Martin Austermuhle
DCist considers ourselves fortunate enough to have been part of the 1,200 invite-only crowd at the Lincoln Theatre on U Street NW last night, where D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams delivered his the annual State of the District address.
Part policy proposals and part campaign stump speech, the address clearly identified a city on the up-and-up but with still much to do. Williams listed problems and solutions, yet the genius was more in the underlying message than it was in the details. As Williams spoke of equitable and sustainable economic and social development, one could almost guess that his speech-writers were testing out campaign themes on a friendly crowd. Judging from the general reaction Williams received, we may very well be hearing the same messages over and over again until Election Day.
