Welcome to Friday, D.C. We’re all still recovering from last night’s incredible Unbuckled 7 concert, and while a few of us probably had more than our fair share of alcoholic beverages, it’s still music to our ears that Montgomery County is considering legalizing Sunday liquor sales. Many other Maryland counties already allow hard liquor to be sold on Sundays, but Montgomery’s 25 county-run liquor retail stores have remained closed. County Executive Ike Leggett must still approve the plan before it goes into effect. Now if only we could get the D.C. Council to take a similar new look at the District’s alcohol sales and blue laws.
D.C. Drivers Worst in Nation for Drug Use: The Examiner takes a look at a brand new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report that shows that the District leads every state in the country in percentage of drivers under the influence of illegal drugs. We’re not doing well with drunk driving, either: D.C. ranks in the top 10 for percentage of drivers under the influence of alcohol. Maybe we were too hasty to suggest in the paragraph above that it ought to be easier to buy alcohol here?
Fifth District Murders Causing Uproar: What is going on in the Fifth Police District? No one seems to have any hard answers to why seven people have now been murdered there in only eight days, and residents are becoming increasingly angry and anxious, writes the Post. Seventy-five police officers, residents and city officials gathered last night at the district station in the 1800 block of Bladensburg Road to share their frustration, but the MPD doesn’t seem to have any answers or a handle on why this surge in violence has been happening.
Briefly Noted: Money for needle exchange programs to begin flowing this summer … I-70 sinkhole repairs completed, lanes re-open … Study confirms white enrollment in D.C. public schools is extremely low … Former D.C. employee sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.
This Day in DCist: In 2007 we delighted in Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s appears on The Colbert Report, and in 2006 we first introduced our controversial “Inside the House” column.
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