There’s Politics Even in Snow Removal, It Seems
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 02 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Mayor Adrian Fenty’s cleared street in Crestwood It’s an awkward truism of urban politics that a snowstorm can be the undoing of an elected official. Take too long to get the snowed cleared off the roads — like Marion Barry in 1987 when the city struggled for a week after a snowstorm,...
Campaign Finance Updates in D.C.’s 2010 Elections
Posted by admin in DC Life on 02 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Photo by philliefan99 The Jan. 31 filing deadline to submit financial statements to the Office of Campaign Finance has passed, so let’s take a look at what kind of shape the District’s 2010 candidates are in, eight months out from the Sept. primaries. By the way, if you’d like to download...
Photo of the Day: February 2, 2010
Posted by admin in DC Life on 02 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
The forecast for the rest of the week is excellent news for snow lovers of all kinds. Appropriately-named photog Nivad shared this nicely framed action shot of the fun-but-futile sport of snowball catching. ( EXIF )
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Photo of the Day: February 2, 2010
Donnie Simpson Signs Off from WPGC
Posted by admin in DC Life on 01 29th, 2010 | No Comments
This morning, Donnie Simpson bid farewell to D.C. radio , after a 32-year career in the industry. Simpson has been the morning voice on WPGC (95.5 FM) for as long as I can remember — or more specifically, he’s been the smart, reasonable, clever cornerstone of their morning show since 1993....
D.C. CFO Going to Court to Settle City Contracts Dispute
Posted by admin in DC Life on 01 29th, 2010 | No Comments
Natwar Gandhi, photo by DCCA The ongoing contracts dispute between the D.C. Council and the administration of Mayor Adrian Fenty is heading to court. Days after D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray once again extended the deadline to resolve the matter of whether the council will order payments stopped...
Go Home Already: Status Quo
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 01 27th, 2010 | No Comments
Photo by erin_m TPM runs down the list of people sitting with First Lady Michelle Obama tonight at the State of the Union, which includes two recent D.C. public school graduates. Incidentally, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty will be sitting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again this year. Bill Turque is seriously...
Morning Roundup: Strange Days Edition
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 01 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Photo by dr_kim_veis [''o ] Good morning, Washington. Voting has begun in Massachusetts , where the eyes of all politics junkies will be today. We can’t say we would have guessed even a few weeks ago that there was a good chance the Senate seat occupied by Ted Kennedy could end up belonging to...
The Weekly Feed: Crisp and Salty Edition
Posted by admin in DC Life on 01 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Image courtesy of Phillyberg Dish of the Week: BLTs Where: Cafe Saint Ex, Market to Market Everyone is craving summer after the recent Arctic blasts. For me, a perfect BLT screams summer, with its ripe sun-warmed tomatoes, crisp lettuce, salty thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, and a smattering of mayonnaise....
Morning Roundup: Waiting for Word Edition
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 01 14th, 2010 | No Comments
Photo by Paul Frederiksen Good morning, D.C. The bulk of this morning’s headlines continue to focus on the post-earthquake devastation down in Haiti. Everybody’s looking for that local angle, and the Post does an admirable job exhausting the topic: there’s the local Haitian community...
Six Degrees of Tab Dump
Posted by Tom in DC Life on 01 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Every Sunday afternoon, I usually end up with a bunch of links that either didn’t have the juice or specifics to run on their own, or simply don’t merit much commentary outside of the facts presented. Often times, these stories melt together into a blur of little factoids that I barely remember...


