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- This seemed inevitable: DCPS CFO Noah Wepman was fired on Friday, according to sources. Wepman was made to look a fool by the D.C. Council after they grilled him at a hearing on the recent D.C. Schools RIFs, to the point where he admitted withholding budget numbers from the legislative body. [WTOP]
- A bicyclist was struck and killed Saturday morning by a Bladensburg police officer, authorities only announce today. “The cyclist, who police have not identified, was pulling onto Annapolis Road from the Bladen Plaza Shopping Center about 2 a.m. when he crossed the path of a Bladensburg police officer headed west, police said. The front right section of the cruiser hit the cyclist, and he was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.” [WaPo]
- Potential new owners for the Maples, a historic mansion on Capitol Hill, weren’t able to put together the funds they needed in time to make the purchase, and now PETA is looking at the property. [The Hill is Home]
- Businesses along Bonifant Road in Silver Spring are worried that the proposed Purple Line will block automobile access to their storefronts. [Silver Spring Penguin]
- Dave Stroup profiles mayoral candidate Leo Alexander, writes, “There is more to Alexander’s campaign” than being against illegal immigration. [District Daily]
- Bruce Johnson profiles the Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church, site of many tragic funerals for young people in the last year, most recently that of 19-year-old shooting victim Aaron Brice. [WUSA]
