Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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Councilmembers who rarely walk block shoveling bill
8 DC councilmembers tabled a bill this afternoon to enforce DC’s law requiring shoveling sidewalks. This means that, for the umpteenth time, DC is doing nothing about the serious safety problem of unshoveled sidewalks after a snowstorm. Only bill authors Mary Cheh (ward 3) and Tommy Wells (ward 6), joined by David Catania (at-large) and Chairman Kwame Brown, voted against… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better taxis for a better tomorrow
Taxis get all shook up; Commuter benefit likely ending; VRE seeks more funding; Virginia budget boosts roads; O’Malley signs PlanMaryland; Waterfront plans roil Alexandria; Parking meters draw Petworth’s ire. Keep reading…
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The DC Council should abolish Constituent Service Funds
The draft ethics bill under consideration by the DC Council takes steps to limit the use of Constituent Service Funds. The Government Operations Committee should take a bold step and abolish the funds altogether when they report a final bill. Analysis conducted by DC for Democracy makes this painfully clear. DC for Democracy found that very little money raised for CSFs went to… Keep reading…
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Draft ethics bill fails to address pressing issues
Councilmember Muriel Bowser released a draft ethics bill Friday. The bill takes some steps to follow best practices in municipal ethics, but is overly reactive to recent scandals, contains significant loopholes, has relatively weak enforcement and punitive powers, and ignores or passes the buck on some much needed reforms. Bowser chairs the Council’s Committee on… Keep reading…
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The Ward 4 council race is crowded. Will it be competitive?
The race to represent Ward 4 on the DC Council is shaping up to be a crowded one. Whether or not it will also be competitive remains to be seen. At least 7 candidates are vying to unseat councilmember Muriel Bowser, who is running for her second full term. Bowser was first voted onto the council in a 2007 special election to fill the seat vacated by Adrian Fenty when he was elected Mayor. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Patience is a virtue
Slower speeds may come to DC; Bag fee increases shoplifting?; One man owes $17 million in back taxes; Bike “garage” slated for Franconia; Struggle on the waterfront; BRAC bits; Utah entitled to Arizona highways; And…. Keep reading…
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Station name debate focuses too little on helping riders
If you listened to the WMATA Board discuss station names this morning, you could be forgiven if you concluded the board is made up of representatives from local universities, hospitals, and sports teams, and that those institutions, rather than riders and residents, pay for Metro. That’s because where institutions want to be on Metro station names, most members from… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new line
Circulator crosses the river; Waldorf wants light rail (not Metro); HP shouldn’t be a weapon; U and King Streets are great; Booth map gets better; “Super NoVA” transportation study starts; Bowser squeezes Orange; Republicans not kicking DC (much); And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Under pressure
Pressure mounts on DC middle schools; Bowser has her own ethics challenge; Tenants sue over living conditions; Earthquake caused more damage than thought; No fault in Jefferson Memorial arrests; Don’t call it a bribe; Everyone doesn’t love a party; And…. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Get serious
Who’s seriously for ethics?; 90s Metrobuses will work like Circulator; Senate slightly saves HSR; Germantown, the “satellite city”; Incomes in central DC, Loudoun soar; How about an underground park?; Baltimore cancels Cyclovia; O’Toole just a rabid anti-urbanist. Keep reading…