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jonetta rose barras: Choosing sides and coalescing in DC politics

jonetta rose barras Feb 27, 2020

Politically progressive activists and advocates were among the first to choose sides in a few of this year’s DC Council races. Even before anyone has officially qualified for the ballot, several organizations have announced endorsements.…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: DC officials fiddle while public housing descends

jonetta rose barras Feb 20, 2020

“The pace of deterioration is accelerating,” DC Housing Authority director Tyrone Garrett recently warned the DC Council during an oversight hearing. With 41 properties, 8,000 units and more than 20,000 residents, the DCHA is the largest…

District government

With Jack Evans running, it’s anyone’s game in the Ward 2 DC Council race

Andrew Giambrone Feb 11, 2020

There’s a power vacuum in Washington: The Ward 2 seat on the DC Council is up for grabs with the Jan. 17 resignation of 29-year incumbent Jack Evans, who departed the office amid a massive ethics scandal. A special election to determine…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Jack Evans tests the limits of forgiveness in DC politics

jonetta rose barras Feb 6, 2020

Let’s all calm down. The furor over former Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans’ attempt to mimic Houdini, escape political death and cast himself as brand-new shouldn’t surprise anyone — neither longtime District residents, nor local…

District government

At hearing on the future of public housing in DC, more questions than answers

Morgan Baskin Feb 5, 2020

An attorney testifies that her client’s children have visible bites from insects and rodents. A mother tries to justify why she had to grab a gun to save her son’s life. Another openly weeps when she discloses that her rental voucher…

Opinion

Keshini Ladduwahetty: Grassroots activists channeled public outrage over Evans

Commentary Feb 3, 2020

Until a week ago, we had dared to hope the Jack Evans nightmare was over. But Evans continues to haunt DC politics like a vengeful zombie. Ward 2 voters can expect to see his disgraced name on the ballot in both the Democratic primary and…

Schools

Amid growing demand, DC Immersion Project works to boost dual language programs

Taylor Mulcahey Feb 3, 2020

When Vanessa Bertelli moved with her family from Shanghai to Washington in 2010, she was sure her children would have access to dual language education. It is, after all, the nation’s capital. A child of a bilingual family, Bertelli grew…

District government

After Kennedy Street, questions and delays continue at DC 911

Sloane Airey Jan 31, 2020

Last week’s DC Council oversight hearing into the District’s 911 call center — normally a banal annual meeting — instead revealed that the agency is falling short on some critical standards and had failed to give the Washington…

DCist: Jack Evans Resigned 10 Days Ago. He Just Filed For Reelection

Editor Jan 27, 2020

Jack Evans, the longest-serving legislator in D.C. history who resigned earlier this month amid an ongoing ethics scandal, just filed to run for election as Ward 2 Councilmember yet again.

Washington Post: Jack Evans to run for D.C. Council after resigning seat amid ethics scandal

Editor Jan 27, 2020

Jack Evans is mounting a political comeback for his old seat on the D.C. Council, after resigning this month before his colleagues could expel him from office over repeated ethics violations.

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: The absence of political diversity in DC and its dangers

jonetta rose barras Jan 23, 2020

Every week, it seems, someone is announcing for some political office in DC. Marcus Goodwin, a rising neighborhood developer in the city, threw his hat in the ring last week. He is vying for the at-large seat that became wide open when…

Washington Business Journal: D.C. developer running for David Grosso’s at-large D.C. Council seat

Editor Jan 17, 2020

Marcus Goodwin, a D.C. real estate developer working on the Benning Market project in Ward 7, among others, will run for the seat on the D.C. Council being vacated by Councilman David Grosso, I-At Large.

DCist: This Political Newcomer Is The Only Woman Running For Jack Evans’ Empty Ward 2 Seat

Editor Jan 9, 2020

As the investigations surrounding Councilmember Jack Evans’ ethical conduct ballooned last year, challengers for his Ward 2 seat began pouring in from all sides. But now, instead of challenging an incumbent, they’re running only against…

DCist: Trayon White’s Ex-Campaign Manager And A Former LaRuby May Staffer Are Running In Ward 8

Editor Jan 9, 2020

As D.C. Councilmember Trayon White gears up to defend his seat and try to win a second term representing Ward 8, he’s facing both a former ally and an old rival.

WAMU: D.C. Elections Board Sets June 16 Special Election For Jack Evans’ Council Seat

Editor Jan 8, 2020

The D.C. Board of Elections announced Wednesday it will hold a special election on June 16 to fill the seat being vacated by embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), who said this week he is resigning in the wake of revelations…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Where is the forward motion in the DC Council?

jonetta rose barras Jan 2, 2020

While I was working many years ago as a community organizer in Jackson, Mississippi, my colleague Marie Ory tried to teach me a few things about the tender care a car needs under its hood. I was, of course, a lost cause. I have always had…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Mayor Bowser’s education master facilities plan masquerades as a plan

jonetta rose barras Dec 20, 2019

Some education advocates have started describing Mayor Muriel Bowser and sections of her administration as “Trumpian.” They have joked, for example, that Paul Kihn, the deputy mayor for education, continues to suggest that the 2018 Master…

District government

Jack Evans received a long list of developers from EagleBank while the bank was his client

Andrew Giambrone Dec 19, 2019

In September 2016, DC lawmaker Jack Evans and Ronald D. Paul, then head of one of the largest community banks in the region, traded emails about a list. The list — obtained through a public records request and reported here for the…

District government

DCRA breakup legislation to move forward for DC Council vote next year

Cuneyt Dil Dec 16, 2019

DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said on Monday there is “broad support for the breakup” of the large and frequently criticized DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), the subject of legislation he plans to move forward…

Opinion

jonetta rose barras: Danger ahead for the DC Council and ethics reform, Part 2

jonetta rose barras Dec 12, 2019

While the expulsion of Jack Evans from the DC Council moved a step closer this week with the approval and submission of the ad hoc committee’s final report and recommendation, the ethics saga is not yet in the rearview mirror. The formal…

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District Links: Councilmember Robert White enters race for House seat held by Norton since 1991; Senate approves DC…

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As questions swirl over whether DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will indeed seek another term, at-large DC Councilmember Robert White — who previously served as legislative counsel in Norton's office —…

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Most Americans, even those who vehemently oppose President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, will admit that the murder of Charlie Kirk is the most recent evidence of a frightening…

District Links: Council OKs $3.7B deal with Commanders to remake RFK campus; Bowser, Mendelson and Schwalb face…

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Today's congressional oversight hearing on DC with testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Attorney General Brian Schwalb caps a hectic few days — with the House…

District Links: House passes changes to DC juvenile justice with limited Democratic support; council set to vote today…

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With limited but notable Democratic support, the House yesterday approved two GOP bills that would alter the District's juvenile justice laws — with consideration of two other proposals to overturn…

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