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District of DeBonis: May, 2012

Posted at 08:15 PM ET, 05/30/2012

DeShortVacation Links: No more hookers, please
By Mike DeBonis
Associated Press’s D.C. bureau wants city cops to crack down on prostitution outside its offices.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:15 PM ET, 05/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:08 PM ET, 05/30/2012

Rolling papers no longer sold in government building
By Mike DeBonis
Post reporter’s tweet about presence of rolling papers being stocked in a store in a new federal building generates a quick response.

By Mike DeBonis  |  06:08 PM ET, 05/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:43 PM ET, 05/30/2012

Former D.C. delegate candidate now a vice presidential candidate
By Mike DeBonis
The running mate of Randall Terry, the no-holds-barred anti-abortion activist turned presidential candidate, is a familiar name.

By Mike DeBonis  |  02:43 PM ET, 05/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 05/30/2012

Library board bucks D.C. politicos on Bellevue naming
By Mike DeBonis
The monthslong saga over the naming of a new $15 million library branch has deepened.

By Mike DeBonis  |  02:00 PM ET, 05/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:56 AM ET, 05/30/2012

DeMorning Links: Final farewells
By Mike DeBonis
Thousands lined up outside the Howard Theatre on Tuesday to file past Chuck Brown’s casket.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:56 AM ET, 05/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:26 PM ET, 05/29/2012

DeEvening Links: Hoodless
By Mike DeBonis
A fish fry’s name change heralds gentrification in Park View.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:26 PM ET, 05/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:47 PM ET, 05/29/2012

Eatonville encounter figures big in determining Gray’s knowledge of payoff scheme
By Mike DeBonis
Court records are ambiguous on key moment in Sulaimon Brown’s payoff allegations.

By Mike DeBonis  |  02:47 PM ET, 05/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:41 AM ET, 05/29/2012

DeMorning Links: Jim Vance to the rescue
By Mike DeBonis
In light of Gray campaign charges, the veteran WRC-TV host gives D.C. a pep talk.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:41 AM ET, 05/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:54 PM ET, 05/25/2012

DeLongWeekend Links: Whither the urban playground?
By Mike DeBonis
Can the city change along with its ambitious 20-somethings?

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:54 PM ET, 05/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:09 PM ET, 05/25/2012

Uber moves closer to being street legal
By Mike DeBonis
The upscale app-dispatched car service moves closer to being street legal.

By Mike DeBonis  |  03:09 PM ET, 05/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:23 AM ET, 05/25/2012

More ugly D.C. street signs
By Mike DeBonis
Only you can prevent substandard municipal way-finding.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:23 AM ET, 05/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:12 AM ET, 05/25/2012

DeMorning Links: A farewell to Chuck
By Mike DeBonis
Our civic farewell to Chuck Brown gets underway Tuesday with a public viewing, with memorial service set for Thursday.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:12 AM ET, 05/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:38 PM ET, 05/24/2012

DeEvening Links: Polish notation
By Mike DeBonis
Marion Barry managed to restart his Cycle of Redemption even sooner than anticipated.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:38 PM ET, 05/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:40 PM ET, 05/24/2012

Can green development cut your D.C. Water bill?
By Mike DeBonis
D.C. Water officials are hoping to cut tunnel costs by pursuing “low impact development.”

By Mike DeBonis  |  12:40 PM ET, 05/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:43 AM ET, 05/24/2012

DeMorning Links: Bikeshare bandit
By Mike DeBonis
It was bound to happen sooner or later: A Capital Bikeshare-bike-riding street criminal.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:43 AM ET, 05/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:09 PM ET, 05/23/2012

DeEvening Links: The burn thickens
By Mike DeBonis
New questions emerge about the apparent burning of city personnel records last Friday.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:09 PM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:09 PM ET, 05/23/2012

Marion Barry prepares to complete cycle of redemption yet again
By Mike DeBonis
The Ward 8 council member is set to meet with a group upset about his recent comments about Asians.

By Mike DeBonis  |  06:09 PM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:28 PM ET, 05/23/2012

Squeaky wheels get classy notes from Gray
By Mike DeBonis
Georgetown residents get a “you’re welcome” note from Hizzoner.

