Posts tagged Abra
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DC bars are pioneering a program to help prevent harassment
Research shows that alcohol is used as a weapon or an excuse in about 50% of sexual assault cases, putting bar staff in a unique position to help keep people safe. In DC, a number of bars are training staff on how to recognize harassment and how to prevent it from escalating to assault. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Homeless in the city
Bucking the trend… for the worst; Replacing the Nice Bridge; SunTrust Plaza squatters; There’s a lot of construction in DC; Show me the receipts; Potential HUD pick is cozy with Ryan; Struggle for housing in Vancouver. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Honestly
Frank and fixing; Honest BART; Council scrutinizes shelter plan; W&OD at Wiehle; No more institutionalization; Beer garden at bat; Driven to serve; Co-everything. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lane frenzy
Pop-up bike lanes sweep the nation; Bike lanes safer for all; Court OKs Hine development; Bowser won’t commit to debate; Real estate touts transit; Booze by phone; Not quite 26; Light rail success in Phoenix; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More, more, more
More space on weekend MARC; More $ to ride Metro? Don’t know yet; More homelessness in DC; More money to go around; Less space for law firms; Noise law lockdown; New Hampshire supports DC; Winter storm budget blunder; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ready to rumble
Taxi Commission meeting gets rowdy; A chicken fight; Drivers misuse Dulles Access Highway; Shutdown hurt low-wage workers most; Do subsidies steer supermarkets?; Saving one abandoned building at a time; More Red Line delays frustrate riders; Walmart plans for Oxon Hill; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxes and cars
Get rid of the hybrid tax; Car taxes oddly rise; Downside of sales tax on gas; Graham slapped for ethics; See DC from space; Sequestration means…; The next taxi regulatory fight; Bike bits; And…. Keep reading…
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Schools and taverns can coexist
The Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board will grant a license for All Souls, the proposed restaurant to occupy the long-vacant storefront at 725 T Street NW in the Shaw neighborhood. While most liquor license applications face protests over noise and trash, several residents had objected on the grounds that children at the school across the street would be harmed by merely… Keep reading…
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Blame for the Shaw’s Tavern mess does not lie with the city
Shaw’s Tavern closed last week because the restaurant has not yet been granted a liquor license. Several commentators blamed DC’s liquor license regulatory system. But Shaw’s could be serving alcohol already if the management had done a little legwork. The tavern got into trouble with the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) for allegedly… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Count ourselves lucky
Irene’s aftermath; MLK memorial a “failure”?; MoCo may criminalize criminality; Dry tavern goes dark; Fairfax planning Silver Line parking; Tourism trumps education in Richmond; MetroAccess drivers tired of long hours; And…. Keep reading…