposal by Tryst, Diner, and Open City owner Constantine Stavropoulous to share the building among a diner, comedy club, yoga studio and dance company lost out to Room and Board. Will Stavropoulous be able to resurrect his original… Keep reading…
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New Council structure announced; Wells joins key committee
Loose Lips just posted the new committee structure for next year’s DC Council, chosen by Chairman Vincent Gray. Most of the committees stay the same, but there are some important changes, including a few in the key committee which oversees transportation. Keep reading…
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Michael Brown: quality of life for whom?
As most news articles explain, Michael A. Brown has run for many political offices in DC, including mayor (in 2006), Ward 4 Council (in the 2007 special election), and now Council At-Large. The son of former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Michael Brown is the least convincingly a non-Democrat, as he served as Finance Vice-Chair for the DNC and a surrogate speaker for Clinton, Gore,… Keep reading…
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Schwartz to run as a write-in; at-large race gets more interesting
You’ve probably already seen that Carol Schwartz will run a write-in campaign to retain her at-large Council seat in November. Keep reading…