Today is Community Day at the Howard Theatre located at 620 T St, NW.
And look who else is coming – Vice President Joe Biden, Clinton Portis and D-Nice are going to headline a political fundraiser at the Theatre on April 17th.
You can see the full upcoming schedule of events at the Theatre here.
I always forget about the democracy tree from Dupont near West End. I love the inscription on the plaque:
Anti-Putin protests hit Glover Park this weekend. I saw this scene outside the Russian embassy on Wisconsin Avenue.
The funny thing was from a distance, it looked like they were protesting the Christmas tree lot. I’m very glad I was wrong about that one.
Though, I’m pretty sure this guy was just waiting for the bus:
Photo by PoPville flickr user ekelly80
Andy uploaded a bit of a provocative question to the forum yesterday:
Many of us yuppies you see on PoP have decided to make DC home, long-term. And many of us are politically savvy, heck, many of us even work in politics or public affairs or communications work professionally.
But not a ton of people you see represented here are involving themselves politically in the District.
And you know many of us roll our eyes at the thing we read about or see ourselves every day, whether it’s business permitting headaches, bike lanes or DC council ethics. So I think we should all consider where we belong in making the District a better place. If not now, when?
So, what should we do to get involved? What is appropriate? Are there rules of thumb for diving into DC politics?
From an email sent by DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss:
“Actress and Activist Hayden Panettiere will be the guest of honor at a fundraiser supporting the D.C. Statehood Fund this Friday Evening at “Cities” restaurant and lounge, located at 919 19th Street, NW. Please come out and meet a talented woman supporting a worthy cause.”
We last saw Hayden Panettiere back in Oct. ’08 when she spoke about the Save the Whales Again! Campaign and her Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts.
Photo by PoPville flickr user elliotmitchell
From the New York Times:
“President Obama and Congressional leaders of both parties said late Sunday that they had agreed to a framework for a budget deal that would cut trillions of dollars in federal spending over the next decade and clear the way for an increase in the government’s borrowing limit.”
“Dear PoPville,
What do folks think is the likely impact of the outcome of debt ceiling (and related) negotiations on the development of DC?
Should we be worried about significant layoffs in the Federal Govt as a result — and follow-on impact on demand for DC real estate and the like?
Interested in getting the perspective of PoPville…
Thank you.”
Photo by flickr user thisisbossi
Dear PoP,
I’m surprised you haven’t reported on this already.
I am infuriated by our current leaders’ corruption. Council Chair Kwame Brown is removing Councilman Tommy Wells from his Chairmanship of the Committee on Public Works & Transportation and the metro board. This sort of demotion is unprecedented in DC.
Tommy Wells has been outspoken in fighting for improved bike lanes in the Committee. He criticized DC’s DOT for potentially cancelling the L/M St bike lane plans recently–and asked why they’re prioritizing suburbanites over a transportation route for many DC residents. A leadership replacement would further delay any bike infrastructure plans.
Also, Tommy Wells’ committee reported on Brown’s leasing of two fully-loaded luxury SUVs this year ($24,000/yr for each one–we pay for them). It was Wells’ committee’s responsibility to investigate this. Did he really expect Wells to lie for him and try to hide it?
Either Kwame is worried my bike lane is too intrusive–he needs extra room to get down the road with his black-on-black SUV and the gray-on-gray at the same time. Or he’s sending a message to his Council–speak out against Kwame and his corruption and you’ll be stripped of your power.
The shameful acts just don’t end. Tommy needs to stay. Kwame needs to go.
Please let readers know they can contact DC Council Chairman Kwame Brown ([email protected]) and urge him to change his mind–or the rest of the City Council so they can tell him he’s gone too far.
Also, on L/M St bike lanes–Tommy Wells said that they may be cancelled.”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Vileinist
According to DCBOEE Orange (28%) beat out Patrick Mara (25%) who took second and Sekou Biddle (20%) who took third (Weaver came in 4th with 13% and won Ward 1). Only 12% of the electorate voted.
D. Kamili Anderson won State Board of Education seat for Ward 4.
Trayon White Sr. won State Board of Education seat for Ward 8.
On twitter last night there was a lot of discussion that Mara had lost the election because the white vote was split – do you feel like there was a ‘Ralph Nader ala 2000’ candidate(s) in this election?
Thanks to a reader for sending. And a good reminder – don’t forget to vote today!!!
Photo by PoPville flickr user Faucetini
You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Monday and Friday. So anything good happen to you this weekend?
And I’ve been getting lots of emails to remind people to vote tomorrow for the at large Council Candidate seat and state board of education seats. This is not a primary – the results will permanently fill
an at-large Council seat. List of candidates and statements are here. So don’t forget to vote tomorrow, Tues. April 26th!!!
