District of DeBonis - More than a city. Not quite a state. Enough for a blog.

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 10/31/2012

Anti-Obama text messages linked to Centreville firm

By Mike DeBonis

The unsolicited texts hit many hundreds, if not thousands, of phones in the D.C. area.

By Mike DeBonis | 02:00 PM ET, 10/31/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/31/2012

Back in business

By Mike DeBonis

You didn't have to be in a Hummer convoy with Mayor Vincent Gray to figure out that things weren't so bad here.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:00 AM ET, 10/31/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:42 PM ET, 10/30/2012

Drama at the C&O Canal

By Mike DeBonis

Just what was that under the Wisconsin Avenue bridge in Georgetown?

By Mike DeBonis | 04:42 PM ET, 10/30/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Weather

Posted at 04:26 PM ET, 10/30/2012

It rained a lot, but it did not rain fast enough to flood Bloomingdale

By Mike DeBonis

The pace of rainfall had more to do with preventing flooding than efforts to clear storm drains.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:26 PM ET, 10/30/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Infrastructure, Weather

Posted at 07:01 AM ET, 10/30/2012

Not quite over yet

By Mike DeBonis

Sandy's still hanging around.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:01 AM ET, 10/30/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:56 PM ET, 10/29/2012

Parking freedom comes early this year

By Mike DeBonis

Street-sweeping parking restrictions are suspended through Wednesday, meaning they are in fact suspended through March 1.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:56 PM ET, 10/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Transportation, Weather

Posted at 07:00 PM ET, 10/29/2012

Scenes of Sandy

By Mike DeBonis

I ventured out into the storm this afternoon to check on how things were going at D.C.'s five public shelters, and to check on a few other things, too.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:00 PM ET, 10/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Weather

Posted at 10:28 AM ET, 10/29/2012

Shirtless, horse-masked man jogs through Bloomingdale streets, into our hearts

By Mike DeBonis

This masked gentleman took his exercise routine past a WRC-TV camera set up this morning in Bloomingdale.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:28 AM ET, 10/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Craziness, Weather

Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/29/2012

Hunker down, D.C.

By Mike DeBonis

Hurricane Sandy is here, with sustained winds up to 50 mph and gusts of 70 mph expected later today.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:00 AM ET, 10/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:29 PM ET, 10/26/2012

Vincent Orange campaign audit is not an absolution

By Mike DeBonis

D.C. Office of Campaign Finance confirms that Orange's special election campaign finances were in order depending on what your definition of order is.

By Mike DeBonis | 08:29 PM ET, 10/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 09:57 AM ET, 10/26/2012

Frankenstorm is coming

By Mike DeBonis

The latest forecasts gave slow-moving Hurricane Sandy a increasing chance of making landfall in the mid-Atlantic.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:57 AM ET, 10/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links, Weather

Posted at 09:47 AM ET, 10/25/2012

‘If anything were to happen to me, I hope you got my back’

By Mike DeBonis

The Post's Paul Schwartzman reports on what appears to be the delayed consummation of a secret suicide pact.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:47 AM ET, 10/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 07:26 PM ET, 10/24/2012

Today in the at-large D.C. Council race

By Mike DeBonis

No endorsement from Stein Club, and Mary Beatty wants all your votes.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:26 PM ET, 10/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 05:10 PM ET, 10/24/2012

City lawyers want to kill Nat Gandhi defamation suit with ‘anti-SLAPP’ law

By Mike DeBonis

A new city law intended to prevent powerful interests from intimidating citizen activists could protect the chief financial officer from ex-deputy's suit.

By Mike DeBonis | 05:10 PM ET, 10/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Jurisprudence, Politics

Posted at 02:05 PM ET, 10/24/2012

The St. Louis flag flies over the Wilson Building

By Mike DeBonis

After it is taken down this evening, it will be sent back to St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay.

By Mike DeBonis | 02:05 PM ET, 10/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Politics, Sports

Posted at 01:21 PM ET, 10/24/2012

Plans underway for Vince Gray’s 70th birthday

By Mike DeBonis

A "Birthday Celebration and Constituent Services Fund Fundraiser" will be held on Nov. 13 at Nationals Park.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:21 PM ET, 10/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Politics

Posted at 09:07 AM ET, 10/24/2012

The $11.6 million camera

By Mike DeBonis

The Post's Ashley Halsey III identifies the District's single most-moneymaking speeding camera.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:07 AM ET, 10/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links, Transportation

Posted at 02:19 PM ET, 10/23/2012

Bruce Majors takes Grover Norquists tax pledge

By Mike DeBonis

No-new-tax promises aren't new in D.C. politics, but taking Grover Norquist's vaunted Taxpayer Protection Pledge is.

