- I’m not going to lie. Amanda Hess’ inspired choices in images to accompany the City Paper’s dispatches from the John “Buttman” Stagliano obscenity trial have pretty much gotten me through the day.
- Ron Moten, he of the Fenty-Jesus analogy, wants the Mayor to veto a Council bill which would make it a crime to pay someone to vote. Of course he does.
- Rosslyn’s getting a new Metro station entrance.
- “He had access to classified programs that purported to help the National Security Agency tackle its toughest challenges: exploiting the digital data revolution and countering terrorism. Today, he wears a blue T-shirt and answers questions about iPhones at an Apple store in the Washington area.”
- The Argonaut reopens tonight.
- Capital City Diner owner Matt Ashburn tells Tim Carman that the Diner applied for a liquor license because they are having trouble attracting the after-work crowd. Also, Ashburn is only “looking to add three or four bottles of beer, and a red and white wine,” so everyone pitching a fit that the place is going to turn into an out of control bar should probably just rein it in a little bit.
- D.C. Water crews will repair a six-inch water main on U Street NW between First and 2nd Streets NW tonight.
- With the exception of the Longworth House Office Building, government cafeteria food is mediocre at best and downright awful at its worst, says the Post.
Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
