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Good morning, Washington. If you see snow plows driving around the city this morning, don’t worry — it’s not really going to snow today. The Post is reporting, though, that the District will be doing a test run of its snow response mechanism, sending 250 vehicles and pieces of equipment out from RFK Stadium at 9 a.m. to simulate the city’s response to a snow emergency. Well heck, now that we’re pretending it’s another Snowpocalypse, I’m going to run out and buy three cases of beer, nine frozen pizzas and six pints of ice cream; draw the blinds, pop in the first of a 27-disc DVD set and not come out until Tuesday.

Park Service Wants Underground Entrance for Washington Monument: Remember how long it took and how far over budget the construction of the new Capitol Visitors Center was? It looks like the same might be coming for another local landmark. According to the Examiner, the National Park Service has proposed building an underground security screening center for the Washington Monument that would be accessible by tunnels dug into the grassy mound around the monument. Some people have expressed opposition to the plan, preferring an alternative that would see a ramp built into the concrete plaza around the monument leading down to a security center. A hearing to discuss the proposals is set for Monday.

Michelle Rhee is Gone, But Not Allen Sessoms: The name doesn’t really ring a bell, does it? Today, the Post profiles Sessoms, the president of the long-troubled University of the District of Columbia, and his Rhee-like ambitions for the city’s only public university. Sessoms, who came to UDC in 2008, has already made waves by splitting the university into two parts (a community college and a university with admission standards), sprucing up things and opening the first residence hall on campus. As a consequence, applications and enrollment have both increased. Unlike Rhee, though, Sessoms won’t be going anywhere soon — he’s looking forward to working with Mayor-elect Vince Gray, who made improving UDC a big part of education reform stump speech.

Connolly Ahead, But Only Just: The Post reports that vote-counting continues in Virginia’s 11th district, where incumbent Gerry Connolly (D) has taken a 930-vote lead over Republican challenger Keith Fimian. Counting could end today, but if the difference between the two is less than one percent, Fimian can request a recount. Any recount would start after November 22.

D.C. Police Officer Laid to Rest: The Post’s Paul Duggan attended the funeral for D.C. policeman Paul Dittamo, who died in the line of duty last week.

Briefly Noted: Security measures missing from Silver Line…How much do you hate speed cameras?…Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) wants investigation of election-day robocalls.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2009, we looked back on a year since Barack Obama won the presidency. Those were happy days, huh? We also wondered what Mayor Adrian Fenty was doing — personally, that is — to fight crime. In 2008, we celebrated Obama’s victory — those were happy days, huh? — and we covered some of the results from our own local election.