Breakfast links: Doing more on the Mall

Hirshhorn considers garden excavation

The Hirshhorn Museum is considering a plan to excavate its sculpture garden, deck it over and create a new exhibit hall.  The Sculpture Garden would be restored to some extent on top of the new space. Perhaps anticipating CFA scrutiny, museum director Koshalek states clearly, “no fountains.” (Post)

Restore sanity and the Mall

Afraid attendees may “make a mess” and recognizing the Mall’s $400 million maintenance backlog, Jon Stewart has asked Rally to Restore Sanity attendees to donate to the Trust for the National Mall. (Post)

MPD Chief has a sweet deal

Were presumptive Mayor-elect Gray to let her go, DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier is sitting on a generous pension with immediate vesting. Now she’s asking the Council to ensure her top aides get a similar deal because they got promoted out of civil service. (City Paper, Ward 1 Guy)

Quick Complete Streets

A group in Ft. Worth took their South Main Street on a guerilla road diet to prove the benefits of complete streets. (Fortworthology, Rob Mandle)  (Tip: Rob Mandle)

BOEE e-voting not secure yet

Against the advice of numerous computer security experts, the DCBOEE went ahead with a test of an internet voting scheme, inviting hackers to try cracking the system. University of Michigan students managed to hack the system, prompting BOEE to shut down the test. (The Brad Blog, thm)  (Tip: thm)

NoVA will keep Board seats, for now

Virginia Governor McDonnell’s plan to wrest two WMATA Board seats from local Northern Virginia jurisdictions and place them under State control is expected to be voted down tomorrow, at least for the moment. He could still seek to hold up next year’s matching funds unless he gets his way. (Post)

College towns top for bike commuting

Colorado, Oregon and California each claimed two of the top 10 bike commuting cities in the 2009 Census’ American Community Survey. The survey has a high margin of error, but the results are relatively unsurprising, with many of the top 10 being college towns. (The Coloroadan)

Teacher diversity in Arlington Public Schools

Ode Street Tribune asked Arlington School Board candidates to address the need to increase racial and gender diversity of Arlington’s public school teachers. They’re concerned students have too little interaction with non-white teachers and too little interaction with men.