- We’ve highlighted a couple today, but DCist Flickr pool contributor thisisbossi has uploaded a whole bunch of really fantastic photographs taken during yesterday’s protest arrests — check ’em out, if you get the chance.
- D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown tells the Washington Business Journal about his arrest; Brown apparently knew one of the arresting officers: “I knew one of the guys and his family and he had a smile on his face the whole time because he really understood what we were doing and appreciated it even though he still had to lock everyone up.”
- The Washington City Paper, NBC4, and WPFW’s DC Politics show will host an at-large Council candidate forum this evening at the Black Cat. Doors open at 7 p.m. — should be a good one.
- Hmm, looks like UDC President Allen Sessoms might be back in trouble over his expensive travel habits.
- A draft report shows that the city’s Department of Public Works has not abided by rules regarding fuel efficiency standards and SUV procurement while managing its vehicle fleet over the last several years.
- The Times profiles Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth, who will face his old team, the Phillies, for the first time since joining the Nats tonight.
- The $50 fines paid by those arrested last night go into a pot for victim compensation.
- Live in Alexandria? Ride the bus? If so, then here’s the pilot program for you.
- TBD hypothesizes how the District would mess with other jurisdictions, if the tables were turned. (One suggestion: Sulaimon Brown gets job as Harry Reid’s campaign director.)
- DDOT installed some new Capital Bikeshare docks around downtown this morning.
- Councilmember Michael A. Brown will make an appearance on The O’Reilly Factor tonight, which sounds like it could be interesting.
- The richest county in the country is a city.
Photo by ekelly80.
