- MPD Chief Cathy Lanier tells WTOP that she wants to stay in D.C., and that she’s let Mayor-elect Vince Gray know as much.
- Adam Dunn leaves Washington and signs a contract with the Chicago White Sox; this is not the best news for Nationals fans.
- Rend Smith reflects on his decision to ask Courtland Milloy whether or not he likes white people.
- The Council has tabled the tax abatement for a planned boutique hotel at Euclid and Champlain Streets in Adams Morgan, which probably puts a fork in the plans.
- Projections find Montgomery County $350 million in the red over the next two years; a sweeping round of cuts appears to be in order.
- Don’t get your hopes up about January 19 being the be all, end all for the Ali Ahmed Mohammed autopsy report — it could take longer.
- An interesting read from UrbanTurf on the development of D.C.’s Southwest waterfront.
- Things you learn on the listservs: it’s illegal in D.C. to carry wasp pesticide with the intent to harm someone, even in self-defense.
- Councilmember Jack Evans was just floating that whole $3 billion stadium thing, you know, kind of like I float how great it would be to have my own personal hovercraft after a couple of beers at the bar.
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