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- UPDATE: Mark Segraves now reports via Twitter that there *will* be a special session on Barry tomorrow. Stay tuned! … Will the D.C. Council take up a measure to begin proceedings to censure Marion Barry on Tuesday? It’s not on tomorrow’s agenda, but it could be added in a late emergency session. Chairman Vincent Gray told reporters this morning, however, that action on Barry might be delayed, as WTOP reports.
- The Sexist reports that Catholic Charities has figured out a way to avoid providing same-sex marriage benefits to its employees — by canceling spousal benefits for all future and currently unwed employees. From the memo: “We sincerely regret that we have to make this change, but it is necessary to allow Catholic Charities to continue to provide essential services to the clients we serve in partnership with the District of Columbia while remaining consistent with the tenets of our religious faith.”
- The three defendants in the Robert Wone conspiracy case have each petitioned to be tried separately, via WaPo. A hearing has been scheduled March 12.
- Unsuck DC Metro wonders whether Metrobus drivers who pick up their friends and chat with them while driving are too distracted.
- DCmud details the expansion of My Sister’s Place, the District’s only confidential shelter for battered women. The location of the expansion is being kept a secret for security reasons.
- Congress Heights on the Rise shares some of the latest Ward 8 Democrats scuttlebut, noting that it appears President Jacque Patterson may be on his way out. ‘Reports indicate that the “straw that broke the camel’s back” was that the Ward 8 Democrats Executive Committee took major offense with Mr. Patterson giving an interview to the media regarding the Barry earmark scandal before an official statement was released by the Ward 8 Democrats. Such a statement on Marion Barry’s actions still has not been released by the Ward 8 Democrats at this time.’
