Good morning, Washington. And with that, it’s over – the Democratic primaries are finally in the book, and Barack Obama claimed the hard-fought nomination in a passionate speech. Of course, Hillary Clinton didn’t technically concede, either – but reports find her and her staff scrambling to salvage what she can from her campaign. Hopefully, you didn’t wear yourself too thin on the post-speech punditry to miss the Post’s profile of Takoma Park state legislator Heather Mizeur, one of the last remaining superdelegates to choose a candidate to vote for at the convention. Mizeur’s last six months are somewhat akin to that of a highly recruited prep football star – voicemail messages from both Obama and Clinton’s personal cell phones, letters from candidates to her parents, handwritten notes from meetings with the candidates, invitations from Melissa Etheridge for politically-motivated backstage passes, hecklers and wooers at the Takoma metro station – but she plans on finally casting the dye die today, for the new presumptive nominee.
Immigration Check Breadth to Increase in PW County: The Post reports on the newest development in Prince William County’s extensive immigration policy – police now will run every arrested person’s name through a federal database, regardless of whether or not the person is suspected of living in the country illegally. Police Chief Charlie T. Deane called the new process “more legally defensible.” Additionally, the story notes that since the County’s program was initiated in March, 265 people were questioned about their immigration status – only two were released without charges and were found to be legal citizens.
Yet Another Tax Embezzlement Scheme: Thanks to “new controls” set in place after the Hariette Walters scandal, a D.C. government worker and her boyfriend are charged with stealing almost $180,000 from the District’s tax coffers, according to the Post. The couple allegedly began stealing funds in March 2007. The two were caught upon their sixth attempt to game the system – whilst enormous attention was thrust upon the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue in the Walters fallout.
Briefly Noted: Man dies after falling off docks at National Harbor…Tractor trailer crash shut down I-66 for close to three hours near Fairfax…D.C. Council approves limits on CCTV use at schools, highways, public buildings and public housing projects…Pepco customers spent a total of 57,533 hours in the dark last year.
This Day in DCist: Last year, we reported on the woman who ran down around 35 people on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE; back in 2005, we talked about the big plans for the Anacostia riverfront.
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