By Mike DeBonis  |  04:28 PM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:38 PM ET, 05/23/2012

What’s in a D.C. Council earmark?
By Mike DeBonis
Grants to D.C. economic development projects prompt a debate on budgetary semantics.

By Mike DeBonis  |  01:38 PM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:14 AM ET, 05/23/2012

Chuck Brown funeral arrangements start to come together
By Mike DeBonis
Daughter says public viewing is set for Tuesday; funeral to follow Thursday.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:14 AM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:45 AM ET, 05/23/2012

DeMorning Links: City of parks
By Mike DeBonis
The District is ranked fifth among the nation’s 40 largest cities in its residents’ access to parks.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:45 AM ET, 05/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:14 PM ET, 05/22/2012

DeEvening Links: Burning questions
By Mike DeBonis
Why were three Dumpsters full of personnel records found burning near the D.C. fire academy?

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:14 PM ET, 05/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:39 PM ET, 05/22/2012

Where does the Gray campaign probe go from here?
By Mike DeBonis
Thomas Gore’s plea helps show in which direction the ongoing investigation is headed.

By Mike DeBonis  |  05:39 PM ET, 05/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:56 AM ET, 05/22/2012

Vincent Gray urged to look beyond Natwar Gandhi in CFO search
By Mike DeBonis
A former D.C. Council and veteran activist say the mayor needs to look beyond Natwar Gandhi for the city’s top financial post.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:56 AM ET, 05/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:02 AM ET, 05/22/2012

DeMorning Links: Bloomingdale battleground
By Mike DeBonis
A community park has become a neighborhood flashpoint.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:02 AM ET, 05/22/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:40 PM ET, 05/21/2012

DeEvening Links: Speed bleed
By Mike DeBonis
Is the city rigging the speed camera game by setting unusually low speed limits?

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:40 PM ET, 05/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:43 PM ET, 05/21/2012

What the Thomas Gore charges mean for Vincent Gray
By Mike DeBonis
Charges against campaign aide portend heightening of federal probe, weeks of speculation.

By Mike DeBonis  |  01:43 PM ET, 05/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:18 AM ET, 05/21/2012

Marion Barry hospitalized in Las Vegas, report says
By Mike DeBonis
Barry suffered a blood clot while traveling to a convention, according to tweets on his official account.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:18 AM ET, 05/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:04 AM ET, 05/21/2012

DeMorning Links: Harry Thomas speaks
By Mike DeBonis
Former D.C. Council member, soon to enter the federal pokey, grants first post-prosecution interview.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:04 AM ET, 05/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:08 PM ET, 05/18/2012

DeEvening Links: More jobs!
By Mike DeBonis
The latest figures have city unemployment dropping 0.3 points to 9.5 percent in April.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:08 PM ET, 05/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:02 AM ET, 05/18/2012

DeMorning Links: Atrocities
By Mike DeBonis
Abortion hearing ended up highlighting a civil rights atrocity of some magnitude.

By Mike DeBonis  |  11:02 AM ET, 05/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:25 PM ET, 05/17/2012

DeEvening Links: Children are our future
By Mike DeBonis
A larger proportion of the city’s newborns are white, bucking the new national trend.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:25 PM ET, 05/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:15 PM ET, 05/17/2012

Chuck Brown farewell planning could take a while
By Mike DeBonis
It could be days or longer before plans for a public tribute to the go-go icon come together.

By Mike DeBonis  |  05:15 PM ET, 05/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:27 PM ET, 05/17/2012

Lawyers try to save Harry Thomas Jr. $92,500
By Mike DeBonis
Just how much should Thomas pay back the city?

By Mike DeBonis  |  02:27 PM ET, 05/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:00 AM ET, 05/17/2012

DeMorning Links: ‘D.C. lost its president’
By Mike DeBonis
A city assembles its memories of a matchless musical icon.

By Mike DeBonis  |  11:00 AM ET, 05/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:48 PM ET, 05/16/2012

DeEvening Links: RIP Chuck Brown
By Mike DeBonis
The Godfather of Go-Go has left the building.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:48 PM ET, 05/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:55 PM ET, 05/16/2012

For Chuck Brown, a grand public goodbye?
By Mike DeBonis
City officials start discussing how best to send off the Godfather of Go-Go.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:55 PM ET, 05/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:13 PM ET, 05/16/2012

DeMorning Links: Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5)
By Mike DeBonis
McDuffie’s victory was sweeping, winning 10 of the ward’s 18 precincts and coming in second in every precinct he didn’t win.

