Posts tagged Politics
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Breakfast links: Silver Line arriving
Spread the word; What’s the fare?; Can Rosslyn be fixed?; No streetcar, no stadium?; Cycletracks increase ridership; Putta in; Indecisive supporters; Kreppmentum; Sprawl from above; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery District 5 candidates want growth and transit, but in different places
All of the candidates running for Montgomery County’s District 5 council seat say they want to bring jobs, shopping, and transit to an area that’s long awaited them. But they seem to disagree on whether that investment should go where it’s most needed, or where there’s the least resistance. Councilmember Valerie Ervin’s resignation last fall… Keep reading…
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ACT scores Montgomery County candidates on transit and smart growth
Where do candidates in Montgomery County and statewide in Maryland stand on the Purple Line, pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly road designs, Bus Rapid Transit, M-83 and adding housing? A new scorecard by the Action Committee for Transit helps shed light on these issues. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Room on the sidewalk
Sidewalk cafes pay more?; Gardens sprout downtown; What’s new in new Metro cars; Some motion on 16th Street?; Federal St. E’s faces more hurdles; Money means restaurants; Slow down in Paris; Unlivable highways foil livable communities; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deal or no deal
Soccer stadium deal pending; Spy versus preservationists; Budget autonomy overturned; Better cycling around the Mall; Silver Line a step closer; Metro signs say what?; Springtime for Hitler bus ads; McDuffie for McMillan; And…. Keep reading…
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Wells will not run for DC Council at-large seat; Elissa Silverman declares her candidacy
DC Councilmember Tommy Wells (Ward 6) will put to rest a long period of speculation today and announce he will not run for an at-large seat on the DC Council, GGW has learned. In addition, Elissa Silverman is filing papers this afternoon to run for the seat. Silverman previously ran in the 2013 special election which was won by Anita Bonds. Silverman placed second in a field which… Keep reading…
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Events roundup: What do you want to tell the Park Service?
Do you have feedback for the National Park Service? For Arlington about transit or cycletracks? For Alexandria about a street in Del Rey Ray? Weigh in this week, plus a history lesson about the waterfront and walking tours all over the region. Town hall with NPS: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is convening a town hall meeting with leaders of the National Park Service in our… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Architects imagine
What MLK could look like; Skyscrapers along The Mall?; Food trucks coming to Alexandria; Older buildings are better economically; Where the (political) party is; If zoning were nationalized; Parking pilot succeeds; And…. Keep reading…
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Arlington can’t forget what made it what it is
It’s a truism in politics that if you repeat a statement often enough, people will believe it, regardless of whether it’s true. In Arlington, a cohort of commentators and activists has been chanting that the County Board is full of profligate spenders. Now that claim has started to have currency in county politics, even though it’s grounded in little at all. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Creative ways to boost tourism
Give Pittsburgh the scaffold?; When movie tax credits help a city; Bikeshare thievery; GSA proposes cybersecurity campus; Corupt developer punished; Alec Baldwin, bike salmon; And…. Keep reading…