Breakfast links: When it rains it pours

Be careful accepting gifts

Former Councilmember Michael Brown will plead guilty to federal bribery charges that he accepted improper personal loans from undercover agents posing as small businessmen who wanted lobbying help. Meanwhile, Marion Barry may have accepted improper personal gifts from city contractors. (Post)

Pay your way

Fairfax and Loudoun Counties agreed to pay for some Silver Line expenses to ease tolls on the Dulles Toll Road, but now Fairfax wants to get state money to pay their share, and Loudoun County officials are not happy about it. (Examiner)

Penn Ave update

DDOT says they wanted to find new bollards for the Pennsylvania Ave. bike lanes but when they couldn’t, they just put the old ones back.  They also hope to have Zebras or a similar device installed within a few months.  (d.ish)

Fare gates: The next generation

Metro unveiled prototypes of new fare gates they are considering.  They would allow paying by credit card or smartphone.  (Post)

Wiener doored

Housing Complex writer Aaron Wiener recounts being doored while riding his bike. He had to spend 8 hours in the Howard University Hospital ER and reflects that many incidents like this aren’t counted in safety statistics. (City Paper)

Libertarians for lighter trains

The libertarian-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute is urging the Federal Railroad Administration to drop regulations that force US passenger railroads to buy unnecessarily heavy and expensive equipment. (jimble)  (Tip: jimble)

Night service

After walking from National Airport to Capitol Hill late on a Sunday night, Richard Layman thinks the area should offer Night Owl service, where buses replace Metro trains after Metro closes. (RPUS)

And…

One consequence of the restaurant boom: it’s hard to find good workers. (City Paper) … Citibike struggles with software problems. (Reuters)  … Virginia’s Republican Lt. Gov.  nominee, E.W. Jackson, says yoga lets Satan invade your soul. (NY Mag)