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- Outgoing WMATA GM John Catoe shared some parting thoughts with WTOP today, after his last Metro board meeting. “Am I satisfied completely? No. I’m hard to satisfy in that respect. But I am happy about a lot of things that have occurred, yes. And I’m upset about other things that occurred, also — specifically, the last seven or eight months.” Catoe’s last day is April 2.
- Classic! Hassan Mohammadi, the same man who admitted back in 1990 that he gave a whole lot of cocaine to then-Mayor Marion Barry, has been donating big sums of money to the campaigns of both Adrian Fenty and Ward 1 challenger Jeff Smith, Mike DeBonis reports at City Desk.
- DC Agenda covers the campaign announcements of two gay Republicans in this year’s D.C. Council race. Marc Morgan is running against Jim Graham for the Ward 1 seat, and Timothy Day is challenging Ward 5’s Harry Thomas, Jr.
- The D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute has a new report showing that the recession has taken an exceptional toll on District residents. The poverty rate in D.C. is estimated to have increased from 16.9 percent in 2008 to 18.9 percent in 2009.
- WaPo writes up Vince Gray’s comments to Jonetta Rose Barras on WPFW today that he’ll finally decide whether he’s running for mayor next week, and that he plans to discuss the matter with potential challenger Don Peebles over the weekend.
- Lots of blog coverage of last night’s open house for potential new Bloomingdale bar, Boundary Stone. The owners are hoping for a January, 2011 launch.
