Good morning, D.C. Yesterday was just about the most beautiful day, weather-wise, that the city has seen in a long time, and today we’re expecting more of the same. So is there anything on God’s green Earth that could cause us to lose the attendant sunny dispositions we all naturally have as a result? Oh, drat. It’s Thursday. Metro General Manager John Catoe will appear before Metro’s Board of Directors today and recommend raising minimum fares on Metrorail by 40 cents and 25 cents on Metrobus to close a projected $173 million shortfall in next year’s budget and improve service, reports the Post. While the prospect of paying more to get around the city come January does make us want to hit the snooze button and crawl back into bed, this is actually a slightly smaller fare increase than had been expected. We’ll have more on the fare increases later on.
D.C. Council Wants Mayor to Drop Them Off Around the Corner: The Examiner reports that six Council members sent Mayor Adrian Fenty a letter Wednesday accusing the administration of “embarrassing” the city by sending a $2.2 million bill to a mental patient who gouged his own eyes out while he under the city’s care. The Council later complained that they were sure Fenty was the most embarrassing mayor “in the whole world,” that they’d die if anyone from school ever saw them together in public, and asked the mayor if he’d be willing take them to the mall but not drop them at the front entrance and definitely not come inside with them.
The Trojans Are Coming, The Trojans Are Coming: After word got out that the condoms the city had been distributing for free in an effort to help combat the city’s high HIV/AIDS infection rate had faulty packaging, a donation has been arranged from the Trojan company to send 350,000 of their condoms to the city for free. The Washington Blade reports that despite the Trojan rescue, the city is still defending its current condom supply, saying that they were never wrapped in paper as initially reported by the Washington Post, but that they always had standard foil wrappers and are safe and effective.
Briefly Noted: D.C. Council plans to increase the number of parking spaces for bicycles … Madame Tussauds wax figures arrive in D.C. … MPD officers busted for false report, losing suspect … Baltimore Police Chief choice nears.
This Day in DCist: In 2006 we warned you about a dude running around the Vienna Metro stop trying to pull down ladies’ pants, in 2005 we wondered why there were so few places to get a quickie lube in the city, and in 2004 we alerted you to the future auction of the District’s panda statues.
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