By Mike DeBonis | 02:19 PM ET, 10/23/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 10:15 AM ET, 10/23/2012

Nearly 1,100 have already voted in D.C.

By Mike DeBonis

Early voting is underway in the District of Columbia.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:15 AM ET, 10/23/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Elections

Posted at 08:46 AM ET, 10/23/2012

The warrior on the Hill marches on

By Mike DeBonis

At age 75 and despite only halting progress on D.C. autonomy, Eleanor Holmes Norton is sailing to a 12th term as congressional delegate.

By Mike DeBonis | 08:46 AM ET, 10/23/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links, Politics

Posted at 05:03 PM ET, 10/22/2012

A Bloomberg-style soda ban for D.C.?

By Mike DeBonis

Three of four at-large D.C. Council candidates said they would support a ban on large sugary sodas in the city.

By Mike DeBonis | 05:03 PM ET, 10/22/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Health, Politics

Posted at 12:21 PM ET, 10/22/2012

Speeding tickets and football firing featured in Ron Moten’s campaign diss track

By Mike DeBonis

The "Civil Rights Republican" is hoping "Yvette Don't Really Care About Us" has enough aural appeal to move the needle his way.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:21 PM ET, 10/22/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

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

The indispensable CFO?

By Mike DeBonis

Is Natwar Gandhi our savior, constantly holding our wayward politicos back from the brink of fiscal ruin? Or is the truth obscured by his talent for polishing his own apple?

By Mike DeBonis | 10:10 AM ET, 10/22/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 03:38 PM ET, 10/19/2012

Wig merchant is wholly unconcerned about Wal-Mart competition

By Mike DeBonis

Shopkeeper's sanguine attitude goes to show some of the typical anti-Wal-Mart arguments fail to hold water in D.C.

By Mike DeBonis | 03:38 PM ET, 10/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Economy, Retail

Posted at 02:01 PM ET, 10/19/2012

Watch the leading at-large D.C. Council candidates debate

By Mike DeBonis

WTOP's Mark Segraves and I will be posing questions to Vincent Orange (D), Michael A. Brown (I), Mary Brooks Beatty (R) and David Grosso (I).

By Mike DeBonis | 02:01 PM ET, 10/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 11:56 AM ET, 10/19/2012

D.C. had the nation’s third-highest job growth in September

By Mike DeBonis

Meanwhile, the District's unemployment rate only ticked down by a tenth of a percentage point, from 8.8 to 8.7 percent.

By Mike DeBonis | 11:56 AM ET, 10/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Economy

Posted at 09:14 AM ET, 10/19/2012

Indispensable cams?

By Mike DeBonis

One dollar out of every 66 local dollars raised by the city is coming from automated traffic enforcement.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:14 AM ET, 10/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 04:16 PM ET, 10/18/2012

Prospects dim for corporate campaign donation ban

By Mike DeBonis

D.C. Public Trust activists are raising pointed questions about now elections officials handle voter address changes.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:16 PM ET, 10/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 10:39 AM ET, 10/18/2012

Money for nothing

By Mike DeBonis

Are the Nationals soaking their fans with the lack of a full NLCS ticket refund?

By Mike DeBonis | 10:39 AM ET, 10/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links, Sports

Posted at 12:19 PM ET, 10/17/2012

Ron Moten campaign spot compares Yvette Alexander to Mitt Romney

By Mike DeBonis

The Republican's ad attacks the Democratic incumbent with a deep bass voice-over, menacing music, and a perhaps deliberate mispronunciation.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:19 PM ET, 10/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 11:28 AM ET, 10/17/2012

The perils of online voter registration

By Mike DeBonis

A vulnerability in Maryland's online registration system should give pause to officials considering it for the District.

By Mike DeBonis | 11:28 AM ET, 10/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012

Posted at 09:14 AM ET, 10/17/2012

On traffic cameras, relief or retreat?

