Posts tagged Politics
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Join Tommy Wells for reelection kickoff Saturday
DC Councilmember Tommy Wells is officially launching his reelection bid this weekend. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cleared to go
Omni Shovelem; MoCoCo approves; Meters are annoying; Oppose PG planner switch for justice; Alternative to bag fee? No; Free bus with your bread; Marriage Day. Keep reading…
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Prince Georgians can only communicate by paper mail or in person on Planning Board nominee
Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson’s lame-duck nomination of his deputy chief administrative officer, David J. Byrd, to replace Samuel J. Parker Jr. as chairman of the Planning Board is causing quite a stir. County Council Chairman Thomas E. Dernoga (D-Dist. 1) is urging all residents with an opinion on the nomination to make their voices heard immediately. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rolling backward
No more rollback; Anti-transit GOP; Not another parking lot; Parking full, no Metro for you; Farmers markets may become accessible to poor; Bixi pix; Leggett again chooses against walkability. Keep reading…
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Hans Riemer discusses Smart Growth at campaign kickoff
This past Saturday, February 20th, I attended Hans Riemer’s kickoff rally for his campaign for a Montgomery County Council seat at large. In the first paragraph of his kickoff speech, Hans expressed forward-thinking ideas that I’ve rarely heard a Montgomery County elected official utter before: he explicitly linked vibrant, sustainable, human-scale… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Piling up, piling on
Less money mo’ problems; Why do elected Republicans hate bikes?; Nobody wants the job?; Tysons to limit parking; Tempest in a snowpile; Dimes more; Go on the Mall. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit in your city and on your phone
Streetcars4NoVA; NextBus on your BlackBerry; NTSB wants hearings; Transit? Not for these elected officials; Not just one way for Laurel; MetroWest still on the horizon; The Chevy Chase parking force. Keep reading…
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Rockville votes for change: no change
While most of the attention leading up to last week’s election focused on the Virginia governor’s race, the elections in Rockville carried major repercussions for that city’s growth. Or rather, the city’s lack of growth, as voters brought in a mayor and new Councilmembers opposed to growth. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What people like
Britons like classical architecture; Voters like transit; Longer corridor, more cities transitway; “Home plate” building illustrated; New UMD housing, parking, biking; Blame the road designer, not the pedestrian; Get that dead body out of my way!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Harebrained approaches to traffic
The right to drive distracted?; Debate tolls thoroughly! Now don’t!; Making transit more accessible; Talk long-term; Jaydriving worse than jaywalking; Buffett Northern Santa Fe; And…. Keep reading…