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Good morning, Washington. Suffice it to say, there’s a lot more people out there who aren’t having as good a Monday morning as they were last week. The Redskins choked away a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter to lose to the Houston Texans yesterday afternoon, using up a majority of the positive capital they earned with a big win over Dallas in week one. Yours truly — who, truth be told, isn’t a Redskins fan — still can’t believe they lost. It’s easy to forget that in the first quarter, the Redskins barreled down the field twice, but only came away with six points. And what was with leaving Andre Johnson wide open so often in the second half? Losing when so many players had very good games just makes it even crueler. I’m guessing that this fact check of the Redskins’ radio broadcast team is probably too much to take for many of you — unless you’re one of the 52 percent of this town that doesn’t really care about the Redskins, of course.

Kojo’s Measured Wisdom: It’s been a whirlwind few days in the District. Who better to help us find some perspective than Kojo? Nnamdi’s familiar tone transitioned seamlessly to the Washington Post’s op-ed page, delivering nothing less than what we expected — the anti-Milloy essay, completely reasoned and with a reassurance that most of us could use. “While the past should inform the future, it shouldn’t handcuff it,” wrote Kojo. “It is, however, time for us all to get over the political obsession that the wards of this city are in constant competition with one another for mayoral largesse, the black wards vs. the white wards, the poor wards vs. the rich wards.” Read the whole thing.

Gray’s First Battle: Parking Meters: It looks like Vince Gray’s first order of business when he (presumably) takes office in January could be the reversal of longer parking meter hours which the Fenty administration put into effect in certain areas of town earlier this year. Calling the new meter charges “offensive,” Gray said that the longer hours are adversely affecting businesses. Whether the potential benefit to reverting to earlier hours would outweigh the $6 million the city is slated to get in added revenue from the longer meter hours, well, that’s another question altogether.

First Round Of Council Activity: The D.C. Council is back in session, and the first pieces of legislation are coming to light. The landlord which controls the shops, restaurants and kiosks at Union Station will be asking the Council to waive millions of dollars in property taxes — the Council will vote on the measure, proposed by Jack Evans and Tommy Wells, tomorrow. Meanwhile, Phil Mendelson will announce plans to introduce a bill today which would require young sports players to be removed from play if they are suspected to have suffered a concussion.

Briefly Noted: Carlos Allen is the first Afro-Latino in history?…Virginia set to execute only woman on death row…Success of Anacostia rent strike could usher in wave of residential change…GAO wraps Capitol grounds hybrid/electric car recharging stations in red tape…Tonight’s low: mid-to-upper 40s — say hello to fall…Dude, where’s my car?

This Day in DCist: In 2008, there was some serious kickball hatin’ going on around here.