- Since she didn’t have any comment after today’s meeting with Vince Gray, we’re reduced to gathering what we can from Michelle Rhee’s body language at the post-meeting presser. Our first impression: Good thing that wall was there, or the media would have had a hard time getting Rhee in the shot.
- Two pieces of sports news we didn’t get to today: the Wizards are returning to a red, white and blue color scheme in 2011-12, while the Capitals will be filmed by HBO for a hockey “Hard Knocks” offshoot. Both of these things are so totally full of awesome.
- The Council held a hearing today about the District’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services and juvenile justice. After testifying at the hearing, current DYRS director Robert Hildum sure sounded like someone who has come to terms with the fact that he’ll likely be replaced.
- Vincent Orange, on August 26: “I don’t want to go back to the council.” Vincent Orange, on September 23, lobbying to fill Kwame Brown’s vacant Council seat: [I am] well-suited [to assist the Council with] overcoming the tough challenges.”
- Rest assured, Marylanders — the Purple Line is coming.
- In the growing “national media covering the mayoral primary but not quite getting it” file: Michael Tanner of the National Review, who paints Mayor Adrian Fenty as “someone who could reach across the aisle.” Which aisle would that be, precisely — the one between radical and moderate liberals?
- Metro general manager Richard Sarles, testifying on the Hill this afternoon: “At Metro, there is no higher value than safety.”
- Some excellent stuff in today’s print version of the City Paper — we highly recommend Tim Carman’s excellent reporting on the food truck wars and Lydia DePillis’ story on why the National Park Service still holds court over so many of the District’s land.
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