DCist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Photo by KCIvey Yesterday the Washington Post asked a number of local political watchers, myself included, if we thought Mayor Adrian Fenty would be re-elected in 2010 . Some said yes, others said no. I stressed that without a credible challenger – and none has yet stepped forward – Fenty would cruise to a second term. Well, if that capable challenger ends up being D.C. Council Chair Vincent...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Maryland-based carpetbagger Bishop Harry Jackson and seven co-plaintiffs have filed a suit in DC Superior Court in order to force Washington residents into a public vote on marriage equality. Jackson's action comes after DC's Board of Elections and Ethics refused to allow a ballot on the issue. In the 15-page filing, Jackson and his seven co-petitioners argue that the city's ordinances gives residents...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Photo by {ryan} When rumors were floated two weeks ago that the District might host an opening stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia , local cyclists crossed their fingers for what would be one of the few opportunities to see the world's best professional cyclists stateside. Not only did the rumor turn out to be true , but planning for not one, but two stages in the city are underway. CyclingNews is reporting...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The front door at 1433 Columbia Rd. NW remained broken this morning, but city leaders vowed that they would fix up the building. The fatal shooting of 9-year-old Oscar Fuentes inside his Columbia Heights apartment on Saturday night was not gang-related, according to D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Lanier, along with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham, this morning announced...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
As we noted in the Morning Roundup , D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Police Chief Cathy Lanier are making their way to the 1400 block of Columbia Rd. NW right now in order to announce that an arrest has been made in the killing of 9-year-old Oscar Fuentes. The Post says the man who was arrested is Josue Pena, 26, who was taken into custody in Hyattsville just before 6 a.m. this morning. No more details...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos, courtesy EOM With relations between Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Council as strained as they are, you'd think the city's chief executive might do what he could to make things just a little bit better. But if a hearing today before the council on the ongoing Department of Parks and Recreation contracting scandal serves as any indication, that doesn't seem to be the case....
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
With all the cycling-related news in recent weeks – the 15th Street contraflow lane ; Mayor Adrian Fenty's police-escorted daytime training rides ; Capitol Hill Bikes closing its doors ; Tweed ; – we'd be remiss in not mentioning that the Bicycle Film Festival is coming to the District . Started in 2001 and now in 39 cities around the world, the festival is making its first appearance...
Schools Matter (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Will Adrian Fenty sacrifice himself in the next election to hold on the Queen of Pain, Michelle Rhee, who is arguably the divisive character to ever come to life from the corporate education planning boards of Eli Broad. The underlying question, of course, is does Fenty even have a say in the matter, when his political career is owned by the Oligarchs? Some questions for Michelle Rhee, as reported...
Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Federal officials warn Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty they may cut off more than $12 million in funding for the District of Columbia's HIV/AIDS program. This would be the first time in the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's AIDS...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video . D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty appeared on WRC/NBC4 this morning to take questions from Barbara Harrison on the whole cycling team police escort / WTOP brouhaha. The mayor actually did a pretty good job explaining himself to Harrison, noting (correctly) that his security detail has been greatly reduced since he first took office, but at the same...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Law-breaking, wasting public funds and an elected official who's increasingly unpopular -- the story had everything you would want in an exposé. So when WTOP's Mark Segraves reported Monday that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty used a police escort and clogged up area roads on his daily bike ride, everyone jumped on it. Including us . But in the ensuing rancor, local cyclists were left seething at what...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia are proposing a tuition increase at the David A. Clarke School of Law for the 2010-2011 school year. The proposed increase would see residents paying $4,425 per semester, and $8,850 per semester for non-residents. Currently, UDC law students pay $3,675 per semester, and non-residents $7,350. UDC undergraduates already had their tuition...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's obsession with physical fitness may be about to get him into trouble with his constituents. It seems that when he's out training with his cycling team, D.C. Velo, the mayor has been using a large motorcycle police escort that allow him to both flaunt traffic regulations and tie up traffic, WTOP's Mark Segraves is reporting . WTOP spotted Fenty and his team as they "rode...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) As the political fracas continues over the $82 million in parks and rec contracts that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty quietly funneled through the D.C. Housing Authority (much of it handed to contractors with cozy ties to the mayor), members of the D.C. Council are demanding accountability . None more so than Council member Michael A. Brown (I-At Large)....
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Photo by afagen We reported yesterday on rumors that the Giro d'Italia, one of professional cycling's biggest events, may come to the District for an opening stage in 2011. Today we've finally received confirmation that D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, himself an avid cyclist, has indeed been involved in courting the Giro to come to D.C. "It's my understanding that there have been talks, but nothing...
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