Well, D.C. we had a nice weekend together, didn’t we? Perhaps we ran into you at the hugely successful opening of the inaugural DCist Exposed photography show on Friday, or we might have crossed paths out walking the dog in the fantastic spring weather. Or maybe it was just that extra hour of evening light created by Daylight Savings. In any case, it was good to see you. But now, it’s time for coffee and the news:
The Past As Prelude: The Post has a stirring retrospective on the March day 30 years ago in which 12 Hanafi Muslim terrorists stormed three District buildings and laid seige for 39 hours, keeping 150 people hostage (including over 100 at the former B’nai B’rith building on Rhode Island Avenue NW) and killing a WHUR reporter. In some ways, the story is a tale of two cities, describing a Washington of the 1970’s that is laid back and open, contrasting with the D.C. of today’s Homeland Security Alert Levels.
Welcome, Now Get to Work: We’d barely had time last week to welcome Dennis Rubin, Mayor Fenty’s nominee for Chief of the D.C. Fire & EMS Department, when news broke of a settlement in the Rosenbaum family’s $20 million lawsuit against the city. While the settlement is welcomed by the City, the terms ensure that Mr. Rubin’s first year on the job will be a doozy, mandating that a task force study an overhaul of the entire EMS system, from communication to training to supervison. According to the Post, the Rosenbaum’s have high praise for Fenty for reaching out, even before he took office. Howard University Hospital remains a defendent in the lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court.
Briefly Noted: Georgetown, Maryland, and GW go dancin’ … 19-year-old fatally shot near Addison Road Metro … Foggy Bottom loses the Blue Bus, but gains the Circulator.
This Day in DCist: In 2005 we figured out why several hundred angry Togolese would be outside the National Zoo and why dozens of boozy bloggers would be in Dupont Circle.
Photo by Flickr user pop-corn.
