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Fancy food for St. Elizabeths

Besides his plan for a hospital, Mayor Gray also announced that Whole Foods will operate a monthly pop-up store in the Gaeway Pavilion. Will it bring healthy food to residents or will prices be too high? (City Paper)  

Graham throws dirt, hits self

Jim Graham accused Brianne Nadeau of using her ANC status to help get a city-backed loan (which she says was by the book), but he used his council status to help her when she was just a constituent. (City Paper) … A Post editorial writes this episode “says more about the accuser than the accused.”  

DC’s just roads and parking to you?

A list of 5 reasons suburbanites should care about DC’s mayoral election has 3 reasons about driving into the city, but nothing about Metro (let alone bicycling). Is DC simply a place to store your car? (WUSA9)  

Train goes up stairs

Security footage shows the Chicago ‘L’ train which recently derailed at O’Hare jump the tracks and run up a set of stairs. The train’s operator has admitted to dozing off prior to the crash. (Gizmodo, Post)  

Silver Line too bureacratic?

Is bureaucracy to blame for the problems plaguing the Silver Line? With multiple agencies overseeing construction, placing blame is murky. MWAA’s Tom Davis blamed inspectors, calling them “ornery” and “sticklers.”  (WAMU)  

Crash victims get memorial park

A park to memorialize victims of the 2009 Red Line crash will feature a “sacred grove,” a stone wall, and one granite sculpture for each person killed at New Hampshire and North Dakota Avenues near Fort Totten. (WBJ)  

Kids lose out

Friendship Heights Village in Maryland will combine 2 playgrounds into one after neighbors complained. Original plans called for one playground for very young children and one for older children; now, they will just design one. (Gazette)  

People are happy with DC

Newcomers and long-time residents feel good about changes in DC. White residents were actually less likely to think their neighborhoods had improved than other groups, according to the City Paper’s poll, but people east of the river also feel left out. (City Paper)  

Build for cars, transit costs more

Transit’s detractors say we spend more on transit than the “fair share” of people who ride it. But that’s because a lot of transit has to run inefficient service thanks to car-dependent development patterns. (Streetsblog)  

And…

Candidates suddenly really want to do things for DC’s Ward 8. Could Tuesday’s election have anything to do with it? (CHOTR) … Councilmembers want DC to keep sheltering the homeless as the weather improves. (City Paper) … Texting while driving in San Francisco could get you shamed on a billboard. (SFist)