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District Links: Todd reprimanded for using council email list to campaign for candidate; court case proceeds on ex-Sanford Capital property; and more

Cuneyt Dil May 15, 2019 29

Happy Wednesday. The legal battle over a former Sanford Capital property in Congress Heights continued in court today.

Court considers an injunction to halt repairs as legal battle continues over former Sanford Capital properties in Congress Heights

Megan Mineiro May 15, 2019 1,165

A D.C. Superior Court judge will hear arguments today regarding the selection of a new receiver for a dilapidated apartment complex in Ward 8. The contested buildings are at the heart of a civil case brought in 2016 by the Office of the…

District Links: Read up on what the DC Council approved in its first budget vote; Banneker-Shaw battle is latest gentrification debate; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil May 14, 2019 70

Happy Tuesday. The DC Council gave initial approval today to the 2020 budget and related legislation with only one close vote. Amid multiple references to broken promises, it came on an unsuccessful amendment that would have backed the…

Arts and Culture

Council set to amend DC budget in response to community worries about arts panel’s loss of dedicated funding, independence

Brennan Hafner May 14, 2019 1,048

The DC Council’s newly released draft budget plan addresses many of the community concerns raised about Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed changes to the independence and grant-making policies of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. …

District Links: Bowser plans neighborhood targets for affordable housing; both sides of debate over proposal to move Banneker High; and more

Cuneyt Dil May 13, 2019 33

Happy Monday. We’ve all heard Muriel Bowser wants 36,000 new residential units by 2025 — with a third of them qualifying as affordable housing — and last Friday she unveiled the first step: public meetings!

Built Environment

Mayor plans public engagement on how to get 12,000 new affordable housing units throughout DC by 2025

Cuneyt Dil May 13, 2019 1,340

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration will host community meetings throughout the city this summer to establish neighborhood targets laying out how to distribute a total of 12,000 new affordable housing units over the next six years. …

District Links: Gray moves to cap United Medical Center subsidy as costs balloon; Mendelson defends proposed changes to FOIA; and more

Editor May 10, 2019 29

TGIF! Phil Mendelson is sticking with his proposed changes to open records laws through a budget provision despite calls for a public hearing.

District government

Mendelson faces calls from four council members for public hearing prior to FOIA changes proposed in budget act

Chris Kain May 10, 2019 333

Near the end of a daylong work session Wednesday, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson faced a spirited challenge from four council members who urged him not to pursue new exemptions to the District’s Freedom of Information Act next week via…

District Links: Budget debate heats up between DC Council and mayor; proposed FOIA change might have prevented Jack Evans revelations; and more

Cuneyt Dil May 9, 2019 36

Happy Thursday. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Mayor Muriel Bowser are butting heads. Mendelson might not have enough votes to block Bowser’s commercial tax hikes. But now he says the DC Council will “say no new permits to construct…

News

DC unveils 2020 DC Teacher of the Year finalists after honoring city’s 2019 award-winning educators

Brennan Hafner May 9, 2019 1,919

Three finalists for the 2020 DC Teacher of the Year were announced today by Mayor Muriel Bowser's administration: Beth Barkley, English teacher at Cardozo Education Campus’ International Academy; Justin Lopez-Cardoze, seventh-grade life…

District Links: Council members discuss committee changes to the budget; hotel may get tax abatement despite failing hiring requirements; and more

Cuneyt Dil May 8, 2019 28

Happy Wednesday. Council members are holed up today around a conference table discussing changes made to the mayor’s budget proposal by committees. They're about to return from a short break so members could get lunch.

Natural Environment

As DDOT studies options for Palisades Trolley Trail, questions arise over what’s most suitable

Lilah Burke May 8, 2019 2,761

What’s now a grassy footpath along the Potomac River from Foxhall Road to Galena Place NW along the former Glen Echo trolley route could become a full-fledged pedestrian and bike trail connecting Georgetown and the Palisades, depending on…

Art

Street artists beautify NoMa during international mural festival

Jennifer Anne Mitchell May 8, 2019 2,903

Now underway in NoMa, the fourth annual POW! WOW! DC International Mural Festival strives to bridge cultures, beautify the neighborhood, teach the community about public art and highlight the role that murals play in the city’s artistic…

District Links: Bowser administration criticizes changes in housing budget; FOIA could be constrained with new budget language; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil May 7, 2019 27

Happy Tuesday. The Bowser administration yesterday called a group of reporters to the Wilson Building to vent about proposed changes made by DC Council committees to the mayor’s spending plan.

Features

‘We want to get people outside’: Longtime DC parks activist aims to harness nature’s transformative power

Kate Oczypok May 6, 2019 1,200

As the Earth Day Network looks ahead to next year’s 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the event’s mission has remained a constant — "to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide." That same mantra planted a lifelong…

District government

AG’s essay contest gives DC middle schoolers a forum to talk about impact of community violence

Alexandra Kelley May 6, 2019 922

Right after the workday ended, dozens of local policymakers and community leaders convened in the Old Council Chambers at One Judiciary Square for a meeting convened by DC Attorney General Karl Racine. Snacking and socializing, they were…

District Links: Health Committee backs repeal of bill tying Ward 8 hospital to Foggy Bottom tower; council to act on ethics board nominees; and more

Cuneyt Dil May 6, 2019 39

Good Monday morning. The DC Council's Health Committee made a little-noticed move last Thursday, when Ward 7's Vince Gray reversed his support for legislation billed as expediting the construction of a new hospital in Ward 8.

