Martin Austermuhle

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• Posted Same-Sex Marriage Foes Have Few Options on Hill to DCist
  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) With the D.C. Council's same-sex marriage bill scheduled for a December 1 vote and a petition to put the issue on the ballot denied, opponents of same-sex marriage might finally have to live up to a threat they've been making in recent months: to take the issue to Congress. But a hearing on the Hill this week on legislation that could grant the District more budgetary and legislative autonomy showed...
• Commented on Morning Roundup: Change Edition
  Got it. Thanks!...
• Commented on Morning Roundup: Change Edition
  I agree that we need to speak more frankly about it, but throwing it into a 700-word column hardly does it justice. That was more my point. And I've rarely seen a conversation about race and development in Columbia Heights...
• Posted Morning Roundup: Change Edition to DCist
  Photo by andertho As we come to the end of a week where the District dealt with the death of another child -- this time it was nine-year-old Oscar Fuentes in Columbia Heights -- there doesn't seem to be much to say about a city that while significantly better than it was a decade ago still suffers from stubborn crime and violence. Post Metro columnist Petula Dvorak today proves that point with a column...
• Commented on Jim Graham Announces Re-Election Bid
  Metro has executives tasked with day-to-day management. That's not the board's role. You can blame Catoe and his underlings more than you can the board, in my opinion. I agree that while there's plenty to criticize Graham for, Metro is...