May 8, 2008
Go Home Already: Take it Easy
>> "The Fraternal Order of Police, angered by Mayor Fenty's handling of the DeOnte Rawlings case, has voted to rescinded an offer to the mayor to attend and speak at its annual memorial service tomorrow for fallen officers." [DC Wire]
>> "Nationals Book It After Foul Ball Accidentally Smashes Capitol Rotunda" [The Onion]
>> Which street should you walk on late at night heading north from U Street? [City Desk]
>> "... it’s hard to excuse School Chancellor Michelle Rhee for missing Wednesday's Family Reading Night at Scott Montgomery Elementary. Rhee was the featured speaker at the event and hundreds of residents jammed the auditorium to hear her speak. Unfortunately, thirty minutes before she was scheduled to speak, and as parents were still streaming in if from a long queue outside, Rhee sent word that she would not attend." [- Martin Moulton on the ANC2C02 forum]
>> Metro's hybrid buses break down more often than its other buses. [WTOP]
>> D.C. police have charged three students after a fight broke out at Ballou High School shortly after 9 a.m. this morning [WJLA]
Photo by Serena McClain
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A response from Michelle Rhee was add to the ANC forum article this evening:
Mr Moulton-
I fell ill yesterday late in the afternoon. While I can try as hard as possible for that not to happen, it’s not something that I can necessarily avoid. Also, I was asked to “drop by” family reading night to read to students. I was not asked to give a speech. It seems that there’s been a lot of miscommunication here.
MR
glad to see that ms. rhee had a legitimate reason to miss her expected appearance at scott montgomery. i still think the point stands that she should stop in and let the kids know that she wishes she actually could have been there. never hurts to smooth things over with the little people...
Whoah, speaking of cops. Did you see that article about DC cops getting assault rifles? Damn...
I wouldn't mind seeing that picture more often in DC. Except in the neighborhoods. Like with those Escalades that doublepark on U Street or in front of the Popeyes?
And while you're at it, like the header says, don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy.
I highly doubt the Chancellor would blow off an event if the CBS Evening News sent a crew to film this. I give her the benefit of the doubt.
While I dunno what the actual illness was, I know that if I was sick (and by sick, I mean feverish, nauseated, achy, etc., not just a sniffle) I would not stop in to read to the kids. And the parents would thank me for not getting their kids sick.
But, I would have a Doctor's note, just to play it safe.
Reid - The past few bank robberies downtown, the perps were packing assault rifles, probably fully automatic ones. Had there been a standoff, the cops would have been seriously outgunned and there would have been nothing to prevent the robbers from taking out everyone on the sidewalk. Still, I'm surprised Jim Graham actually voted for this, unless he has some alterior motive. Perhaps a more heavy-handed crackdown on nightclubs imminent? Or a blockade of the sovreign planet of Naboo followed by the formation of a grand clone army of the Republic for a safe and secure society? I have a bad feeling about this. I sense something...elsewhere. Elusive.