By Mike DeBonis  |  12:13 PM ET, 05/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:32 PM ET, 05/15/2012

DeEvening Links: Hearing deficiency
By Mike DeBonis
Eleanor Holmes Norton will not be testifying at a Thursday hearing on House bill to ban many abortions in D.C.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:32 PM ET, 05/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:34 AM ET, 05/15/2012

Vincent Gray, Jim Graham ordered to give depositions in lottery lawsuit
By Mike DeBonis
A federal judge said the officials have to answer questions in whistleblower case but strictly narrowed the subject matter.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:34 AM ET, 05/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 05/15/2012

DeMorning Links: Power of the purse
By Mike DeBonis
Busy day today: For one, there’s an election. For another, the D.C. Council will vote on the city’s fiscal 2013 budget.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:00 AM ET, 05/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:20 PM ET, 05/14/2012

DeEvening Links: Too much trimming?
By Mike DeBonis
Some Pepco customers are wondering if trees vs. power is a “false choice.”

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:20 PM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:11 PM ET, 05/14/2012

A last look at the Ward 5 electorate
By Mike DeBonis
In a bad sign for Tim Day, Republicans haven’t come out to vote in especially large numbers so far.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:11 PM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:25 PM ET, 05/14/2012

Tax change means more D.C. residents are buying D.C. bonds
By Mike DeBonis
Thanks to last year’s tax change, local demand for District debt has increased.

By Mike DeBonis  |  04:25 PM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:43 PM ET, 05/14/2012

Mary Cheh lampoons Ken Cuccinelli in joke memo
By Mike DeBonis
Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) hasn’t forgotten Virginia AG’s comments on animal welfare bill.

By Mike DeBonis  |  12:43 PM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:33 AM ET, 05/14/2012

DeMorning Links: When we were kings
By Mike DeBonis
Fifty-five years ago, a “streetball series for the ages” took place on D.C. playgrounds: Wilt vs. Elgin.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:33 AM ET, 05/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:29 PM ET, 05/11/2012

DeEvening Links: Months for medical marijuana
By Mike DeBonis
David Catania acknowledges marijuana sales might not begin until year’s end.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:29 PM ET, 05/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:31 PM ET, 05/11/2012

Corporate tax breaks can pay off for D.C.
By Mike DeBonis
A look at economic development financing deals show they have worked more often than not.

By Mike DeBonis  |  05:31 PM ET, 05/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  D.C. city government

Posted at 01:03 PM ET, 05/11/2012

D.C. voters have to finish ethics reform in November
By Mike DeBonis
D.C. residents will vote on three measures that require changes to the city charter.

By Mike DeBonis  |  01:03 PM ET, 05/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:32 AM ET, 05/11/2012

DeMorning Links: Smooth operator
By Mike DeBonis
Mayor Gray’s free concert tastes run toward R. Kelly and Sade.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:32 AM ET, 05/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:53 PM ET, 05/10/2012

DeEvening Links: Disparate treatment
By Mike DeBonis
Police Chief Cathy Lanier says her cop boyfriend has gotten no special treatment.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:53 PM ET, 05/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:10 PM ET, 05/10/2012

How D.C. Ward 5 is voting so far
By Mike DeBonis
The patterns hew, for the most part, to my earlier observations: For votes, go north.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:10 PM ET, 05/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  D.C. city government

Posted at 11:45 AM ET, 05/10/2012

Rogue contractor hangs nonstandard street signs!
By Mike DeBonis
Signs on the southwest corner of North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue are not an approved design.

