Good Morning, Washington. It looks like another fine spring day from our vantage point at DCist headquarters — weather fit for a queen, as it were. Thanks to Flickr user Jon-Miles for sharing some of his shots with us from yesterday’s press event with President Bush and Queen Elizabeth II. Today is the final day of the Queen’s tour of the region. Before a private dinner with the Bushes, she’ll spend it by visiting the World War II Memorial, touring the Children’s National Medical Center with first lady Laura Bush and heading out to Maryland to visit NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. If you drive to work near any of these locations, be advised that traffic delays will likely cause you to take the Lord’s name in vain today.
Trouble for UDC President: As if we needed any more evidence that being president of a university — any university — located in the District of Columbia was a difficult job to hold on to, this morning the WaPo digs into to what could be the early stages of a fight to oust UDC President William Pollard. It looks like University Trustees are losing confidence in Pollard, as they’ve recently stepped in to take on a more direct role in running the school and facilitated the hiring of new top administrative staff to help with modernizing and fund raising. UDC has had nearly 15 presidents and interim presidents since it opened in the mid-1970s.
Get Paid to Leave Your Car at Home: If you use the Frederick Douglass, or South Capitol Street Bridge, to get into the city each morning, you’ve probably known for some time that it will be closed for two months this summer during July and August as part of the construction associated with the new Nationals stadium. WTOP brings word this morning that DDOT is starting an incentive program to encourage drivers who use the bridge to take public transit to work. Commuters will be paid $100 to cover the cost of public transportation during those two months, and you can sign up online.
Briefly Noted: Section of the Anacostia Trail to open in October … Fairfax County school cafeteria food tampered with, but pins in food discovered in time … Virginia launches anti-syphilis campaign in response to surging numbers.
This Day in DCist: In 2006 we asked you what you thought the most pressing transit needs were for the metro area and discussed the frightening possibility of an even bigger Scientology Center in the city.
Photo by Jon-Miles
