Posts tagged Politics
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Breakfast links: Prince George’s moving forward, mostly
PG Metro board member yanked; Leslie Johnson won’t control development; Teen killed in hit and run; Gray education picks are strong reformers; Zimmerman looks ahead; Overhead wire bill approved; Dulles Metro station far for security reasons?; Tell station managers about escalators; And…. Keep reading…
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Future at-large member will sit on important committees
The DC Council’s committees have been assigned, but some important slots are still yet to be filled when the DC Democratic State Committee, and later the voters, selects an at-large member to fill Kwame Brown’s seat. The committee assignments announced today place five members on each committee, like last year. However, four committees only have four members. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Count it!
The Census is in; Census results complicate DC vote fight; New federal money for K Street transitway; New UMD president gets the Purple Line; Tax break and much more passes; BRAC parking cap cut from defense bill; WABA begins responsible cycling campaign; Passenger rail coming to Norfolk; Pick a mode in SF. Keep reading…
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DC breaks 600,000
The official Census data is out, and the District’s official 2010 population is 601,723. DC grew 5.2% from 2000’s total of 572,059. It’s the first decade of growth since 1950. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Alexandria and more
One Potomac Yard tax approved; Condo foreclosures up in Alexandria; DC wants online hotel sites to pay up; Bilbray wishes freeways jammed down DC’s throat; School crime stats are misleading; Bike sharing could get carbon credit revenue; TOD proposed at Laurel MARC; Where’s my lane?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Off and on the Hill
Real-time displays, displayed; Bye bye SmartBike; Transit benefit passes, but a little late?; It’s Bilbray, not Chaffetz; You get what you pay for; Height story focused on poor black areas?; As you an “autoist”?; Save on insurance as you don’t drive; And…. Keep reading…
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ACS shows Ward 6 growing fastest, while Ward 1 shrinks
Census estimates released yesterday reveal that the population of DC’s Ward 6 grew by 9% during most of the last decade. More surprisingly, Ward 1, widely expected to have grown, actually shrank by 3%. Yesterday the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey released its five-year demographic averages for every neighborhood in the nation. Though… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How to talk about mobility
Transportation alternatives a social justice issue; Cycling with the right; Klein restored transportation balance; Assault on red line, train operator does nothing; Developments at Walter Reed; The rich have it tough; DC’s parking tax a sticky political situation; Alexandria’s new waterfront plan; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raising eyebrows, expectations and rates
New PG officials take office; Loudoun getting a bit more bikeable, walkable; Pepco will raise rates; Tax the food trucks; DCPS creates dashboard; Give DC control over its budget; Listen to the track signals; DC development developments; And…. Keep reading…
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College students deserve a voice in local government
In a city as disenfranchised as DC, it seems especially important to make sure that all residents have the opportunity to cast a vote. But one group is systematically denied a voice in local decision-making: college students. It’s true that students at schools like Georgetown, Howard, and Catholic are, in a sense, not permanent residents, and many of them may be unfamiliar… Keep reading…