District Links: Mary Cheh reignites soda tax fight; Mendelson opposes Bowser’s restructuring of arts commission; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil May 3, 2019 25

TGIF! A family of four seeking a “modest yet adequate” lifestyle in the Washington area needs to make at least $105,539, WAMU reports …

District Links: Bowser begins push for legalizing marijuana sales; another whistleblower lawsuit over DCRA; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil May 2, 2019 36

Happy Thursday. It’s a green day for Muriel Bowser, with the mayor announcing her legislation to legalize the sale of marijuana in the city. The news was laid out in the Post this morning.

Natural Environment

City revives school composting program after students and teachers call for funding restoration

Megan Mineiro May 2, 2019 2,017

After suspending campus composting without explanation last June, the city restored funding last month for the organics recycling component of the DCPS Recycles! Program. In response to a DC Council oversight hearing in February where…

Natural Environment

National Wildlife Federation ranks DC among top 10 cities for wildlife

Sophie Austin May 2, 2019 1,369

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, recently ranked Washington among the top 10 cities in the U.S. recognized for “taking concrete steps to address” challenges urban areas…

District Links: Council members shift funding as budget plan moves out of committees; groups seek historic status for Barry Farm; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil May 1, 2019 55

Happy May Day. Some amendments to the mayor’s budget proposal are public, with the release of DC Council committee reports, which are being voted on this week.

Built Environment

Barry Farm residents seek historic status to preserve community and character

Grace Collins May 1, 2019 2,095

A new effort seeks to secure official recognition for the historic significance of Barry Farm, a public housing complex in Southeast DC. The neighborhood's origins date to 1867, when the Freedman's Bureau established it as a place…

District Links: Are charter schools complying with suicide prevention laws?; examining DC’s proposed fund for workforce housing; and more

Cuneyt Dil Apr 30, 2019 38

Happy Tuesday. Columnist jonetta rose barras is following the case of the suicide death of 12-year-old Stormiyah Denson-Jackson, who hanged herself at a Ward 7 boarding school, SEED Public Charter School.

District Links: Mayor’s new ‘Resilient DC’ plan goes beyond sustainability; new guide for DCPS students to track graduation progress; and more

Editor Apr 29, 2019 29

Happy Monday. Muriel Bowser today released the District’s first strategy for meeting challenges such as climate change, called Resilient DC, which pictures more than just the environmental concerns for the city.

Books

From the Anacostia River to the U.S.-Mexico border, local conservation photographer and writer aims to help save natural places and wildlife

Kate Oczypok Apr 26, 2019 667

Though Krista Schlyer’s work as a conservation photographer and writer has taken her all over the country and into Mexico, in recent years she’s been focused on a landmark closer to home: the Anacostia River. Schlyer, who lives in Mount…

Features

Longtime Kalorama Triangle resident, a ‘dauntless warrior,’ continues his 40-year fight against climate change

Andria Moore Apr 26, 2019 1,690

An Earth warrior lives among us. Nestled near some thick trees in the Kalorama Triangle neighborhood is the home of Rafe Pomerance and his wife, Lenore. “We’ve lived in the same house since 1975,” Rafe said. Forty-four years, three kids…

News

GU Law Center honors Norton’s decades of public service with dedication of ‘tower green’

Brennan Hafner Apr 26, 2019 840

Years before becoming her hometown’s representative in Congress in 1991, DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton brought the expertise she had gained from her work in civil rights and employment law to the classroom as a professor at Georgetown…

District Links: Money from many special funds goes to other purposes, DC auditor says; teachers protest mayor’s schools budget; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Apr 26, 2019 34

TGIF! DC lawmakers have been creating special funds to direct revenue for specific programs, but in many cases that money is subsequently swept into the city's general fund and spent on other programs, the DC auditor says in a new report.…

District Links: Schools budget would cut 70 jobs from central office; Racine says mayor slashed his requested budget increase; and more reads

Cuneyt Dil Apr 25, 2019 23

Good Thursday morning. Progressive activist group DC for Democracy is beginning a new campaign today to further restrict campaign donations and end constituent service funds.

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District Links: Mayoral candidates blast Trump’s threat of a takeover if Lewis George wins; judge denies Kennedy…

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Both of the leading mayoral candidates vying for the Democratic Party's nomination promptly blasted President Donald Trump's comments yesterday that he "wouldn't like it" and "maybe we'd take back…

jonetta rose barras: The DC Council’s election year budget panders and jeopardizes

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On Sunday, just two days before the DC Council voted unanimously to give initial approval to the city’s nearly $22 billion Fiscal Year 2027 Budget and Financial Plan, I asked Chair Phil Mendelson…

District Links: Feds sell Old Post Office Building to leaseholder; WaPo poll finds majority of DC voters think city is…

Jun 11, 2026 24

The U.S. General Services Administration yesterday announced the sale of the historic Old Post Office Building at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW to the existing leaseholders as part of the Trump…

District Links: DC breaks ground on new stand-alone library in Congress Heights; council gives unanimous initial OK to…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser joined Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and DC Public Library officials this morning to kick off a joint development project in Ward 8.

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