Results tagged “ward1”

Rumors about a possible D.C. Council run by ANC 1C chair Bryan Weaver have been circulating for weeks now, and DCist had been dutifully pestering the longtime Adams Morgan activist to confirm his intentions for some time before ... getting royally scooped by Loose Lips this afternoon. Sigh. Weaver "filed exploratory papers with the Office of Campaign Finance on Tuesday," Mike DeBonis reports.

The fountain water flowed as District officials gathered this morning to formally dedicate the completion of the first phase of the new Columbia Heights Plaza, located at the intersection of 14th Street, Park Road and Kenyon Street NW.

Councilman Jim Graham made the electronic rounds yesterday to tell residents of Ward 1 that a straw poll on same sex marriage measures will occur on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Second Floor Conference Room of the Reeves Center. The poll, which will be accompanied by a panel discussion on the issue, probably won't be as contentious as recent official votes in Ward 8 (where it passed with a fair majority) and Ward 5 (where it rather controversially did not). Wards 2 and 4 have also given the thumbs up to equality measures. While we'd be rather surprised if the District's most densely populated ward didn't vote in favor of equality, the turnout and margins -- and any potential disruptions like at the Ward 5 meeting -- will be of particular interest.

The ban on the sale of single beers keeps marching on, so it seems.

As illegal graffiti continues to appear on D.C.'s streets, the D.C. Council sought a way to do more than paint over it and send the taggers to jail, only to repeat the process again and again. Council member Jim Graham's office contacted The Midnight Forum, a non-profit with a mission to empower youth through hip-hop, through both the entertainment side as well as teaching business and life skills.