Good morning, Washington. More news today on the Virginia abusive driver’s fees front, this time even closer to home. Arlington residents will be cheered to hear that an Arlington County General District Court judge has ruled that Virginia’s abusive-driver fees are unconstitutional. Judge Dorothy H. Clarke is the fourth District Court judge in Virginia to make such a ruling, but the first one in Northern Virginia. Naturally, the state will appeal the decision, and this fight seems far from over.
Gray Gets Behind Reinoso: You’ll recall from over the summer that D.C. Council chairman Vincent Gray had prevented the confirmation of acting Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso, in large part due to Reinoso’s involvement in the plagiarism scandal surrounding Mayor Fenty’s school takeover plan report. Gray put off confirming Reinoso until after the Council’s summer break, and might have even allowed him to receive only passive approval from the Council if they chose not to vote on the matter before Nov. 22, but today the Post brings word that Gray has had a change of heart. The Chairman said he would urge his colleagues to support Reinoso’s confirmation next week.
Man Your Holes: Another day, another manhole cover explosion that knocks out electricity to an entire neighborhood. This time, the 100 block of Kentucky Ave. SE, near Lincoln Park, was affected. Though no injuries were reported, the manhole did explode underneath a resident’s car. No word yet on whether the D.C. Council will order a “surge” in The War on Manholes, so that we can continue to fight them over there instead of … under our cars.
Briefly Noted: Man accused of mall fondling … Foxhall Rd. to be closed Saturday … Verizon Center’s new scoreboard in place … City urged to hurry to save hospital.
This Day in DCist: In 2006 we were bummed to learn that the Verizon Center was banning outside food, and in 2005 we took a closer look at Colorado Kitchen.
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