February 1, 2008
Go Home Already: Wet and Wild
>> "Today at noon, Child and Family Services Agency employees–along with numerous sympathetic union reps–staged a protest outside their headquarters at 400 6th Street SW. The employees were protesting the firings of six of their co-workers in the aftermath of the Banita Jacks case. They were also protesting the media coverage of their agency following the Jacks tragedy." [City Desk]
>> John McCain won the D.C. GOP straw poll. And yes, we're not sure that actually means anything, either. [Wonkette]
>> Marilyn Praisner, the longest serving woman ever on the Montgomery County Council, has died at the age of 66. [AP via WTOP]
>> "D.C. police are investigating a hate crime in one of the department's stations after an officer discovered graphic "homophobic graffiti" on a men's bathroom stall." [WaPo]
>> Two people in a vehicle were injured this afternoon after a barrier on Constitution Avenue rose up out of the street without warning. [NBC4]
>> Amazing photo comparison of H Street NE today vs. during the 1968 riots. [Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space]
Photo by Phyllis Agnes Lindsaylohan
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"Amazing photo comparison of H Street NE today vs. during the 1968 riots"
i really hope this is what passes for dcist sarcasm. i would hardly call replacing a bunch of burned out buildings with an asphalt parking lot "amazing"
DC Dawg, the comparison itself is amazing to see (at least I think so, as well). I don't think DCist was commenting at all on if that block of H Street NE had changed for better or worse.
In Bizzaro DC, not doing your job and contributing to the deaths of two children should result in promotions, not firing.
Remeber, it's only OK if you're Republican.