By Mike DeBonis  |  11:45 AM ET, 05/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  D.C. city government

Posted at 10:46 AM ET, 05/10/2012

DeMorning Links: Family matters
By Mike DeBonis
The number of homeless families has soared 18 percent in a year, according to a new survey.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:46 AM ET, 05/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:19 PM ET, 05/09/2012

DeEvening Links: Theory of evolution
By Mike DeBonis
D.C. politicos embraced President Obama’s embrace of gay marriage.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:19 PM ET, 05/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:43 PM ET, 05/09/2012

No, you can’t have a magic citywide parking permit
By Mike DeBonis
The city has issued Car2Go, a new Zipcar-like service that uses Smart Cars, special “Zone 9” permits.

By Mike DeBonis  |  04:43 PM ET, 05/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:41 PM ET, 05/09/2012

D.C. employees angered over vacation change
By Mike DeBonis
Little-noticed provision has some D.C. employees in a tizzy over losing up to two weeks of vacation pay.

By Mike DeBonis  |  03:41 PM ET, 05/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:14 AM ET, 05/09/2012

Parade season starts this weekend
By Mike DeBonis
Congress Heights Day is Saturday.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:14 AM ET, 05/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:38 AM ET, 05/09/2012

DeMorning Links: Mind the amorous teens
By Mike DeBonis
Plan for memorial to the victims of the 2009 Red Line crash has run into some community opposition.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:38 AM ET, 05/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:43 PM ET, 05/08/2012

DeEvening Links: Cheers and Giros
By Mike DeBonis
The Giro d’Italia did not start in D.C. this year, as ex-mayor Adrian M. Fenty once hoped it would.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:43 PM ET, 05/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:57 PM ET, 05/08/2012

D.C. budget surprises likely to persist
By Mike DeBonis
Council chairman declines to pledge a full day’s review for budget legislation.

By Mike DeBonis  |  06:57 PM ET, 05/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:57 PM ET, 05/08/2012

Don’t sleep on Frank Wilds in Ward 5
By Mike DeBonis
Frank Wilds, 67, enters the final week of the special election race with a cash and geographic advantage.

By Mike DeBonis  |  03:57 PM ET, 05/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:37 PM ET, 05/08/2012

Harry Thomas Jr.’s prison request gets judge’s nod
By Mike DeBonis
The former D.C. Council member might be able to do his hard time in an easier climate.

By Mike DeBonis  |  12:37 PM ET, 05/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:44 AM ET, 05/08/2012

DeMorning Links: Bad breath
By Mike DeBonis
The District’s Breathalyzer problems have come with a price: $20,000 and rising.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:44 AM ET, 05/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:45 PM ET, 05/07/2012

DeEvening Links: Justice on South Capitol Street
By Mike DeBonis
Four defendants are convicted of first-degree murder in the deadly shootings more than two years ago.

By Mike DeBonis  |  06:45 PM ET, 05/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:48 PM ET, 05/07/2012

Shake-ups for D.C.’s summer parade calendar
By Mike DeBonis
There will be no Caribbean Carnival and Parade, and other parades will most likely have fewer politicians in them.

By Mike DeBonis  |  03:48 PM ET, 05/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:51 AM ET, 05/07/2012

DeMorning Links: The rent is too damn high
By Mike DeBonis
A new report finds D.C.’s low-cost rental housing continues to disappear at an ever-quickening rate.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:51 AM ET, 05/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:31 PM ET, 05/04/2012

DeEvening Links: Who’s next?
By Mike DeBonis
U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. acknowledges prosecutors are working “nights and weekends” on public corruption investigations.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:31 PM ET, 05/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:28 PM ET, 05/04/2012

Activists’ home is ‘total loss’ after fire
By Mike DeBonis and Clarence Williams
Neither Dorothy Brizill nor Gary Imhoff were at their Columbia Heights home when it erupted in flames Friday afternoon.

By Mike DeBonis and Clarence Williams  |  07:28 PM ET, 05/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:26 PM ET, 05/04/2012

Robert Bobb to chair Youth Trust involved in Harry Thomas, Jr. case
By Mike DeBonis
The sentencing of Harry Thomas Jr. wasn’t the only recent move in the city’s slow lurch past the scandal. Robert Bobb has been named to chair the trust involved in the case.

By Mike DeBonis  |  05:26 PM ET, 05/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Harry Thomas Jr., Robert Bobb, D.C. city government

Posted at 02:13 PM ET, 05/04/2012

Why Harry Thomas wants to do his time in Alabama or Florida
By Mike DeBonis
Because they’re “two of the top four federal prisons in America,” expert says.

