WAMU: On A Restaurant’s Last Day, Community Members Share Hopes And Concerns For Anacostia’s Food…
A beloved Anacostia restaurant closed its doors on Friday. It was one of only a few sit-down restaurants in Ward 8.
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DCist: Cheers @ The Big Chair Closes Friday After Four Years In Anacostia
After four years in Anacostia, Cheers @ The Big Chair café will close Friday, eliminating one of a handful of sit-down restaurants in the historically African-American community.
City Paper: Cheers @ The Big Chair Closes Friday, Stripping Ward 8 of a Sit-Down Restaurant
Owner Dionne Reeder says she wasn't able to negotiate a new lease.
jonetta rose barras: The impervious madame mayor
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser glided into her press room Wednesday, fresh from her general election victory. She started by thanking voters and announcing her pride at being “elected as mayor a second time.”
Then, with an often-underappreciated…
Washington Post: Bowser could face emboldened council after failed attack on lawmaker
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s effort to tip the scales in the District’s sole competitive council race was an unprecedented gamble in a city whose mayors have avoided campaigning against other incumbents — and it failed.
City Paper: Now What? Mayor Muriel Bowser is both boosted—and hobbled—by election results.
Mayor Muriel Bowser convincingly won reelection Tuesday. But rather than basking in her big win, Bowser managed to step on her own parade. It was a misstep that will affect her already shaky relationship with the D.C. Council.
DCist: How Mayor Bowser Won Reelection Yet Still Came Up Short
Mayor Muriel Bower became D.C.’s first reelected mayor since 2002 and the first woman to ever earn a second term as the city executive. And yet she still lost on Election Day.
DCist: Bowser Wins Historic Reelection In Strong Night For Incumbents
It’s been a good night for incumbents in the D.C. local races. As widely predicted, incumbent Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser coasted to victory, winning about 76 percent of the vote. Bowser is the first D.C. mayor to win a second term since…
Washington Post: D.C. elections: Bowser becomes the first D.C. mayor to win reelection since 2002
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) became the city’s first chief executive to win reelection in 16 years, but her handpicked candidate failed to unseat one of her rivals in a bitterly contested D.C. Council race.
Washington Times: Bowser wins second term as D.C. mayor
Tuesday’s general election in the District was a rainy affair with no surprises — except for a surge in voter turnout.
An overview of endorsements in the DC Council races
While the at-large DC Council contest has drawn the bulk of the local attention ahead of Tuesday's general election in the District, various news outlets, unions and political organizations have weighed in on races across the DC ballot.…
At-large council candidates tackle wide range of issues
Amid the political fighting that has captured the bulk of the attention given to the at-large DC Council race on Tuesday’s ballot, contenders for the two available spots have highlighted topics such as affordable housing, education, poverty…
District Dig: Homegrown: Dionne Reeder is her own woman
Andre “Smokey” Lee was a solid waste inspector for the Department of Public Works when he first met native Washingtonian Dionne Reeder. He recalls her as a community-minded straight shooter who could connect with everyday people with ease.
Washington Post: The man in the middle of DC’s ugliest political race
DC Council Member Trayon White is a man caught in the middle of what has turned into the District’s most contentious political fight of 2018. On one side is Dionne Reeder, the at-large council candidate and White’s friend who supported his…
Washington Post: Heated D.C. Council race highlights mayoral control of schools
The most closely watched race on Tuesday’s ballot in the District is highlighting the debate over how much control the mayor should exert over the city’s schools and the role the D.C. Council plays as a check on mayoral power.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. voters should tune out all the identity politics
FINAL WEEKS of political campaigns are often marked by political noise, with too little attention spent on core issues. That, sadly, has been the case in the race for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council. Unsubstantiated claims about…
jonetta rose barras: Mayor Bowser’s election-year risk
Without serious opposition, Mayor Muriel Bowser is inoculated against defeat in next week’s general election. That comfortable perch undoubtedly was one consideration in her decision to shine her political light on relative newcomer Dionne…
City Paper: Cleared of Campaign Finance Violations, Bowser Takes Shot at Nonprofit That Accused Her
It turns out Mayor Muriel Bowser did not violate D.C. campaign finance laws, as the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen alleged last week. Bowser appeared on CSPAN's Washington Journal as part of its 50 Capitals Tour today and again…
Washington Post: D.C. officials dismiss campaign finance complaint against Bowser over rally
D.C. officials on Wednesday dismissed a campaign finance complaint against Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) for an rally in which she promoted a candidate in a heated council race. The government watchdog group Public Citizen alleged the mayor’s…
City Paper: Ron Moten’s New Music Video Supports At-Large Candidate Dionne Reeder
Ron Moten is back with another politically themed earworm. The one-time unsuccessful Ward 7 council candidate, community activist, and co-founder of a violence prevention nonprofit released his latest music video in support of a local…