By Mike DeBonis

Three D.C. Council members would reduce the fine for running red lights and going up to 20 mph over the limit from $150 to $50.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:14 AM ET, 10/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 10/16/2012

D.C. Council is sued after refusing to disclose members’ e-mails

By Mike DeBonis

A group of transparency advocates is challenging the council's policy of not sharing work-related e-mails sent or received on personal accounts.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:46 PM ET, 10/16/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, Politics, Transparency

Posted at 10:19 AM ET, 10/16/2012

Jim Graham and the changing art of the political deal

By Mike DeBonis

Graham's likely to escape major sanctions for breaking Metro's conflict of interest rules. But the report may change the culture of the D.C. Council.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:19 AM ET, 10/16/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, Politics, Power

Posted at 09:37 AM ET, 10/16/2012

How the game is played

By Mike DeBonis

Short summary of story

By Mike DeBonis | 09:37 AM ET, 10/16/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, DeMorning Links

Posted at 05:09 PM ET, 10/15/2012

Anacostia River trail system moves toward completion

By Mike DeBonis

The new four-mile segment unveiled Monday is a key link in a 60-mile regional trail system.

By Mike DeBonis | 05:09 PM ET, 10/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Environment, Transportation

Posted at 01:21 PM ET, 10/15/2012

Vince Gray laments the Nats meltdown

By Mike DeBonis

The mayor, like the rest of the city, wonders if manager Davey Johnson might have managed his pitching staff more effectively.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:21 PM ET, 10/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Politics, Sports

Posted at 09:17 AM ET, 10/15/2012

Getting away with murder

By Mike DeBonis

A Washington Post investigation finds that despite the city's falling murder rate, putting killers behind bars remains difficult.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:17 AM ET, 10/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 01:22 PM ET, 10/13/2012

St. Elizabeths ‘gateway pavilion’ plans are unveiled

By Mike DeBonis

The $5 million project will be completed by next summer, officials said Saturday.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:22 PM ET, 10/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: East of the River, Hizzoner, Renewal

Posted at 01:56 PM ET, 10/12/2012

City will renovate 32 playgrounds by next year

By Mike DeBonis

Mayor Vincent C. Gray is using funds left over from delayed or under-budget capital projects.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:56 PM ET, 10/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Hizzoner, Parks, Politics

Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 10/12/2012

Gary Johnson eyes a second-place finish in D.C.

By Mike DeBonis

The Libertarian presidential candidate hopes his message will appeal to District residents who are put off by both President Obama and Mitt Romney.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:36 PM ET, 10/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Lost Causes, Politics

Posted at 11:25 AM ET, 10/12/2012

World peace and ‘Da Butt’

By Mike DeBonis

Let's ponder for a moment an alternate, much better universe where a different EU would be honored by the Nobel committee.

By Mike DeBonis | 11:25 AM ET, 10/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Culture, Foreign Affairs, Music

Posted at 10:13 AM ET, 10/12/2012

On to Game 5

By Mike DeBonis

Thanks to Jayson Werth and some clutch pitching by fourth starter Ross Detwiler, the Nats live to fight another day.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:13 AM ET, 10/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links, Sports

Posted at 05:15 PM ET, 10/11/2012

Andrew F. Brimmer, 1926-2012

By Mike DeBonis

The first chairman of the Financial Control Board died Sunday at 86.

By Mike DeBonis | 05:15 PM ET, 10/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: In Memoriam, Politics

Posted at 02:42 PM ET, 10/11/2012

Catania wants more transparency in D.C. finance audits

By Mike DeBonis

The D.C. Council member wants to go above and beyond CFO Natwar Gandhi's new promises of transparency.

By Mike DeBonis | 02:42 PM ET, 10/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, OCFO, Politics

Posted at 01:36 PM ET, 10/11/2012

Does a candidate have a duty to publicize his 20-year-old marijuana arrest?

