Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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Breakfast links: Sports, sports everywhere
Bowser for soccer, not swap; Empty penthouse promise?; MNCPPC on the move; A flood of flood protection need; When to go for turkey; Inclusionary zoning lags; Not forfeit. Keep reading…
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The common school lottery website is better than ever, but you may not want to rush to use it
This year the common school lottery, My School DC, will provide families with a centralized waiting list and an interactive map to help them locate schools. The lottery opens December 15th, but families new to the school system may want to hold off entering it until the future of the new boundary plan is settled. DC launched the common lottery last year. Families only need to enter… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Peel back the ground
Big ideas for Smithsonian; Plowing snow in bike lanes; Bike safety bill delayed; More bike lanes, more bicyclists; Vacant lots for sale; CCT worry; Triwizard Tournament; Why the bag fee works; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to fix neighborhoods
What’s wrong with Anacostia?; Clean up & activate the river; What’s wrong with Georgetown?; Abracadabra; Is Columbia Pike opposition racist?; Silver Line, three months in; Vision Zero, meet Emission Zero; Towers of London; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Endangered species
Desperately seeking tiny shrimp; Race to replace Bowser; Preservation ethics; Federal workers feel transit pinch; More crosswalks, more gridlock?; Housing homeless vets; Light rail in Research Triangle; And…. Keep reading…
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Will Mayor Bowser pull the plug on a newly detailed school boundary plan?
The DC Public School system has released a detailed plan for implementing the new boundaries and feeder patterns adopted by Mayor Vincent Gray. While the plan answers a lot of questions, one big one is still open: Will Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser scrap the whole thing and start over again as she has promised? The boundary overhaul involved months of public meetings and feedback… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: United?
Land swap a bad deal?; All about the green; Purple Line worry; Transit ballot success; Taxi boss wants Uber regulations; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bad night for Democrats and transit
Hogan KOs Brown; Vihstadt withstands Howze; Bowser stomps Catania; Wins & losses for transit; Slow down on Maryland Avenue; CSX tunnel gets green light; Silver Line express to Dulles?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Newer Carrollton
Whither New Carrollton?; Where candidates stand on negligence; Where there are no NIMBYs; What makes cities family-friendly?; Oppose transit, because robocars; New maps illustrate development; Even car-free workers drive; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s ahead
Poll says; Not in my back ward?; DC police live elsewhere; Transportation on the radio; Underpass designs forgot bikes?; Use two wheels? Fairfax wants you; Later school start in Fairfax; Left-wing housing is pricier; And…. Keep reading…