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Good morning, Washington. Usually, we get pretty excited about coming in to work only to discover that the big, unwieldy and potentially troublesome meeting that was scheduled has been canceled. That's often a gold star kind of day that deserves a special trip out for a fancy coffee, and maybe doing a little jig behind the closed door of your office, right? But we have to express some serious disappointment that this meeting appears to...

What a night, eh Washington? If you're like us, you were up late listening to Kojo and Jonetta break down the election results as they came in on WAMU. Our favorite moment of the evening came just before 10 p.m., when Mayor Williams told co-host Jonetta Rose Barras she was crazy to suggest that anyone believed he had waited too long to decide if he would seek a third term. For the record Jonetta —...

We've followed the candidates for the last 16 months, and today is the day everything will be decided. We opted not to endorse any candidates, but we are going to put our betting skills to work and pick the winners for the D.C. races. Mayor: Love him or hate him, Adrian Fenty is taking this contest. Not only has he led competitor Linda Cropp in the polls since late July, his recent endorsement by the...

It was on April 27, 2005, that we took our first of many stabs at the District mayoral race. And it's tomorrow, some sixteen months after we first tried to guess who would throw their hats in the ring, that voters will finally have their say. Voters in the District and Maryland go to the polls tomorrow to vote in primaries for everything from senators to council-members to ANC representatives, with more than 800 candidates...

Everyone else has taken their shot, so why not the City Paper? Today the weekly's local politics column, Loose Lips, threw its support behind a number of candidates for next week's D.C. primaries. But more surprising than the picks was the biting tone in which they were delivered -- this is no Post endorsement, they seemed to remind us. Columnist James Jones sided solidly with candidates that bucked the establishment and railed against those beholden...

Brown Not Out: Well, we're a little red-faced today. Yesterday we guessed that mayoral longshot Michael Brown was bowing out of the race. He did, after all, send us an email in which he announced that a press conference held yesterday would include "major announcement regarding his plans for the future." Coupled with his fast-shrinking campaign finance account, we thought, "This guy is toast." How wrong we were. Brown didn't duck out of the race....

On Aug. 10, Mendelson’s office e-mailed his August newsletter to roughly 1,000 District residents, said Beverly Wheeler, his chief of staff. The “At-Large Update” included descriptions of 10 bills Mendelson moved during the July 11 Council meeting and a paragraph about Mendelson receiving an award from the American Cancer Society.

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Today the City Paper's Loose Lips column draws our attention to something we have suffered for far too long -- comment spam. And no, it's not the Jonathan Rees and his inane ramblings (or those of his curious aliases). It's the real stuff. According to LL, At Large D.C. Council candidate A. Scott Bolden's blog has been quite popular with comment spammers, so much so that the comment sections of some entries feature little else...

The City Paper's City Desk blog noted yesterday that a Wednesday Superior Court hearing revealed that Christopher Barry, son of Marion, had tested positive for traces of marijuana. Barry was in court for an April arrest after driving his father's car without a valid license. The positive drug test also violates a pre-sentencing agreement from a 2005 arrest for assaulting a police officer. City Desk spoke to A. Scott Bolden, who is representing the younger...

Reviewing the week in DCist can't go without mentioning what is now the news of the week -- George Mason today toppled the nation's best basketball team, UConn, 86-84 in a nail-biting overtime upset. The victory caps what has been a surprising rise through the NCAA ranks for George Mason, and with Georgetown out of the picture, gives the Washington region someone to cheer for.

It's the ideal political contest -- an aggressive challenger facing a docile incumbent. And to date, this is exactly the dynamic that has dominated the race for one of the two At Large seats on the D.C. Council. A. Scott Bolden, a lawyer, former president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, and former chair of the D.C. Democratic Party, is taking on sitting Council-member Phil Mendelson in a race whose tenor has thus far been...

This week was all about Unbuckled. A good time was had by all (see the evidence here). Earlier in the week we sat down for a little Q&A with the bands involved: Olivia Mancini and the Housemates and The Hard Tomorrows. Thanks so much to them and to all of those who came out. Our election coverage is ramping up. This week we discussed Jim Graham's decision to remain in Ward 1, A. Scott Bolden's...

Various candidates for public office in the District maintain blogs. Adrian Fenty has one, Michael Brown claims to have one, and Marie Johns is trying to get hers off the ground. The most active of the bunch, though, is A. Scott Bolden, who is currently challenging Council-member Phil Mendelson for his coveted At Large seat. Bolden has been blogging off and on since late October, and has used his online perch to comment on everything...

Just a heads up, people -- over the next few days, you'll be hearing a lot about money. Today was the first of multiple deadlines for the many candidates running for public office in the District to publicize their fundraising totals and account for their campaign-related expenses. Essentially, it's the first chance they'll get to intimidate their opponents with the size of their war chests or, conversely, blithely claim that money isn't all that matter...

Washington is 19 months from the next mayoral election. That's almost 600 days until the city's residents choose a new leader. While electoral stirrings have already begun -- several individuals have established exploratory committees, including councilmembers Adrian Fenty (D-Ward 4) and Vincent Orange (D-Ward 5), former D.C. Democratic Party Chairman A. Scott Bolden, and lawyer Michael A. Brown -- Williams continues to tease city residents as to his prospects, preferring to remain focused on his mayoral duties.

Be warned, Washington -- with the fair days of spring come the soakers and we know many of you are allergic to rain. Today is looking to be rainy with highs in the mid-40s. The rain is even scaring off commuters near the White House, as shown in this desolate DDOT traffic camera shot from 7:20 a.m. showing H Street NW at Lafayette Park. Just Say It's So, Tony!: According to friends of D.C. Mayor...

An Undeclared Williams Plays Offensive: Mayor Anthony Williams, who has yet to say whether he will seek a third term, has called out a few people who are eyeing his position. According to the Post, Ward 4's eager councilmember, Adrian Fenty, was at the top of the mayor's list saying there should be "some threshold qualifications that you bring to the table." Also on Williams hit list: troubled lobbyist Michael Brown who the mayor says...

We hope you're enjoying your Presidents Day weekend, especially if you have Monday off from work. Although this photo taken outside the Adams Morgan McDonalds was posted on photogene's photoblog on Valentine's Day, we thought it works for this weekend as well since we witnessed a fight spill from the sidewalk to inside the McDonald's at 18th Street and Columbia Road and then back outside again. The Metropolitan Police officers breaking up the scuffle sure seemed pissed off. "Those were the same guys as before!"

Today will be mostly sunny with highs around 40. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory warning commuters to watch out for icy patches on roads as temperatures dipped below freezing last night. The photo is a fish at The Reef in Adams Morgan.

Even though Mayor Anthony Williams will decided within the next month whether to seek a third term in advance of the 2006 city elections, a number of others have been exploring the possibility of running, even if the bow-tied Williams opts to run again. The Post takes a look at the exploratory efforts, who may run, and why Williams may be vulnerable if he runs again.

D.C.'s media outlets are reporting turnout for today's primary election is light across the District, even in the highly contested Ward 8, where supporters greeted former mayor and council candidate Marion Barry like "an ex-prize fighter stepping back into the ring."