- More details are trickling in about last night’s car crash in Adams Morgan. Dave Jamieson reports that the driver of the car, Chamica Adams, registered blood-alcohol levels of .17 and a .18 in two police-administered tests last night. In addition to being charged with DWI, it looks like the U.S. Attorney’s Office is throwing the book at Adams, charging her with felony aggravated assault. One of the pedestrians that was struck has been identified as Julia Bachleitner, a student at the School of Advanced International Studies in D.C. — she remains in critical condition.
- Bill Turque reports on the incredibly disturbing story of a student at Shadd Transition Academy who has filed a lawsuit that claims a special education teacher at the school had sex with her in his classroom, resulting in her pregnancy in 2009. The teacher, Robert Weismiller, had been placed on unpaid leave in May 2009 after the initial allegations of misconduct. He was later fired as part of a DCPS cutback. Ayanna Blue, the woman who filed the suit, is still attempting to finish the 12th grade.
- A Prince of Petworth reader couldn’t find the stairs inside the Reeves Center, where escalators have been blocked off. (And now, to insert the requisite Mitch Hedberg YouTube link.)
- In one of those “it’s infuriating but hardly surprising” tales: some taxicab drivers tend not to stop for fares with service animals, even though it’s illegal.
- The farmer’s almanac says that we’re in for a cold and snowy winter. I’m not sure whether that’s good news or not.
- The Gray Lady reports on the National Capital Planning Commission, and their “impossible task” of deciding which memorials are fit to take space on the National Mall.
- You know when you’re watching a football game, and one team goes down by four touchdowns, so they start heaving it downfield on every down and going for it on 4th and 20 from their own 32-yard-line in a desperate attempt to claw back into the game? Well, with a new poll showing that he’s down by 21 points, that’s kind of what this political move by Council Chair candidate Vincent Orange feels like.
- The elusive puppy endorsement will be announced tomorrow.
Photo by Kevin H.
