Archive for the ‘All Politics is Local’ Category

“Threatening display of magazines” at Vince Gray’s home

‘Architecte’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Just when I thought any mention of Ron Moten, Peaceoholics, and the DC mayoral race couldn’t get any weirder or more childish comes this report in the Examiner that on Thursday night, Vince Gray arrived home to find four copies of the Peaceoholics’ magazine on his storm door in the [...]

Campaign Notebook: August 13, 2010

P1040409 By Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie Welcome back for another issue of Campaign Notebook.  There are just 32 days until the Primary.  In little over a month, the hard decisions related to a lot of the city offices that are up for election in November will be completed, and we’ll have a mayor- and [...]

ANC Mary Cuthbert describes challenger with racial epithet

We tweeted about this one early this morning, but it deserves mention here because advisory neighborhood commission (ANC) races aren’t covered in proportion to their importance to their immediate communities. Congress Heights on the Rise posted a video this morning of ANC Mary Cuthbert’s (8C03) argument with a challenger seeking signatures for his ballot petition, [...]

Wait, What? Post Endorses Vincent Orange

Campaign Notebook: August 5, 2010

‘Signs0118′ courtesy of ‘Charlie_2001′ Good afternoon! It’s been a hell of a readjustment for me, I was in Stockholm all last week and I have been attempting to catch-up. We’re now only 39 days away from Primary Day, and we’ve got a lot of news to sift through. The biggest story, of course, is Vincent [...]

Now’s the time: Run for ANC

Georgetown BID Unveils New Map

‘The Old Town Georgetown’ courtesy of ‘Mylar Bono’ Georgetown’s BID debuted its new official Georgetown map featuring store listings, historic sites and more. Like most BID managed projects, the map heavily promotes the neighborhood’s businesses, but what really stood out to me are the two walking tours. One focuses on Georgetown locales where movies like [...]

Help Solve Animal Cruelty Cold Case In Northeast

‘McGruff looks pissed’ courtesy of ‘MikeOliveri’ Some disturbing news coming out of the Northeast today. Apparently, Washington Humane Society officers are heavily investigating two cases of cold-blooded animal murder and they’re looking for help in solving these senseless and heinous crimes. In April an innocent opossum and her ten babies were stoned to death in [...]

NTSB Finds Systemic WMATA Safety Issues From Red Line Crash Investigations

” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Today in a five hour long hearing, (not including a one hour long lunch break) the NTSB released their findings on the 2009 Red Line crash. Chairwoman Hersman kick off the hearing with opening remarks that highlighted the thoroughness of the report, the importance of its findings [...]

DDOT Unveils Historic DC Photos

‘MacArthur Marquee’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ After years of scouring, the DDOT historians have posted some fantastic photos of our beloved city from the 1940s thru the 1960s to their Flickr account. The set features cityscapes from all over the district, including an awesome shot from an open air parking lot on H Street NE, a Harlem-esque [...]

Campaign Notebook, July 22, 2010

‘DC and US Flags’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Last week the feeling was game on. This week, 53 days out from the primary, there hasn’t been any notable shift in momentum in the Mayoral race. Kwame Brown’s personal debt is still making the rounds in the Council chair race, and there’s been some [...]

Michelle Obama To Throw Out First Pitch At Tonight’s O’s Game

‘It’s Michelle!’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ If you’ve got tickets to tonight’s Baltimore Orioles game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Camden yards, be sure to get their on time because Michelle Obama will not only be bringing the heat as she fires out the first pitch, but also increased levels of security. Mrs. Obama [...]

District AG Peter Nickles’s Heart Grew Three Sizes

Peter Nickles, DC Government Photo District Attorney General Peter Nickles is cracking down on delinquent landlords, recently forcing fixes at at Southeast apartment complex. Freeman Klopott reports in the Washington Examiner today that Nickles stepped in to get fixes moving for the 1,500 residents of the Marbury Plaza apartment complex. Nickles got involved after hearing [...]

Campaign Notebook: The Passion of Fenty, July 16, 2010

‘it’s Mayor Fenty!’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ It’s been a big week in DC politics, best summed up in two words: Game On. There was plenty of sparring in the mayoral race, culminating in a drama-filled radio debate yesterday. Council chair candidate Kwame Brown continues to face questions about his finances, and Jeff Smith reaches out [...]

Campaign Notebook: July 9, 2010

‘police trooper writing a ticket’ courtesy of ‘woodleywonderworks’ There are 67 days until the primary. This week’s edition will be a bit shorter given the short week, but there’s been some interesting news. It mostly involves traffic tickets. If you missed it, the DC Board of Elections and Ethics released the full candidate list for [...]

Final list of candidates for September primary released

‘Ballot’ courtesy of ‘Berto Garcia’ The filing deadline for the District’s September primary has passed, and the Board of Elections and Ethics has released the final candidate list. You can download the entire list as a PDF from the DC BOEE web site. For the Mayoral race, both Vincent Gray and incumbent Adrian Fenty submitted [...]

Vince Gray meets with DC bloggers

Photo by Dave Stroup, We Love DC On Monday, DC Council Chair and candidate for mayor Vincent Gray sat down with DC bloggers at Ben’s Chili Bowl. For nearly ninety minutes, Gray answered questions posed by bloggers from DCist, We Love DC, Greater Greater Washington, Borderstan and the District Curmudgeon. The event was part of the [...]

Campaign Notebook: July 2, 2010

‘Pride Parade’ courtesy of ‘erin m’ There are 74 days left until the primary. As we approach the holiday weekend, the mayoral campaign continues to ratchet up a bit. Education was the big topic this week, a subject that most certainly matters and most certainly will not fade. There’s been some developments in the Ward [...]

Campaign Notebook: June 25, 2010

‘on the campaign trail’ courtesy of ‘mofo’ Primary Day in the District may be 81 days away, but there’s plenty of news to be covered. In fact, there’s a ton of campaign news to cover. There’s so much, that we’ve decided to help readers by distilling it into an easy-to-understand and digestible weekly round-up. From [...]

President Obama Makes A Return Stop To Ray’s Hell Burger

‘”you gonna eat that?”‘ courtesy of ‘oceandesetoiles’ It’s hot out there in the district but that won’t keep President Obama from being a gracious host to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. The two just hit up Ray’s Hell Burger in Rosslyn where the two had burgers and shared fries together. What a touching moment for the [...]