Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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DC schools need a mayor who’s in a hurry
Ask most of the candidates in the District’s April 1 Democratic primary about the gap between our most and least successful public schools, and they’ll tell you they want every school to be great. That’s a laudable aspiration, but at our current pace it will take more than a generation to get there. Sadly, few candidates support acting boldly to change the lives… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The 27% Solution
Dead heat; Gray wouldn’t resign; Will new residents matter?; Park, not parking; Rethinking Rosslyn; One capital tower; Clear snow in MoCo?; A different kind of biker crash; And…. Keep reading…
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For DC Mayor: Tommy Wells
Tommy Wells is the best candidate for mayor of the District of Columbia. He has the strongest vision for the future on transit, housing affordability, education, social services, and many other subjects. We urge voters in the Democratic primary to cast their ballots for Tommy Wells. You can vote in person on April 1, or in early voting starting March 17. As regular readers know,… Keep reading…
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Bowser wants to solve middle school problem by replicating Deal, but Wells says that won’t work
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here is the second of two posts on what the candidates for mayor said about education. See all of the interviews here. Both Muriel Bowser and Tommy Wells say it’s… Keep reading…
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Mayoral challengers criticize the Gray administration’s streetcar progress
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over the course of a few weeks. See all of the interviews here. Love it or hate it, DC is building a streetcar, but there have been a lot of delays in getting it running. We already posted… Keep reading…
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Wells wants bigger role for charters, others aren’t so sure
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here is the first of two posts on what the candidates for mayor said about education. See all of the interviews here. How can we speed the pace of improvement in struggling… Keep reading…
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A bus lane for 16th Street? Which mayoral candidates agree?
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. See all of the interviews here. Bus priority, bus lanes, Bus Rapid Transit — people have long talked about doing more to make our busy bus routes better. Keep reading…
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DC’s mayoral candidates voice ideas for affordable housing
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here is the second of 2 posts on discussions about housing with candidates for mayor. See all of the interviews here. Mayor Gray has pledged to spend $100 million… Keep reading…
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Where will DC’s next 200,000 residents go? The mayoral candidates weigh in
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here is the first of 2 posts on discussions about housing with candidates for mayor. See all of the posts here. “We’ve been a city of 800,000 before,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New developments
Does DC need a new sports complex?; Transformation of Barry Farm; Bowser gains on Gray; The boom moves outward; Silver Line fine; Worst Metro escalators of 2013 and 2014 (so far); The problem with tech buses; Tragic; Driving is down; And…. Keep reading…