Happy Valentine’s Day, Washington. Or, for those of you who feeling like punching someone in the mouth rather than kissing anyone today, it’s only 15 more hours until this holiday of forced romance is but a memory. If you’re still looking for something to do to celebrate tonight, we’ve got a few suggestions. If you’re filled with contempt for anyone who actually seems to be enjoying themselves in the spirit of love, welcome to the DCist comment section! You’ve finally found the place where you belong.
More Post-Primary Wrap-Up: Now that the final results from Tuesday’s Potomac Primary are settled, it’s time to speculate about what it all means. The Post’s local politics writers, David Nakamura and Nikita Stewart, put together a greatest hits-style report on this year’s presidential campaign in the District, which saw an unprecedented amount of attention paid to the value of the city’s delegates. Stewart also gives the Fenty political machine most of the credit for Obama’s D.C. landslide. The Washington Times takes the time to wonder this morning about those wily superdelegates and whether any of those who already committed to Clinton will change their allegiance based on the overwhelming support for Obama shown by the District’s voters. You can bet we’ll be paying close attention to how the superdelegates’ votes actually do break down once the convention draws nearer.
Changes to 30 Buses Closer to Reality: All that chatter about changes to Metro’s longest and most popular bus route, the 30 buses, appears to be closer to reality today as Metro has a formal proposal on the table. The current plan would eliminate the 30, 34, and 35 routes, and add two express routes, a 37 and 39, which would make 10 stops instead of the current 27.
Briefly Noted: Awakening sculpture will finally be dug up next week before it’s moved to Prince George’s County … One-third of MoCo’s roads are in bad shape … Woman killed in Gaithersburg crash, driver tries to flee on foot.
This Day in DCist: In 2007 we were getting ready to welcome Pela to town to play an Unbuckled concert, in 2006 we were complaining about executive office motorcades, and in 2005, someone was murdered at Club U, an event that eventually led the Reeves Center nightclub to be closed forever.
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