Posts about Politics
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Our endorsement for Alexandria mayor
Alexandria voters will head to the polls this spring to select their Democratic nominees for Mayor and City Council, who barring any Republican or independents jumping in, are the likely winners of the general election this November. For mayor, GGWash endorses Alyia Gaskins. Keep reading…
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Our endorsements for the Arlington County Board
Early voting is underway in Arlington for the Democratic primary, during which voters will select the party’s nominee for County Board. In this blue county, this primary will likely decide the general election this November. This is the county’s second Ranked Choice Voting election, meaning you’ll be able to choose two candidates, ranked in order of preference. GGWash endorses Julius “JD” Spain Sr. and Tenley Peterson, in that order. Keep reading…
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Here’s what Alexandria and Arlington candidates have to say about housing and transportation
Arlington and Alexandria voters head to the polls this spring, and we asked candidates for their views on housing and transportation, including both jurisdictions’ recent “Missing Middle” zoning changes. Here’s what they had to say. Keep reading…
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Could the Yellow Line be separated? Unearthing an underwater idea
Transit enthusiasts and advocates often like to reimagine transit lines to address salient problems like service quality. A geology expert explains why it’s not always as easy as it looks on the surface. Keep reading…
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How do we have a national conversation about zoning reform?
YIMBY wins keep racking up across the United States. Yet any national conversation about the movement has to acknowledge some critical dilemmas that make it hard to offer a universal “solution” to how to run or win a pro-housing campaign. Keep reading…
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New maps show how fragmented our regional politics was, even at the dawn of colonialism
Political maps of North America before the colonial period left a lot to be desired. A blogger decided to make better ones, including of the Chesapeake Bay area. Keep reading…
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Arenas don’t revitalize neighborhoods. People do
As the District prepares to subsidize Monumental’s staying-put in Chinatown, it’s worth contemplating whether developments like the Capital One arena revitalize neighborhoods, or make them more fragile. Keep reading…
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DC struggles to build affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods. Here’s one reason why.
Building a new building is often a slow process, and affordable housing developers navigate it with an additional twist: when working through a competitive government funding process, it takes an especially long time to close on financing. Keep reading…
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What could the region do to ensure WMATA not only survives but thrives?
The District, Maryland, and Virginia look set to fill WMATA’s short-term budget gap. But the region needs a plan for ensuring the agency is financially sustainable in the long term. What are the options? Keep reading…
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New exhibit shows how redlining affected DC and beyond, and what we can do about it today
Racially restrictive covenants and other policies known as “redlining” forced Black residents out of the neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, denying them the ability to create generational wealth through homeownership and segregating communities in the District for decades. A traveling exhibit currently housed at the Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library explores those legacies, and considers what can be done about it today. Keep reading…