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- D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray appeared on News Channel 8's NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt this afternoon to respond to some of the ethics questions raised in two different news stories today.
- Voting rights activist Nikolas Schiller got asked to remove his tri-cornered hat, part of his standard Colonial costume garb at pro-D.C. events, at today's Congressional hearing on District autonomy, WAMU reports.
- Via We Love DC, looks like Top Chef's Richard Blais plans to bring his Flip Burger concept to D.C.'s Chinatown.
- More bike lane news: 5th Street NW is getting a new bike lane between the 1100 and 1700 blocks, via CCCA.
- First Lady Michelle Obama was at Alexandria's Hollin Meadows Elementary today to tour the school's vegetable garden, WTTG/FOX5 reports.
- Chico Harlan, who famously told Washingtonian magazine that he hates sports, is stepping down from the Washington Post's Nationals beat in order to cover ... anything else, apparently. So the Post is looking for a new Nats writer, and Fishbowl DC has the memo.
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Granted it's a thankless job covering the Nationals day in and day out, and even Harlan's predecessor Barry "Spanky" Svrluga defected to the Redskins beat, which these days could very well count as a demotion. But Chico Harlan is from Pittsburgh, a city whose sports fans are second only to Philly in douchiness, so it's not too surprising that he dug his own grave. I'd expect him to show up in Harrisburg covering the AA Senators next season, both a figurative and literal demotion.
I know you're kidding about a Redskins beat "demotion" -that's a major job for a sportswriter at any paper. Barry did a fantastic job covering the Nats when they landed in DC, wrote a book about them and moved up. Chico didn't have the stones for that. They'll find someone competent to fill his shoes. Although, does anyone want to work in newspapers anymore? The Post had lost morr thab a couple good sports reporters to TV in recent years.
Did he already check his blunderbuss?
How is wearing a colonial costume supporting DC voting rights?
It was our founding fathers who created the District of Columbia, as a federally controlled district and not a state, didn't even give us the right to vote for President!
On our the license plates of the District of Columbia there is a phrase "Taxation Without Representation." This phrase dates back to colonial times, but the injustice in the District of Columbia continues today. By dressing up in period clothing the aim is to be a symbolic visual reminder that DC residents are present day colonists who pay taxes but are denied representation. How is that support? Being there is support. The room was half empty.