Morning, fair DCist readers. How was your weekend? Did you do any of the numerous
activities in the area, like the homeless
walkathon, or celebrating an elephant’s fifth birthday? Did you go on a fruitless hunt for the elusive Wii? Or perhaps you
got married in a Roman castle? You could have signed with the Cubs for $136 million! Whatever you did, we hope it was excellent. The start of
this week seems to be a bit slow in news, but here we go…
Shootout in Annapolis Mall: “Gun battle” and “food court” aren’t two phrases you
hear together often, but that’s what took place in an Annapolis mall on Saturday night, the Post reports. Three people, including an off-duty Secret Service agent, were
injured in the shootout. Police said the fight was related to arguments earlier in the
week at Annapolis High School. Ahh, youth.
Ramsey May Step Down: Sources are saying that Police Chief Charles Ramsey may be
stepping down as early as next week, in order to make way for Fenty’s replacement. We speculated about
Ramsey’s departure back in September, and most commenters seemed to have mixed
feelings. What do you think now?
UPDATE: And it turns out those sources were right: Fenty is going to name Cathy Lanier, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Commander for Homeland Security, to the post this morning.
Horses Are the New Golf?: That’s what the Post is reporting this morning, saying that developers are turning to “horse centers” in their subdivisions in order to lure buyers to the new luxury homes. Three developments with “horse centers” (I’m just going to keep repeating the phrase “horse centers” because I find it hysterical) are being built in the suburbs, which would double the number of of “horse centers” in residential communities.
Briefly Noted: Baby born on Beltway … Prince George’s reports drop in crime … Dozens of
children adopted at
ceremony … McLean group not giving up on Tysons
Metro tunnel …
This Day in DCist: We had our very first Opinionist by our very own former editor.
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