We promise you, Washington, we’ll let go of this soon. Very soon. By November 7th at the latest. Yesterday, George Allen placed a telephone call to S.R. Sidarth to apologize yet again for the slip of the tongue that has sent his campaign into a tailspin. Allen’s critics remain unimpressed, including the 50 protesters that greeted President Bush’s arrival at an Allen fundraiser yesterday with signs that included, “Hey, George, macaca is a bad word.” And with catchy sloganeering like that, this isn’t bound to go away any time soon.
Williams Says Fenty isn’t Ready: Adrian Fenty continues to endure criticism from District government colleagues. Mayor Williams thinks he might make a great mayor…just not right now. Councilmember Jim Graham thinks he employs poor staffing judgement, namely employing someone who wanted to create posters associating Graham with a lynching. Linda Cropp thinks…well, we don’t have space here to get into all the issues she has with Fenty. But short of being videotaped making a racial slur towards an opponent’s staffer, is Fenty’s lead all but insurmountable now, less than three weeks from the primary?
Middle Fingers Now Optional: Did you get to work any faster this morning? Around 5 a.m. this morning the Springfield Interchange moved one step closer to completion with the opening of the last major new bridge of the project, this one carrying commuters from 395 North onto the inner loop of the Beltway towards Tyson’s corner. The part we’re sorry to report? Due to an influx of 22,000 new military jobs in the next 5 years at Belvoir & Quantico, things could be back to gridlock as usual before you know it.
Briefly Noted: Robert Wone’s wife testifies before grand jury…Fifth D.C. jewelry store robbery in three months … MD Commuter to take sweet revenge on the Wilson Bridge… George Mason University decides the SAT is overrated…
This Day In DCist: A year ago today we challenged you to come up with another name for the Panda formerly (and still) known as Butterstick, reported on a fire at the Capitol Lounge, and mused on the possibility of George W. getting a new landlord. The year before, we lamented the fact that I-95 had just plain run out of room for cars.
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