Posts tagged Ward 5
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Breakfast links: Shape DC’s future
Live in 5? Vote! (McDuffie!); Budget boosts housing, delays NoMa park; Taxis get better; Bike & Ride opens today; What to do with Franklin; Pepco trims trees; Fly to PDX, SJU, AUS, SFO; Nothing new under the sun; Santa Monica fights meter feeding; Los Angeles grows up. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Not going down
Long escalators aren’t worse; Where 5ers stand; Now Capitol Bikeshare, too; Disabled parking abuse rampant; What if… no height limit and crazy architects?; Beauregard a go; More room to eat your jumbo slice; Siding sidelines project; Plan transportation for Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Seat filler
Ethics just got real; Silver Line in peril; Higher prices, not Sundays; Sidewalk cafes grow in number, not size; Some parts of Ward 5 vote; MDOT loses head; GeekEasy wasn’t so easy; Parks from parking lots; The road to ruin; And…. Keep reading…
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For Ward 5 Council: Kenyan McDuffie
Voters in DC’s Ward 5 will vote on May 15th in a special election to select a councilmember after Harry Thomas, Jr. resigned in disgrace earlier this year. They have an opportunity to elect someone who not only sets a higher ethical standard, but has a better vision for Ward 5. That person is Kenyan McDuffie. We endorsed McDuffie for this seat during the 2010 election, and we… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Limbo
Austerity brings uncertainty; Red top critics have their say; A growing industry; Montgomery has changed; Where do new DC residents come from?; Get on the bus; The pedestrian death double standard; Drivers outraged about driving speed limit. Keep reading…
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Parents deserve more details on Ward 5 middle school plan
Parents and policymakers worry that two newly planned middle schools may not go far enough to improve the mediocre middle school options for Ward 5 families. DCPS should create Local School Advisory Teams for these new schools, before they are built, to leverage parental initiative to ensure the success of these schools. Critics include a councilmember and the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vacant ethics
Ethics posts go unfilled; Montgomery grows for once; Intersection design still critical; Take the Rapid out of BRT; NPS says no triathlon; A poorly appraised situation; Red-top meters red flagged; Bit of K Street to get an upgrade; And…:. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Follow the money
See Orange’s money orders; More in campagn finance; Election needs money; Nats Park area gets pop-up retail; Wheaton gets more residential; Help seniors with smart growth; Love bicycling and water infrastructure?; We’ve drunk our milkshake; And…. Keep reading…
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Kenyan McDuffie talks education and growth
With a special election for the Ward 5 seat on the DC Council coming up on May 15, the candidates are hot to deliver their messages and woo voters. Kenyan McDuffie, whom Greater Greater Washington endorsed 2 years ago, is starting to articulate ideas for how he might lead Ward 5. With development opportunities at the McMillan Sand Filtration site, near the Brookland Metro, and along… Keep reading…
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ANC boundaries still not final, shift in secret
The DC Council was supposed to codify the new Advisory Neighborhood Commission and Single Member District boundaries right after the first of the year. We are days away from March, and the council has not adopted these changes. Meanwhile, the boundaries continue shifting based on discussions behind closed doors. In Ward 5, for example, 3 blocks have shifted from one SMD to another,… Keep reading…