It’s Tuesday. No, it doesn’t have the mid-week “hump” status of Wednesday, nor does it have the festive vibe of a Friday, but it’s Tuesday, and we love it all the same. With a study claiming that pervasive American melancholy is a myth and today shaping up to be a mostly sunny day with a high of 47 degrees, things aren’t so bad.
D.C. Won’t Cover Cost Overruns: With the cap on public spending for a new stadium set at $611 million, the District’s Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi stated that the city won’t be bearing any of the burden of project cost overruns. As identified in emergency legislation last month, the Post article notes that these will be covered by “the federal government and developers or other private funds, as well as any excess tax revenue collected to pay for the stadium”. Pardon the cynicism, but we’ll believe it when we see it.
Sniper Back in Court: Complete with complaints regarding limited access to documents and not being allowed to wear long underwear to court, Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad yesterday appeared in a Montgomery Co., Maryland court to face charges for his region-wide killing spree. As quoted by NBC 4, Muhammad lamented, “I’ve been frostbit on my face. … I’ve been frostbit on my hands. I’m very sensitive to cold” Already convicted and sentenced to life in prison plus the death penalty in Virginia, prosecutors in Maryland have already said that they will not seek the death penalty for Muhammad. Muhammad’s accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, also sentenced to life in prison in Virginia, is not eligible for the death penalty because he was 17 when the joint killing spree occurred in October 2002.
Pro-Life Rally at Maryland State House: Though Maryland is seen as a heavily Democratic state, hundreds of pro-lifers in the region held their annual pro-life rally at the State House yesterday evening. The rally comes on the heels of South Dakota Gov. Michael Rounds’ singing a ban of nearly all abortions in that state, which is expected to take effect July 1. As quoted in the Washington Times, “‘When Roe v. Wade does come down, we have to be ready for it,’ said Stephen G. Peroutka, chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center. If a repeal does occur, John W. Nugent, chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Maryland is cited as saying ‘Maryland may become a magnet state where people would come to seek abortions from other states that would outlaw abortion.'”
Briefly Noted: 107.3 radio personality dies of cancer … Council-member Adrian Fenty pushes for investigation of how the District cares for the disabled … Overwhelmed Fairfax Co. homeless shelter closes doors temporarily … The era of the MD country store flies by.
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