>> “Metro’s board of directors yesterday approved rules designed to spur quality development around Metrorail stations.” [WaPo]

>> Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled that the regional authority created by the General Assembly to levy taxes for Northern Virginia transportation projects is unconstitutional. [AP/WTOP]

>> “No more slithering along a weathered, improvised walkway of jersey barriers that stink of urine, while taxis and Metrobuses do battle with inbound commuters from Silver Spring along the constricted lanes… The west side of 14th street is pedestrian-friendly again. SCREW the Target, Best Buy, and all that: THIS is cause to celebrate. It’s like Christmas in Paradise, mofos.” [Intangible Arts]

>> A date has been set for the D.C. Madam trial, even though no one cares anymore. [The Sleuth]

>> “My fellow Americans, I ask you: Can this great nation of ours really endure four to eight more years of the Black Eyed Peas?” [City Desk]

>> “Let’s assemble a mob, burn their clapboard houses and instruct them that they should, indeed, fear coming east of 18th street NW.” [Too Hot for TNR]

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