Posts tagged Kwame Brown
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The DC council will stay somewhat colorful… literally
Views, backgrounds, and many other factors are important qualities for candidates for office. One that doesn’t matter at all: Whether their names are also colors of the rainbow. But it’s fun nonetheless to chart how many of DC’s elected officials share surnames with parts of the palette. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s on the Council
Committees are out; Silverman runs; Politics for all; Windshield Washingtonian; UDC president fired; Officer reluctant to ticket driver; McDonnell commits to 460; A very desirable house; And…. Keep reading…
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Kwame did some good, and voters enabled his wrongdoing
Now that Kwame Brown has resigned as DC Council Chairman in disgrace, he is being called “dim,” a “tyrant,” and all kinds of other unflattering things. Brown is a flawed man, but we cannot pin this all on him alone. DC voters bear responsibility for ignoring the red flags about Brown early on. At the same time, Brown did some things right that we should… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: And one more
Another shoe drops; Two elections for the price of one; Is Gray next?; Don’t stop here; Metro fights harassment; Interns will ride; The neighborhoods of the future, now; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The end for Kwame
Brown resigns; Chair Mendo?; Reactions; Silver Line union preference gone; Metro works way out of way out problem; GU and neighbors agree; Anacostia’s value and brand; Bradbury foresaw future without pedestrians; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Neglect
Entrepreneur lets estate decay; Where’s the exit, Metro?; Building falls down; Some live off the beaten path; Walkable North Bethesda vs. U Street; Time to shuffle committees?; Soccer proposal gets numbers; McDonnell backing off Silver Line. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Come see DC
DC almost top vacation spot; Right-wing group fighting Silver Line; Take the boring out of transit; Kwame divides, Brown unites; Restaurant pavilion right for St. E’s?; Who doesn’t want Alexandria bikeshare?; Fewer, smaller gulps?. Keep reading…
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Ask Kwame to keep the West End housing deal affordable
Unless DC Council Chairman Kwame Brown reverses course, the long-awaited replacement of the West End Library and fire station will move forward without the originally-promised affordable housing. Please Tell Chairman Brown to fund West End affordable housing. Long planned as a 52-unit project of very affordable apartments for those earning up to 60% of area median… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shape DC’s future
Live in 5? Vote! (McDuffie!); Budget boosts housing, delays NoMa park; Taxis get better; Bike & Ride opens today; What to do with Franklin; Pepco trims trees; Fly to PDX, SJU, AUS, SFO; Nothing new under the sun; Santa Monica fights meter feeding; Los Angeles grows up. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What people want
No retail at Fairgrounds; What would you build?; MoCo BRT sleek, ambitious; Rent hard to control; Pay for school; Too much conflict and not enough; Rush+ gets limelight; Less is more; And…. Keep reading…