Photo by Robert Krasker

Photo by Robert Krasker

  • Plenty of folks already discussing this in the comments, but the guys who are behind the upcoming Capital City Diner say they were mugged over the weekend, and that a police officer they spoke with encouraged them not to file a police report. They did anyway, and now the MPD is telling them they are investigating the police officer’s conduct.
  • The tenants association at 3145 Mt Pleasant Street is reportedly trying to purchase the property where their apartment building burned to the ground over a year ago.
  • Rep. Jim Moran thinks D.C. should widen 14th Street so that Virginia commuters can have an easier time entering the city. Matt Yglesias says it best: “Maybe DC doesn’t want to widen 14th Street because it’s an urban street with buildings on both sides.”
  • SWDC Blog has some photos of the interior of Waterfront Tower.
  • A National Pinball Museum in Silver Spring?
  • WUSA9 declares the first day of a school at DCPS a success.
  • Thieves are using the Jaws of Life to pry open ATM machines.