- Mayor Vince Gray played down the potential of tax increases in the upcoming budget he’ll deliver to the D.C. Council. Gray told WAMU’s Patrick Madden today that “I do not envision any property tax increases, we do not envision any income tax increases. You know, across the board tax increases — I don’t envision anything like that.”
- Where do you go when suing and bullying the media tuckers you out? Bourbon Street, of course!
- So sad: Gary Gordon, an 18-year-old student at Anacostia High School who was killed on Sunday afternoon, is remembered online.
- Dennis Kucinich, who owns a home close to Mayor Vince Gray’s in Hillcrest, “rather strenuously requested” the City Paper to remove his exact address — which is available via public records — due to “security concerns.” (Maybe it has something to do with that suit he filed against a congressional cafeteria?)
- The two Georgetown students who were busted for manufacturing DMT in their dorm room last year received probation and community service.
- How long will the shuttered historic Takoma Theatre stand? J. Freedom du Lac looks into the community drama.
- Donatelli Development has plans to build 300 apartments and a sports bar at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road NE.
- Did former principal Patrick Pope fudge the enrollment numbers at Hardy Middle School? GGW investigates.
- Virginia Representative Jim Moran (D) will introduce legislation instituting a federal bag tax on Earth Day — similar legislation didn’t pass last year, and we’re not expecting it to get very far this go round, either.
- Congratulations to the Washington Post’s Tim Carman on another James Beard Award nomination for food-related columns.
- Emeka Moneme, who once was Metro’s Chief Administrative Officer and formerly the Director of the District Department of Transportation, is now working as a lobbyist for MV Transportation, who has the contract to operate MetroAccess service.
- The Post shines a light on bike-to-rail commuters.
- It’s your sports injury roundup: Alexander Ovechkin will miss games due to an “undisclosed ailment” (uh oh), while Bryce Harper hurt his ankle.
- The Five Guys at Nats Park is closing its doors, reports Eater. In related news, lines for the stadium’s Ben’s outlets just got a lot longer.
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