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Report: Ward 5 Councilmember to resign in plea deal
D Block, Alcatrazcourtesy of itjournalist
We only gave Harry Thomas Jr the #3 slot in 2011’s Worst of Scandals list, but it appears he will be the number one figure in DC politics for the next few weeks. WUSA9’s Bruce Johnson is reporting that Councilmember Thomas will resign as part of a plea deal that [...]
Your Metro Benefits Are (Probably) Going Down
(006/365)courtesy of kimberlyfaye
If your company participates in Metro’s SmartBenefits program, Congress has likely given you an unexpected pay cut. Those who participate in the program get pre-tax dollars put on their SmarTrip card each month, up to a maximum allowable limit that has been up to this point $230/month. Because Congress did not extend [...]
Restaurant Owner faces federal charges after getting 65 kilos of cocaine in package
‘Warning’courtesy of ‘Rukasu1′
Anacostia’s Uniontown Bar and Grill has been the subject of a lot of favorable coverage and attention for bringing new life to the Martin Luther King Jr. Ave strip in Historic Anacostia. Unfortunately this morning the coverage will be different, as its owner Natasha Dasher is the subject of federal drug trafficking charges, [...]
Nationals’ Wilson Ramos feared Kidnapped in Venezuela
‘2ND’courtesy of ‘MissChatter’
The Nationals’ catcher, Wilson Ramos, is feared to have been kidnapped while playing winter baseball in Venezuela. This evening, numerous reports, including one from his winter ball club, indicated that the Nationals’ young catcher has been abducted from his home in Valencia, Venezuela by parties unknown.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Ramos and [...]
Gray campaign under federal grand jury investigation
”courtesy of ‘Max Cook’
We’d known this was coming. We’d heard that since Sulaimon Brown’s allegations of impropriety surrounding the Gray campaign, and Brown’s subsequent flame-out, were being investigated that this could turn criminal at some point. The Post dropped the bombshell in a Sunday A1 story that there was a grand jury impaneled to hear [...]
We Love Weekends: The Ark Edition
‘Hippo hanging around after lunch’
courtesy of ‘afagen’
Who’s got the saw? And how many feet in a cubit anyway?
Well it looks like the internal domain name the We Love DC team uses to communicate amongst themselves should have been sandbagged – it floated away in the night and our ability to coordinate anything along with it. [...]
VIDEO: DC Earthquake Interrupts My Workday
As you all know, an Earthquake has hit the East Coast. When the quake happened I was in the middle of a video shoot with my co-worker Danny when all of a sudden our 14th floor office in Rosslyn started to shake. Watch the video to see Danny’s reaction.
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The White House on Zillow, only $262M!
‘Hi Honey. I’m home!’courtesy of ‘cruffo’
When you consider that the winning campaign in the 2008 Presidential Election spent about $800M or so to achieve victory, Zillow’s prediction concerning 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at $262M of value seems a bit off. Now, the 16 bedrooms and 35 bathrooms, not to mention an attached garage, make it [...]
SW Safeway cashier in epithet fracas
‘FEWFOO’courtesy of ‘christaki’
DC magazine Metroweekly reported late yesterday an incident that occured between two local men and a cashier at the new Safeway store in Southwest DC. The new location on 4th Street has been a real boon to the neighborhood, but apparently the staff hasn’t undergone any kind of real customer service training. The [...]
DC songwriters perpetrate fraud upon unsuspecting listeners
‘John Denver’s Greatest Hits’
courtesy of ‘thejcgerm’
Okay, the headline on this one is a total joke, but I’m going to stick to my gut this morning and go with it. I couldn’t believe it as I drove across town, listening to WAMU, but it turns out that John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was:
A) Written [...]
Why Google Transit matters
Visiting Seattle this past weekend, I found myself jealous of the Emerald City, and not just for their fine food and coffee options, or for the warm weather and gentle rain. No, what I found most amazing about Seattle was the wealth of transit options I had in the palm of my hand through Google [...]
More »Petition Challenges Bear Fruit for Biddle
‘Signature’courtesy of ‘tbridge’
Councilman Sekou Biddle (D-At Large) has succeeded in the first part of his challenge to at least one of his challengers’ ballot petitions, and has preliminarily knocked Jacque Patterson off the ballot for the upcoming April election. Today’s preconference hearings were an “opportunity for the candidate and the challenger to review the staff [...]
Report: Kwame Brown’s SUV is illegal, along with 41 others
‘IMG_4631′
courtesy of ‘dbking’
The Committee on Public Works and Transportation, chaired by Council Member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), has completed the initial investigation into the District’s fleet management practices, launched as a response to the controversy surrounding Council Chair Kwame Brown’s city-provided, “fully loaded” Lincoln Navigator.
In 2002, the District passed a law forbidding the procurement of [...]
Sulaimon Brown’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day
Don’t know who Sulaimon Brown is? That’s not a surprise. He was a Democratic Candidate for Mayor in this past summer’s mayoral primary with a penchant for speaking his mind about Adrian Fenty…and then telling everyone to vote for Vince Gray.
“Wait, what?” you say. Yeah, you heard right. He pushed for Vince Gray, despite appearing [...]
Metro Announces March Work Weekend on Orange/Blue Lines, 5 stations closed
Fresh off a 3-day closure of two stations in the heart of the city, WMATA announced this morning that they’ll be closing five stations at the end of the Orange Line, as well as splitting the Blue Line, to perform NTSB-mandated maintenance over the weekend of March 4th through 6th.
The Orange Line will not operate between [...]
NPR’s take on Anacostia: Whitey Is Coming
Most mornings, my radio is tuned to WAMU for Morning Edition, and of course it’s the one morning I need XM that I miss an interesting story centered on DC. Alex Kellogg from NPR reported a piece titled “D.C., Long ‘Chocolate City,’ Becoming More Vanilla” all about the recent census numbers, gentrification in Anacostia, and [...]
More »TBD.com handed to WJLA GM
‘ABC 7 WJLA-TV Sign’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
TBD.com announced today (okay, the Post announced, and TBD admitted) that their operations have been placed under the management of Bill Lord, general manager of WJLA (also owned by Allbritton Communications). Coincidentally, it’s exactly six months after TBD’s launch. Way to let the new business model percolate, [...]
Will Daniel Snyder’s Lawsuit Go Anywhere?
‘Statue of Iustitia’courtesy of ‘ralpe’
In my family, to my mother’s constant disappointment, I’m the one who didn’t go to law school. But I grew up around legalese and learned to argue at the kitchen table, so I like to read legal filings and opinions more than the average non-lawyer.
This is how I came to [...]
DC Lady Warning: Dupont Circle is a hazard zone this weekend
‘Thomas Jefferson, Pimp Daddy’courtesy of ‘tbridge’
Heads up ladies and gentlemen, there’s a shark hazard going out this weekend. According to the City Paper, there’s a pickup artist (nay, the world’s finest pickup artist) on the loose this weekend, and he’ll be giving lessons to schmucks desperate enough to pay $1,300 to get a bit of [...]