By Mike DeBonis

D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown suggests challenger David Grosso should have been more forthcoming about the blemish on his criminal record.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:36 PM ET, 10/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 10:02 AM ET, 10/11/2012

Some overdue oversight

By Mike DeBonis

A former top aide to CFO Natwar Gandhi described a dysfunctional auditing process at an agency previously ripped off to the tune of $50 million.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:02 AM ET, 10/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 07:16 PM ET, 10/10/2012

D.C. United coach is the new face of budget autonomy

By Mike DeBonis

Head Coach Ben Olsen goes gagged for civil rights cause.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:16 PM ET, 10/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Budget Autonomy, Politics, Sports

Posted at 04:12 PM ET, 10/10/2012

Imani Temple is leaving the District

By Mike DeBonis

The unique religious congregation founded by rebel priest George A. Stallings Jr. is moving to Maryland after 23 years.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:12 PM ET, 10/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Faith, Gentrification, Politics

Posted at 01:27 PM ET, 10/10/2012

The eternal debate: ‘bamma’ vs. ‘bama’

By Mike DeBonis

When referring to an unrefined gentleman on the D.C. streets, how do you spell it?

By Mike DeBonis | 01:27 PM ET, 10/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Linguistics

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

Kwame Brown gets a curfew

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: The former D.C. Council chairman was scolded by a federal judge for failing to check in with authorities before sentencing.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:09 AM ET, 10/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 05:48 PM ET, 10/09/2012

Michael Brown says he’s not a target of campaign probe

By Mike DeBonis

Federal prosecutors, however, won't confirm Brown's claims.

By Mike DeBonis | 05:48 PM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, DCision 2012, Politics

Posted at 04:29 PM ET, 10/09/2012

Another delay for H Street/Benning Road streetcar line

By Mike DeBonis

A neighborhood’s move to block plans could add 90 days, or more, to the current estimated opening date.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:29 PM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, Politics, Transportation

Posted at 02:51 PM ET, 10/09/2012

Through Logan Circle, an idiot drives

By Mike DeBonis

Not around Logan Circle, but through Logan Circle.

By Mike DeBonis | 02:51 PM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Idiocy, Transportation

Posted at 01:12 PM ET, 10/09/2012

Jack Evans will recess tax office hearing to attends Nats game

By Mike DeBonis

"It's the first playoff game in Washington since 1933!" the sports-loving D.C. Council member explained.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:12 PM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, Sports

Posted at 11:57 AM ET, 10/09/2012

Remembering Bill Line

By Mike DeBonis

The spokesman for the National Park Service's D.C. regional office was prickly but unique.

By Mike DeBonis | 11:57 AM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: In Memoriam, National Park Service

Posted at 10:26 AM ET, 10/09/2012

In D.C.’s baseball bet with St. Louis, flags are on the line

By Mike DeBonis

The mayors are putting their flagpoles where their mouths are.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:26 AM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Sports

Posted at 10:18 AM ET, 10/09/2012

D.C.’s unique brand of bipartisanship

By Mike DeBonis

Only in D.C. would a Republican candidate endorse her Democratic foe.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:18 AM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, DCision 2012

Posted at 09:08 AM ET, 10/09/2012

Is Nat Gandhi minding the store?

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: A series of audits raises questions about how aggressively the District's CFO has moved to fix issues in the city tax office.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:08 AM ET, 10/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 04:57 PM ET, 10/08/2012

Blame empty D.C. homeless shelter beds on the ‘fiscal cliff’

By Mike DeBonis

Uncertainty over federal spending cuts means about 120 available shelter space is going unused.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:57 PM ET, 10/08/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, Money, Poverty

Posted at 12:07 PM ET, 10/08/2012

‘Nouveau-Columbusing’ in D.C.

By Mike DeBonis

We all do it, "showing up someplace and acting as if history started the moment you arrived." It's particularly bad at the moment.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:07 PM ET, 10/08/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Gentrification

Posted at 08:42 AM ET, 10/08/2012

Red October

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: The Washington Nationals are now undefeated in postseason games played since 1933.

By Mike DeBonis | 08:42 AM ET, 10/08/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links, Sports

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

D.C.’s streetlights are in maintenance limbo

By Mike DeBonis

A high-stakes contract dispute has left city transportation officials in a gray area. Will it leave residents in the dark?

By Mike DeBonis | 05:10 PM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Power, Transportation

Posted at 03:01 PM ET, 10/05/2012

And SoMo was its name-o

By Mike DeBonis

Adams Morgan neighborhood leaders want a new name for the neighborhood's southern areas to stick.

By Mike DeBonis | 03:01 PM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Branding, Neighborhoods

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 10/05/2012

UPDATED: D.C.’s online absentee ballot request form was broken

By Mike DeBonis

The convenient feature had been out of service "for some days," a resident said. Applications must be submitted by Oct. 30.

