Posts tagged Patrick Mara
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Breakfast links: Motion in Maryland
Why Maryland kids don’t walk or bike; Two PG Metro board members named; Residents want station shuttered; Biddle knocks off Patterson, not Weaver or Mara; Park Police confront food trucks; National Bike Summit comes to town; DC’s AIDS progress slipping; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s on your Metro?
Are cloth seats wise or germ havens?; McDonnell finally backs Metro funding; Henderson getting the job; Gray calls for investigation of Gray; Questionable tactics against Oregon bag bill; Ga. driver assaults 13-year-old for asking him to put away a phone; Maybe transit advocates are being honest; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not easy being green
NPS rejects BikeDC; Leggett proposing bag fee; H Street NE gets new trees; Biddle challenges signatures, some oddly; Steps to govern DC; Legislative shenanigans; Buses up for cuts; NYC wrestles with tour buses; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thinking about tomorrow
Avoid a DC shutdown; Why not Walmart; Burke wants calmer parkway; Express buses begin on ICC; College Park considering CaBi; Complaints do not equal failure; Biddle challenges opponents’ candidacies; Gray calls for deeper SUV investigation; And…. Keep reading…
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Live chat with Patrick Mara
Welcome to our live chat with Patrick Mara, a DC-style Republican and candidate for the at-large Council seat in the special election April 26th. #cil_page .mainchat { position: relative; overflow: auto; } Live chat with Patrick Mara(02/02/2011) Keep reading…
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At-large forum Thursday, plus Weaver and Mara live chats
The DC for Democracy, Greater Greater Washington, and DC Environmental Network at-large candidate forum has been rescheduled for this Thursday. Meanwhile, Bryan Weaver and Patrick Mara will join us for live chats Tuesday and Wednesday. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Spotlight on roads
PG residents want brighter roads; SHA trying darker roads; Bad bills and bad Senators who support them; Money’s for roads, but he wants control of Metro; Maryland needs new crosswalk strategy; Gray, Brown ride $2,000/month SUVs; Talking transit, taxes and election tactics; National Harbor to add gas station; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good Republican, Bad Democrat
Mara is in the race; Congressman wants to widen BW Parkway; Secure bike cage coming to College Park; 15-year-old pedestrian killed in PG; New Glenmont garage underway; Metro improvements delayed in MoCo; Keeping Columbia Pike affordable; McDonnell proposes teacher performance pay; And…. Keep reading…
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For Congress in Virginia and DC State Board of Education
With so many races around the region, we sadly haven’t had time to write in-depth articles about every one. Here are a few important ones to keep in mind as you go to the polls tomorrow. We support Gerry Connolly for Congress in Virginia’s 11th Congressional district in Fairfax and Prince William Counties. Connolly has a solid record of fighting for improvements to… Keep reading…
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Almost lunch links: the District’s Republicans
Please do sully her legacy, Mr. Graham: Carol Schwartz is hurt that Jim Graham would propose ending the free Saturday parking she implemented years ago. “Graham says he had no intention of sullying Schwartz’s legacy with his revenue-positive moves,” writes Loose Lips. Graham’s plan is a good idea, and the faster we abandon Schwartz’s knee-jerk,… Keep reading…