Posts tagged Politics
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Lunch links: Legislators taking action
Rosapape supports marriage equality; Protestors visit Boehner; Drinking? Sarles doesn’t want you; Ticer retiring; Evans pushes smoking; Iraq wants compensation for security walls; PAYD bill becomes PAYD anti-disclosure bill. Keep reading…
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Live chat with Vincent Orange
Vincent Orange, former Ward 5 Councilmember and candidate for the at-large seat in the April special election, joins us today for a live chat. #cil_page .mainchat { position: relative; overflow: auto; } Live chat with Vincent Orange(02/17/2011) Keep reading…
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Where’s Bob? McDonnell MIA on Metro funding
Congressional Republicans are trying to take away the federal contribution to fixing Metro’s safety problems. While he’s clamoring for a seat on the WMATA Board, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is staying silent slow to speak up equivocating on this crucial need, as is Republican Rep. Frank Wolf. Soon, the Senate Finance Committee will consider HB2000, which… Keep reading…
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Live chat with Jacque Patterson
Jacque Patterson, candidate for DC Council at-large and a resident of Ward 8, is joining us today for a live chat. #cil_page .mainchat { position: relative; overflow: auto; } Live chat with Jacque Patterson(02/14/2011) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People change, times change
Jobs changing DC’s profile; DC’s rights were bipartisan in 1978; A student of Gerrymander; Mixed attitudes on tranport spending; Perpetuating streetcar stereotypes; Challenging myths of the suburbs; Live chat with Jacque Patterson; Are you in the office? Why?; And…. Keep reading…
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GOP continuing resolution cuts WMATA, DC funds
House Republicans have proposed a “continuing resolution” to fund the federal government with deep cuts, including no federal payment for Metro repairs and cuts to many federally-funded DC services including the courts. The list of cuts removes the entirety of the $150 million annual capital contribution to WMATA, which just began last year. The federal government… Keep reading…
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Live chat with Joshua Lopez
Today we welcome Council candidate Joshua Lopez for a live chat. Lopez is a former Fenty campaign aide, and seems to be following a similar campaign strategy to that which got Fenty elected and taking strongly pro-Fenty (and anti-Gray) policy stances. #cil_page .mainchat { position: relative; overflow: auto; } Live chat with Josh Lopez(02/11/2011) … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can Metro work with others?
How can streetcars interoperate?; Relations between police union, Metro sour; Metro stuck between rock, hard place; Maryland senators propose gas tax hikes; Norton wants elected DC DA; South PG has most growth; Amtrak ridership keeps growing; Long-awaited projects move forward; And…. Keep reading…
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Is there a tea party urbanism?
Many conservatives, especially tea party conservatives, strongly believe in removing powers and taxes from the federal government and transferring power to states and localities. At the moment, this view has strong support in Congress, especially the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Is this necessarily incompatible with the goals of urbanists, even… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shooting ourselves in the foot
APTA says scrutinize bag searches; Wealthier DC residents registering guns; The ICC’s mixed blessing; People coming into DCPS; Metro escalators are worse than they used to be; What should go at Rhode Island Avenue?; Home rule history has its ironies; Green homes bad, books good?. Keep reading…