Posts tagged Politics
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Semi-holiday links: Urban revival
Lording it over White Flint; Graham still reprimanded; Orange hurts DC autonomy?; People love balconies; Craft beer saving cities?; Florida wants less ped safety; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pre-Independence
Get around tomorrow; Zoning update moves forward; Alexandria reviews BRT station design; Axe the hybrid tax; Don’t forget the parks; Less congestion forever?; Old bike box gets upgrade; And…. Keep reading…
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Local history teaches students to be Washingtonians
As a teacher at Washington Latin Public Charter School, one of my greatest challenges is motivating and inspiring the young minds that enter my classroom each day. However, I’ve found a remedy in DC History, a class that engage students about the cultural, social, and political history of their city while preparing them to one day lead it. When the semester starts, students… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What Republicans don’t want
Republican for speeding; TIGER endangered; Foxx populi; Vote for the road, or else; Late night track work gets later; DCPS violating Title IX?; Park complex; Less default near public transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Cuccinelli opposes Silver Line, McAuliffe uses odd map
Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli doesn’t want to finish the Silver Line, and Terry McAuliffe, his Democratic rival, is pointing it out. Though something’s a little funny with McAuliffe’s map… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stereotypes
“Gentrifiers” aren’t all white; Bad apples lead to viral videos; Simmons: Roads not rights; Primary will stay a joke; Food trucks get compromise; Bag fee just for food?; Chevy Chase Lake gets changes; Make the MBT safer; Talk bike lanes, safe streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Influence
There is a (little) bike lobby; Is the council too powerful?; Safeway expands, goes mixed-use; Fence blocks the way; No jail for Raquel Nelson; Fraud with disability parking; Education elements; House may scrap Ike design; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Off to the races
Who won; Who’s running, leaving; Struck around the region; Church wants to move bike lane; Slow down in Arlington; Takoma TOD plan 2.0; Is artificial turf hazardous?; Fundrise: investment or donation?; On the calendar. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s up elected officials
Brown is guilty; Taxi Commission still over-regulating; Who are you voting for, VA?; Fix the laws; Housing prices keep rising; Rail isn’t so necessary?; Runway shifts, DC shrinks. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More of a city
CaBi brings growth; Let MoCo grow more urban; Some hostile to hostel; Metro delays grow more unbearable; Taxis change at National Harbor; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…