Archive: June 2006
Traveling Tony, Part III
Mayor Tony Williams is off again on another international journey. Having cancelled that weather emergency he declared late Tuesday, he's jetting off to London tonight for a mayoral forum on sustainable cities. After London, he'll spend a weekend in Turkey,...
By | June 28, 2006; 6:02 PM ET | Comments (191)
Patterson Wins Labor Endorsements
In the race for council chairman, Council member Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7) may be winning straw polls, but Council member Kathy Patterson (D-Ward 3) (pictured at right in file photo) collected two labor endorsements today. The SEIU Local...
By David Nakamura | June 22, 2006; 5:21 PM ET | Comments (130)
D.C. Political Notebook
For those who might have missed it in today's D.C. Extra, here's the political notebook column. Also check out the story about the mayor's final cannonball....
By David Nakamura | June 22, 2006; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (7)
Building at the Ballpark
After weeks of negotiations, Mayor Williams announced today a compromise over parking at the new baseball stadium. The Mayor was in a bit of a political pickle here because he had promised the entertainment district as a way to...
By David Nakamura | June 20, 2006; 2:57 PM ET | Comments (67)
Campaigning at Cafe Milano
Mayor Williams made good on his promise to campaign for Linda Cropp last night at swanky Georgetown hotspot Cafe Milano, where he played co-host for a big fundraiser. Despite an evening downpour, the mayor made his entrance at about 7...
By David Nakamura | June 20, 2006; 12:33 PM ET | Comments (34)
Cropp Releases Policy Platform
Linda Cropp released her first policy paper entitled "Linda's Vision for D.C.: Building on our progress." Her major focus is on schools, but the paper also touches on affordable housing, safe neighborhoods, workforce and employment, health care and families. Cropp,...
By David Nakamura | June 15, 2006; 3:40 PM ET | Comments (128)
Latino PAC Backs Fenty
Not to be outdone, Adrian M. Fenty supporters wrote in to DC Wire to note that Cropp's not the only one getting endorsements these days (see Tuesday's post below on the Stein Club). On Tuesday, Fenty picked up a...
By David Nakamura | June 15, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (93)
Another Straw Poll, Another Controversy
Another straw poll. More wins for Council member Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7), who is running for chairman, and K Street lawyer A. Scott Bolden, who is running at-large. More controversy. In a straw poll at the Capitol City Pavilion...
By Marcia Slacum Greene | June 15, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (29)
Fenty Gets Cash, Cropp Wins Endorsement
On a night when she learned that her chief competitor, Adrian M. Fenty, had raised about $200,000 more than she in the most recent reporting period, Linda Cropp took solace in a resounding endorsement from the Gertrude Stein Democratic...
By David Nakamura | June 13, 2006; 10:50 AM ET | Comments (76)
Crossing Connecticut Ave. into the Twilight Zone
At a Ward 3 candidate forum Monday night, Sam Brooks tried all night to stand out from the seven others sitting on the John Eaton Elementary stage. Every time he answered a question, he jumped out of his seat, walked...
By | June 10, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (155)
Baseball, Marie Johns and More
Yesterday I posted on the baseball stadium. My story in today's paper goes into far more depth, revealing what went on at the Office of Baseball's two-hour, closed-door meeting and noting that the sports commission has found unexpected environmental problems...
By David Nakamura | June 8, 2006; 11:36 AM ET | Comments (11)
A Stadium Rises
About a month has passed since the city held a groundbreaking for the new stadium and already the site looks completely different. This morning, the D.C. Sports Commission's Board of Directors held its monthly meeting at the Southeast Federal Center,...
By David Nakamura | June 7, 2006; 12:40 PM ET | Comments (43)
Black Republican for Mayor?!
Dennis Moore has a slogan for his mayoral campaign: "Mayor for a New Washington." In Moore's mind, that's a Washington where a Republican can be elected mayor. "I do not see myself as some underdog just because the city is...
By David Nakamura | June 5, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (30)
Straw Poll In Ward 6
There were no hanging chads. There weren't even voting machines. But Wednesday night's straw poll, conducted by the Ward 6 Democrats, drew accusations of voter tampering and ineligible voters. "That's not strictly kosher," said Jan Eichhorn, president of the Ward...
By Marcia Slacum Greene | June 2, 2006; 7:00 AM ET | Comments (78)
Fenty: New, Improved, Under Attack
The AC was off and the heat was on last night at a mayoral forum sponsored by Democrats from Wards 3 and 4. The candidates, fresh from an earlier event in the newly renovated McKinley Technology High School, appeared before...
By | June 1, 2006; 11:16 AM ET | Comments (70)
Office of Baseball (cont.)
In today's paper, my colleague Lori Montgomery explored more about the Office of Baseball, subject of yesterday's post on D.C. Wire. In addition to Stephen Goldsmith, who will chair the office, these folks will be members: Mark H. Tuohey, chair...
By David Nakamura | June 1, 2006; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
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By | June 1, 2006; 6:15 AM ET | Comments (21)
