Posts tagged Poverty
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Breakfast links: Shelter shifts
Helter shelter; Shelter priorities?; Before the shelter; Toward dedicated Metro funding; Toke tax bonanza; Wavering on the Wiz; Slow on speed restriction communications; Streetcar promo director’s cut; And…. Keep reading…
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When housing mixes rich and poor, it’s not instant harmony
To make cities inclusive for everyone, individual neighborhoods need to welcome people of many incomes. Unfortunately, that’s not always an easy task. A recent panel discussed some obstacles to this important goal, such as how mixing rich and poor can create unexpected conflict. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A different track
ICYMI; Bring on the buses; Homeless families on the rise; Car2go2more places; From retail to residence; Tall Oaks short on retail; Make the grade; Gaithersburg, the most diverse city; Traffic nightmare or hidden art?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The long road to safety
“Tough medicine”; Another safety lapse; Left behind in Loudoun; McLean’s density dispute; DC’s new constitution?; Seattle’s fight for growth; Swing set drama; How the shelters look; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay safe and share
Vision Zero comes to Alexandria; Bikeshare for College Park; Suggested shelter changes; Expert expectations; Downtown’s ups and downs; SelectPass going strong; Firearms in Ward 5; Bikes that grow; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fits and starts
Not so safe accommodations; Taxation without representation; Foreign object, not arcing; Vote in Maryland!; “Uber of parking” falters; Soccer starts; DCHA goes solar; Bikeshare equity counts. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rights on the road
Contributory negligence back on the table; Just phoning it in; Buses and buses only; Motion on minimum wage; NoMa mixes it up; Cool down on Crystal City; New bills; San Francisco goes solar; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skeptic city
Shelter doubts; Safety blitz findings; On the up in Ivy City; Weekend cuts?; Car2go Arlington and DC; Wilson is fine; Smoked out in DC; Consolation fee; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The smart money says
SmarTrip stays; DC declares independence; Shelter sums; No new Circulator routes; Solar support; What’s in a station name?; HOT and the Pentagon; And…. Keep reading…
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Where were critics of the homeless shelter deal on all the other, worse deals?
When DC mayor Muriel Bowser announced she’d close the DC General homeless shelter and replace it with smaller shelters in all of DC’s wards, everyone knew there’d be pushback. Now it’s ratcheted up in the form of a slick video. But the video makes a point that could equally apply to many other, less worthy actions too. So why now? Keep reading…