Archive: April 2006
Ward Forum Mania: Ward 5 report
Apparently Ward 5 council hopeful Harry Thomas Jr. and his sizable campaign entourage expected some kind of straw poll to take place during a forum sponsored by the Ward 5 Democrats on Monday night. Thomas lined up two charter buses,...
By | April 27, 2006; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (43)
Ward Forum Mania: Ward 6 Report
A warning to council hopefuls: If you're planning to keep your lucrative full-time job upon winning the $93,000 a year, part-time job representing more than 70,000 people on the D.C. Council, you better have a good reason. The full-time council...
By | April 27, 2006; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (9)
Kemp for Bolden
Developer Herb Miller has been the hostest with the mostest for D.C. pols this spring, catering birthday parties for council members Marion Barry Jr. and Vincent B. Orange Sr. in recent weeks. Today, Miller hosts a fundraiser for at-large D.C....
By | April 27, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (29)
On the Stump
We just can't get enough of these mayoral candidates. And, judging from next week's forum schedule, you can't, either! The fabulous five are due to appear at no less than five public forums next week, and at least four more...
By | April 21, 2006; 1:34 PM ET | Comments (182)
Former Rent Administrator to Run for Council
The city's former rent administrator, Raenelle Humbles Zapata, is running for the soon-to-be-vacant seat of D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange Sr. (D-Ward 5). Zapata, a lawyer who was rent administrator from May 2002 until December, was among the...
By Yolanda Woodlee | April 18, 2006; 7:23 PM ET | Comments (11)
Taxation without Statuization
Here's another fun contest for D.C. residents: Pick two people to represent the District in Statuary Hall. Of course, unlike the 50 states, the District's heroes and heroines are not officially welcome in the Congressional collection of sculptures. But the...
By | April 13, 2006; 12:42 PM ET | Comments (22)
Extra, Extra!
When driving over the Anacostia River on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, don't stop to look at its foundation. If you do, you won't like what you see. City engineers certainly don't like the looks of its underbelly, so the...
By | April 13, 2006; 10:57 AM ET | Comments (1)
Will Ward 5 ANCs Erase The Script?
D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange Sr. (D-Ward 5) wanted the ward's Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners to join him during his State of the Ward address today. So Orange's office announced that he plans to do a roll call of...
By Yolanda Woodlee | April 12, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (19)
Gray v. Patterson Round 1
Last-minute tax filers searching for 1040s in a hallway of the Cleveland Park Library last Saturday morning might have stumbled on the first head to head matchup of council members Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7) and Kathy Patterson (D-Ward 3), candidates...
By | April 11, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (11)
He's Back!
Keith Andrew Perry is back with the D.C. Council. It's true that when he left Council member Kwame Brown's office a year ago he said he was eyeing the soon-to-be open Ward 6 seat. But Perry changed his mind. Now,...
By Yolanda Woodlee | April 10, 2006; 1:00 PM ET | Comments (4)
April is Vincent B. Orange Sr. Month!
Citizens of the District, clear your social calendars! The upcoming week is packed with events celebrating D.C.'s "Man on a Mission": Ward 5 council member and mayoral wannabe Vincent B. Orange Sr. Tuesday, April 11: Orange parties with developer Herb...
By | April 6, 2006; 11:19 AM ET | Comments (32)
Bill Rice Makes It 7 in Ward 3
It's a sad day for all the traffic reporters in town: Bill Rice, the ever-accessible spokesman for the District Department of Transportation, announced that he resigned from his job effective 5 p.m. Tuesday. Is he that heartbroken over former DDOT...
By | April 5, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (24)
Law Students for Cheh
It's springtime in Ward 3, and in North Cleveland Park yesterday afternoon, a three-piece jazz band entertained under a spectacular blue sky as an assembled crowd feasted on an array of watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple, and oranges--some hand carved and...
By | April 3, 2006; 3:49 PM ET | Comments (53)