By Mike DeBonis | 01:30 PM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DCision 2012, Elections

Posted at 12:42 PM ET, 10/05/2012

Reports of Vincent Gray’s lame-duckitude are greatly exaggerated

By Mike DeBonis

A tweet from WUSA-TV's Bruce Johnson set off 45 minutes of baseless speculation about Gray's political future.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:42 PM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Media, Not So Fast, Politics, Vincent Gray

Posted at 11:04 AM ET, 10/05/2012

Obama blew the debate, Eleanor Holmes Norton says

By Mike DeBonis

The District's congressional delegate minced no words in critiquing her fellow Democrat. Norton also took questions on the proposed budget autonomy referendum.

By Mike DeBonis | 11:04 AM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Budget Autonomy, Capitol Hill, Eleanor Holmes Norton, The Hill

Posted at 08:32 AM ET, 10/05/2012

Sunday funday

By Mike DeBonis

Because nothing says Happy Columbus Day like an epic hangover.

By Mike DeBonis | 08:32 AM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 10/05/2012

You may have noticed some changes around here

By Mike DeBonis

District of DeBonis has moved to the spiffy new format you know and tolerate from other outstanding Washington Post blogs.

By Mike DeBonis | 12:01 AM ET, 10/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Internal Affairs

Posted at 07:31 PM ET, 10/04/2012

Pennsylvania Avenue is not the most threatened landscape in D.C.

By Mike DeBonis

The Cultural Landscape Foundation says the iconic stretch between the White House and Capitol is among America's 'threatened' landscapes. No, not really.

By Mike DeBonis | 07:31 PM ET, 10/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Streetscape, Stupid Lists

Posted at 06:09 PM ET, 10/04/2012

Yvette Alexander vs. Ron Moten: Round 1

By Mike DeBonis

The Ward 7 incumbent and her feisty challenger kept things mostly civil. But there were a few fun exchanges.

By Mike DeBonis | 06:09 PM ET, 10/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, DCision 2012

Posted at 03:55 PM ET, 10/04/2012

Key Hill Democrats give budget autonomy referendum a thumbs-up

By Mike DeBonis

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Jose Serrano say proposed referendum isn't such a bad idea after all.

By Mike DeBonis | 03:55 PM ET, 10/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Budget Autonomy, Capitol Hill, The Hill

Posted at 08:58 AM ET, 10/04/2012

DeMorning Links: Natstown USA

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: The city starts to wrap its head around postseason baseball.

By Mike DeBonis | 08:58 AM ET, 10/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:58 AM ET, 10/04/2012

Natstown USA

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: The city starts to wrap its head around post-season baseball.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:58 AM ET, 10/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 10:05 AM ET, 10/03/2012

Forgotten bodies

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: Something unexpected is turning up at construction sites throughout the city: human remains.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:05 AM ET, 10/03/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 10:05 AM ET, 10/03/2012

DeMorning Links: Forgotten bodies

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: City archaeologists are mapping lost burial sites.

By Mike DeBonis | 10:05 AM ET, 10/03/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:46 PM ET, 10/02/2012

Eleanor Holmes Norton less than enthused about new budget autonomy tactic

By Mike DeBonis

Norton issued a statement giving something well short of an endorsement of the referendum strategy being pushed by the D.C. Council.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:46 PM ET, 10/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: D.C. Council, Eleanor Holmes

Posted at 04:46 PM ET, 10/02/2012

Eleanor Holmes Norton less than enthused about new budget autonomy tactic

By Mike DeBonis

Eleanor Holmes Norton statement stops well short of endorsing new referendum strategy.

By Mike DeBonis | 04:46 PM ET, 10/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:43 AM ET, 10/02/2012

Parking decimation

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: The city is back with a new plan to overhaul street parking for the disabled.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:43 AM ET, 10/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: DeMorning Links

Posted at 09:43 AM ET, 10/02/2012

DeMorning Links: Parking decimation

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: New D.C. parking plan would reserve one in 10 meters for disabled placard holders.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:43 AM ET, 10/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:40 AM ET, 10/01/2012

DeMorning Links: Beefs of staff

By Mike DeBonis

DeMorning Links: Michael Brown’s management skills are under fire from former campaign staffers.

By Mike DeBonis | 09:40 AM ET, 10/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

District of DeBonis: October, 2012