Posts about Virginia
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Breakfast links: Sports talk
Skins envy explained; DC to get a velodrome; Streecar stop stops moving; Memorials are stubborn things; ICC pays homage to history; Company helps riders dodge fares; Ethics bill passes; Housing costs change poverty stats; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Recent ideas reconsidered
How will the streetcar connect to Union Station?; WMATA may simplify and raise fares; BRAC traffic study was far off; Few complain about Metro formally; Montgomery rejects curfew and anti-loitering bills; Cuccinelli runs for governor; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: That will cost you more
Taxi rate increase uncertain; Is a Metro fare hike on the way?; Child poverty rates climb regionally; WMATA tries to lure federal tenants; Metro suicides failing lately; Thanksgiving enforcement jumps; Montgomery challenges ballot question; And…. Keep reading…
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Can Falls Church ban parties endorsing local candidates?
Virginia state law prohibits ballots from listing partisan affiliation for local elections. The Falls Church City Council wants to go a step further, banning political parties from endorsing candidates in city races altogether. Can they do this, and with extremely limited public input? In the wake of two major shakeups to Falls Church city politics, the City Council is set… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Half or double?
Transit benefit will shrink by half; DC taxi rate may double; Watergate Safeway, 1966-2011; Mall parking 60% empty; Replace fringe malls with downtown growth; Why’s it hard to shop locally?; Mickey Mouse is out; Slower speeds safer, but practical?; And…. Keep reading…
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Black Friday links: Think of the small businesses
Shop small businesses, avoid dangerous parking lots; How to keep Latino character amid growth?; Few constituents receive money; Walmart CBA: All for show?; Gray talks streetcars, stadiums; Bag taxes may expand in Maryland; Criminal record may join race, sex, religion; Protests run up bills; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: CaBi to the Mall and the store
The Mall may get 5 CaBi stations; Walmart may add stations too; But is it enforceable?; Montgomery curfew dead for now; Franklin Shelter? Not so fast; Food stamps up, not down; Arlington eyes office building; Ehrlich blames everyone else; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where’s the money?
It’s a start for South Cap, MoCo BRT; ICC has made Maryland “road-poor”; Supermarket tax credit is fishy; McKay “likely” off WMATA Board for Dyke; Alternative waterfront plan untenable; Where are the trees still bright?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put it in the burbs
FBI should head for suburban pastures; Maintain streetcars at NVCC; Cafritz project still in fierce debate; Crimefighting tool or privacy invasion?; What Washington could have been; Make way, NBA players and owners, for WMATA; Dial 522-3333, pay more; Getting off the hill and into the mayor’s office. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Urban features come to Montgomery
Streetcar to Silver Spring?; Berliner against anti-urban Walmarts; Mall owner prefers a town instead; Jobs outstrip housing; Parking meter aesthetics matter; HPRB nominees: 6 months later, no changes; Food stamps down in DC, up in MD, VA; WMATA questions 14-hour workdays; And…. Keep reading…