Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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Breakfast links: Fits and starts
Not so safe accommodations; Taxation without representation; Foreign object, not arcing; Vote in Maryland!; “Uber of parking” falters; Soccer starts; DCHA goes solar; Bikeshare equity counts. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Represent
Next stop, statehood; WMATARU, Where R U?; Hogan, the hero?; Same day for some; Farm first; What’s in a name?; Equal opportunity, except for housing; Winter dream bike. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skeptic city
Shelter doubts; Safety blitz findings; On the up in Ivy City; Weekend cuts?; Car2go Arlington and DC; Wilson is fine; Smoked out in DC; Consolation fee; And…. Keep reading…
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The first two efforts to turn Petworth’s Hebrew Home into housing failed. Will the third time be different?
Just a few blocks from the Petworth Metro, a District-owned apartment that most call the Hebrew Home has been vacant since 2009, and DC is asking for resident input on its latest effort to redevelop the land (the first two fell through). The end result could be 200 new units of mixed-income housing, along with retail and park space. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The smart money says
SmarTrip stays; DC declares independence; Shelter sums; No new Circulator routes; Solar support; What’s in a station name?; HOT and the Pentagon; And…. Keep reading…
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Where were critics of the homeless shelter deal on all the other, worse deals?
When DC mayor Muriel Bowser announced she’d close the DC General homeless shelter and replace it with smaller shelters in all of DC’s wards, everyone knew there’d be pushback. Now it’s ratcheted up in the form of a slick video. But the video makes a point that could equally apply to many other, less worthy actions too. So why now? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Over the hill
40th birthday challenges; Another safety leader bites the dust; Pay to stay out of crime; Development opportunities abound; Torpedo Factory factions; More ambulances for DC; No-fly zone blues; Urban desires and reality. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fray and fate
Metro’s inspection problem; $15 minimum wage?; MoCo says no to accessible ride hailing; DC budget priorities; Reston revolution; Vision Zero, Waze style?; Short on homes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Minimum wage, maximum security
DC’s State of the Union; Metro security, post-Brussels; Metro after the shutdown; Strike out at DCA; Homebuyers can’t start, won’t start; DC’s tiny aparments; Church for sale; A stadium, by any other name; Under the cobblestones, the BEACH; Baltimore not feeling the burn. Keep reading…
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The Wizards practice facility deal should be more transparent
Publicly-funded stadiums are a controversial issue in the District. There were public debates and long, contentious hearings about Nationals Park and the DC United stadium, and public speculation is now turning toward RFK and the future home of the Washington football team. But our latest sports project, a $50 million-plus practice facility for the Wizards, has largely flown… Keep reading…