It’s Finally Official: Now that Mayor Anthony Williams has signed stadium financing legislation into law, it appears that this chapter in the District’s baseball history has come to a close. The Post quotes Williams as saying that this was one of his “proudest days as mayor.”
Williams will get to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Nationals. President Bush will get the second.
Olympian Swimmer Gets Probation for DUI: Olympic swimming hero Michael Phelps received 18-months probation from an Eastern Shore judge for driving under the influence earlier this fall. Phelps, 19, rolled through a stop sign near Salisbury and was spotted by police. The Post reports that the judge has ordered Phelps to abstain from alcohol until he turns 21 and to speak about his experience to students in Wicomico County.
Speaking of Drunk Driving … DCist advises against it, especially over the New Year’s weekend. If you need a ride, area taxi services are offering free rides until 4 a.m. Call Sober Ride at (800) 200-8294. And if you need more convincing, police will be out in force, the W.Times reports, many manning sobriety checkpoints.
Briefly Noted: Three members of Vatos Locos gang convicted of murdering four members of rival Mara Rs and Street Thug Criminals gangs … Bomb scare shuts L’Enfant Plaza metrorail station but no bomb found on man who claimed to have possessed explosives … Soldiers petition Hastert, Pelosi for D.C. voting rights …
