Posts tagged Politics
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Breakfast links: Obligations
WV wants to keep MARC service; Why the Silver Line survived; Gray fills boards; CaBi rolls along; Can’t afford it anymore; SF allows rear boardings; California’s loss is Northeast’s gain; Planning heads for mayor!. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Powerless
Storm leaves homes in the dark; Walmart will bring too much traffic; Nader urges little strike for statehood; CaBi strengthens local bike shops; Young men leave cars?; DC extends pool time; CUA will reduce parking, then build more; Banned intercity buses crowd out Chinatown minibuses. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paying for transportation
Agreement on transpo bill; No BRT soon; DC would not be alone; How to fix parking?; Cities grow; What about health care?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: LivingCheaply
DC gives LivingSocial big bucks; DC budget autonomy on hold again; Wells is against private streetcars; McDonnell wants Loudoun to join Silver Line; Walk a mile in a neighbor’s shoes; Beat back anti-bikeshare arguments; A lot you didn’t know about Moses; Walk Score gets better; And…. Keep reading…
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Super PACs in DC? The evidence doesn’t support the fears
DC has an opportunity to clean up its elections and restore public trust in District leaders with a ballot initiative, but some are arguing that a ban on corporate contributions to campaigns would just trigger super PACs. The evidence says otherwise. In states that have banned the same practice for decades, super PACs have not played any meaningful role. Ballot Initiative 70… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It will grow
Columbia Pike will change; What’s up in northern Maryland; Streetcar will move ahead?; Gray for campaign finance reform; Lots waiting for charters; Watch David talk Metro; Will Boxer cave?; Waters rising in Delmarva. Keep reading…
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Weekend Links: Take a gamble
MGM comes to the Potomac?; CaBi users not wearing helmets; Bhatt talks pedestrian safety; FBI informant runing for Council; IZ still a trickle; Prince George’s Plaza gets density; Am I condemned to gentrify?. Keep reading…
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Have you signed the Initiative 70 petition? Pledge today
Have you signed the petitions for Initiative 70, which would ban corporate contributions to political campaigns? If not, and you are a registered DC voter, please make a pledge below to sign, then find a DC Public Trust volunteer at of the many opportunities this weekend at neighborhood events and farmers markets. If you pledge, we’ll let you when and where there’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Slower or faster
Residents made traffic safer; Montgomery pushes Glenmont development; Retail doesn’t come to stations; Bad bank deals hurt transit agencies; House rejects transportation extremism; Should poorer kids get priority at charters?; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Kwame did some good, and voters enabled his wrongdoing
Now that Kwame Brown has resigned as DC Council Chairman in disgrace, he is being called “dim,” a “tyrant,” and all kinds of other unflattering things. Brown is a flawed man, but we cannot pin this all on him alone. DC voters bear responsibility for ignoring the red flags about Brown early on. At the same time, Brown did some things right that we should… Keep reading…