By Mike DeBonis  |  02:13 PM ET, 05/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:55 AM ET, 05/04/2012

DeMorning Links: A good guy
By Mike DeBonis
Behold the drama behind a shocking assault by fire at a Glover Park strip club.

By Mike DeBonis  |  11:55 AM ET, 05/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:01 PM ET, 05/03/2012

DeEvening Links: Thirty-eight months
By Mike DeBonis
Harry Thomas Jr. will have plenty of time to consider whether the car, the motorcycle, the trips, and chaps were worth it.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:01 PM ET, 05/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:21 PM ET, 05/03/2012

Harry Thomas sentenced to three years (Live Updates)
By Tim Craig and Mike DeBonis
Harry Thomas Jr., 51, is sentenced to 38 months in prison for stealing from youth sports programs.

By Tim Craig and Mike DeBonis  |  01:21 PM ET, 05/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 05/03/2012

DeMorning Links: Serendipity
By Mike DeBonis
One elected D.C. official is likely to be sent to jail today. What brought us to this point? In a lot of ways, pure chance.

By Mike DeBonis  |  07:00 AM ET, 05/03/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:28 PM ET, 05/02/2012

DeEvening Links: Tommy at the bat
By Mike DeBonis
Harry Thomas Jr. will appear in a federal courtroom to receive his sentence Thursday morning.

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:28 PM ET, 05/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:13 PM ET, 05/02/2012

Ward 5 hopeful Delano Hunter explains his debts
By Mike DeBonis
The Ward 5 candidate says “context is everything” when it comes to his financial woes.

By Mike DeBonis  |  06:13 PM ET, 05/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:01 PM ET, 05/02/2012

D.C. bills dead man’s family $600,000 for care it failed to properly monitor
By Mike DeBonis
The city sends a bill for the care of Curtis Suggs, even though a judge ruled it had been negligent and contributed to Suggs’s 2000 death.

By Mike DeBonis  |  04:01 PM ET, 05/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  D.C. city government

Posted at 09:52 AM ET, 05/02/2012

DeMorning Links: Now with less ‘grit’
By Mike DeBonis
The New York Times checks in on development along 14th Street NW.

By Mike DeBonis  |  09:52 AM ET, 05/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:23 AM ET, 05/02/2012

Prosecutors’ sentencing claims ‘unjustified,’ Thomas lawyers argue
By Mike DeBonis
Defense attorneys for the former D.C. Council member rejected the suggestion that Thomas served youth only out of his own self-interest.

By Mike DeBonis  |  12:23 AM ET, 05/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:30 PM ET, 05/01/2012

DeEvening Links: Ask before you tell?
By Mike DeBonis
Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has introduced legislation to re-establish a protest permitting regime

By Mike DeBonis  |  08:30 PM ET, 05/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:10 AM ET, 05/01/2012

DeMorning Links: Deadly day in D.C.
By Mike DeBonis
Three murders in past 24 hours follow two fatal weekend shootings.

By Mike DeBonis  |  10:10 AM ET, 05/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

Posted at 05:57 PM ET, 04/30/2012

Censure Marion Barry, says former AG Peter Nickles
By Mike DeBonis
Peter Nickles said Barry’s comments on Asians require a serious response.

By Mike DeBonis  |  05:57 PM ET, 04/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Marion Barry, D.C. city government

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 04/30/2012

D.C. ethics board nominees have been identified, Gray aide says
By Mike DeBonis
But council member wants to strip mayor of some power to name board members.

By Mike DeBonis  |  03:46 PM ET, 04/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  D.C. city government

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 04/30/2012

Graham no longer keen on Sunday liquor store sales
By Mike DeBonis
D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) is instead proposing a six-cent-per-drink tax increase.

By Mike DeBonis  |  03:46 PM ET, 04/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  D.C. city government, Jim Graham

Posted at 11:13 AM ET, 04/30/2012

DeMorning Links: Peace in Petworth
By Mike DeBonis
One of the most disturbing violent crime sprees in recent memory may have come to an end with a late Thursday arrest.

By Mike DeBonis  |  11:13 AM ET, 04/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)

 

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