Posts tagged Taxes
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Breakfast links: Begging for big boxes
Wegmans at Walter Reed?; Outlets a good fit for transit-poor megacomplex?; Mixed-use or move out?; Brown considering tax switcheroo; Metro to investigate excessive force; Metro still running reds; Peds struck in hit-and-run; Maryland may exclude Keolis; Bike bits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rough on the powerless
Metro Transit Police injure disabled man; Gray for affordable housing but his budget isn’t; Taxi medallions help just a few; American tries to satisfy neighbors; Taking the T out of TOD; Alexandria shrinks Potomac Yard zone; Future BRAC phases loom; Bike bits; It’s not the talk-loudly-for-16-hours car. Keep reading…
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DC Council: Don’t choose parking meters over people
It was very disappointing to hear DC Councilmembers support rolling back parking meter rates and opposing a graduated RPP fee in the midst of large proposed cuts to transit and affordable housing programs. The Coalition for Smarter Growth has created a petition for DC residents to contact their Councilmembers and ask them to prioritize reasonable revenues, forward-thinking… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s in charge?
Gray to announce DDOT head; Poor bear brunt of DC cuts; Bixi in trouble; Bus pass holders still paying; Bringing down Skyland; Faster is safer in Prince William?; ANC objects to students testifying; A chat with DHCD Director; NPS to improve Mall wayfinding. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s affordable?
Housing project not-so-affordable for DC; To close a tax loophole?; Growing groceries; Got Metro opinions?; Jury’s still out on Sulaimon; A greenway isn’t enough; High(line) aspirations; Double-edged referendums; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Destruction is nigh!
14th & T will be destroyed!; Knight Rider roams Nevada; Nobody uses CaBi, it’s too crowded; Local officials partly to blame; A corner store does not a food desert make; Hug a tourist; Vibrant neighborhood keeps a local employer; Senate plugs in; And…. Keep reading…
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Tax cuts and tech jobs won’t solve DC unemployment
Technology investor Mark Ein thinks high taxes and costly office space are the only things keeping DC from being a high-tech hub, thus keeping more of its residents employed. If only it were that simple. If the major tech companies that started in the District hadn’t left, the city’s crippling unemployment problem would be addressed, Ein posited before the DC Chamber… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unfortunate contradictions
Cyclist killed in Arlington; Arlington, DC really friendly; Walmart a wash for jobs; Schumer wants Amtrak ‘no-ride’ list; More rest for operators?; Council divided on Gray budget; PATH crash injures dozens. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up, up, and away
Gray wants tall buildings EotR; Upping security; What’s affordable?; DC not really worst for business, redux; Bike beats car and bus; The Anacostia is really dirty; Alexandria rejects add-on tax; More on CaBi and bin Laden; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Things on the rise
Dulles station debate heats up; Carol Schwartz is fed up; Georgetown waterfront flooded; MoCo council members fighting Costco; DDOT to plan more streetcars; Cap Crescent and Purple Line are friends; Nats, DC fight over late service; Amtrak puts railfans to work; And…. Keep reading…