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Good morning, Washington. Are you ready for tourist season? The Examiner’s Alex Pappas reminds us that Washington’s “love-hate relationship with tourists has kicked into high gear” as spring breaks have yet again foisted the traveling masses upon the city of Washington. Pappas finds that though there are plenty of people willing to talk trash about tourists, there are some who refused to go on the record about it. (Sigh, really?) Of course, tourists, their lack of Metro escalator etiquette and the money they pump into the city are a fact of life for the District dweller. And as far as the complaining goes? Well, here at DCist, we find that most tourists usually do a decent enough job of speaking for themselves.

Presidential Plane Problem: Remember last week, when an air safety source told Post reporter Ashley Halsey III that “everybody knows it’s a matter of time [until a major accident happens], and I hope when that time comes we don’t look back on it and say, ‘Yeah, I guess we should have fixed that.’ ”? Those words proved nearly prophetic yesterday, when a plane carrying First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden flew too close to a 200-ton military cargo jet and had to abort its landing at Andrews Air Force Base. (The FAA admits that the air traffic controller on duty displayed “really bad controller technique.” Uh, you think?) With even the President’s wife not totally immune from controller issues, this editor has decided to play it like Vice President Joe Biden, and just stick to holding up trains while getting the VIP treatment from Amtrak.

Tax The Jocks: Several states around the country impose a tax on professional athletes who play there and visit for road games, and some on the D.C. Council want the cash-strapped District to join that group. The Times reports on Jack Evans’ (D-Ward 2) introduction of a bill to institute a “jock tax” that would bring in about $5 million per year to the city’s coffers. The problem? The Home Rule Act forbids the District from levying taxes on nonresidents. Evans’ plan is to have Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton amend the Act to allow for taxation of professional athletes — but we’ve got to be honest: doesn’t this sound like exactly the kind of political maneuver that some Congressperson who really likes sports and really hates taxes won’t hesitate to target?

Attacked New Beginnings Guard Speaks Out: The guard who was beaten during an escape by a teenager at the New Beginnings, Officer Sylvester Young, spoke to WUSA9 about the attack. Young told WUSA9 that “he couldn’t even get a chance to yell out, wasn’t nobody really around me to do that,” since security “only had one man on the other side of the unit.” Young also said that the facility needs to fix the doors to residents’ rooms so that they can be locked in.

Briefly Noted: D.C. retains right to sue Banneker Ventures…Handy: the Current’s special election voter guide…Vince Orange takes it on the chin from both the Post and the City Paper…Man found unconscious near Byrd Stadium in College Park…How spontaneous was Mayor Vince Gray’s arrest?…Eleanor Holmes Norton says that St. Elizabeth’s redevelopment still on track, despite budget cuts.

This Day in DCist: Today marks the one-year anniversary of the D.C. Council’s impeccably-timed approval of medical marijuana legalization; last year, we also had our first run in with Bendy, and the plug was officially pulled on the D.C. voting rights bill.