Posts about Freedom Plaza
Getting the Occupy out: Mayor Gray wants the Park Service to evict Occupy protestors in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza for health and safety reasons. The NPS says protestors have a right to a 24-hour vigil, so they may not be leaving soon. (Post) (Comment)
Views of the occupation: NPS was right not to arresst Occupy DC protestors, says the Post, especially since they've been peaceful and clean. 8 DC Councilmembers agree. Eric Cantor stopped calling them a "mob," but thinks they're worse than the Tea Party. (Comment)
And...: Protestors will be occupying Freedom Plaza for 4 more months. (Examiner) ... ANC 1A might censure a member who hurled profanities at others (Post) ... Busboys and Poets won't go to Silver Spring because the Montgomery Council won't condemn war. (City Paper) ... Does transit need a Steve Jobs figure? (Human Transit) (Comment)
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Bikeshare is a gateway to private biking, not competition
- Bikeshare is a gateway to private biking, not competition
- Judge denies injunction against closing schools
- Long-term closures: A solution to single-tracking?
- Metro policy for refunds after delays falls short, riders say
- M Street cycle track keeps improving, draws church anger
- Cyclists are special and do have their own rules
- O'Malley announces first projects using new gas tax money
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