Afternoon links: The Park Service’s party Line

More from the front Line

Bill Line also yelled at a New York Times reporter asking questions about restroom facilities at the upcoming Stewart/Colbert rally, doesn’t seem to appreciate Lydia DePillis asking questions about park ownership, and has also annoyed about every other journalist recently. (Housing Complex)

We’ll get to it one day, maybe

While National Park Service spokesman Bill Line told GGW the agency is ““very open to the idea” of bike sharing, he also told TBD they are “under no timeframe or deadline or schedule” to decide to cooperate. (TBD)

Is it just the National Paving Service?

The National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration are repaving Madison Drive on the north side of the Mall. Meanwhile, there’s no news on any repair to the lumpy, puddle-ridden gravel paths on the Mall, not to mention transit. (TBD)

DHS settles photography suit

DHS will train Federal security guards on the “public’s general right to photograph the exterior of federal courthouses from publicly accessible spaces.”  Too bad it took a lawsuit to get DHS to train its employees on the law.  (NYT via We Love DC, Eric Fidler)

Development approvals not stopping

Mayor Fenty is moving forward on development projects during his last months in office, including Dupont Underground, Hill East, Franklin School, and Bruce Monroe. DMPED officials say they are working with presumptive Mayor-elect Gray. (WBJ, Steven Glazerman)

Wal-Mart wants less parking

Wal-Mart in Norwich, Connecticut has requested permission for fewer parking spaces for a store expansion. The existing parking lot never fills up and the store wants to add groceries, but expanding the parking lot as much as required would destroy nearby open land. (Norwich Bulletin, Michael Perkins)

Latest round of the Height Limit debate

Responding to news that downtown DC office rents exceed Manhattan’s, Matt Yglesias argues this pushes jobs to the suburbs, and Ryan Avent says it makes DC more bland. The Committee of 100 is hosting a public lecture on the height limit tonight.