- Remember Mayor Vince Gray’s whole “build at Skyland, or don’t build at all” Walmart ultimatum? Yeah, he was just joshing, says deputy mayor for planning and economic development Victor L. Hoskins. (Uh-huh.) While in Vegas, Gray and his team also met with “Safeway, CVS, Wegmans, Kohl’s Department Stores, AMC Theatres, Under Armour and Darden Restaurant Group, operator of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Seasons 52 and other concepts,” as well as Starbucks and 7-Eleven.
- One of the juveniles who was killed during a rash of gun violence last night was 15-year-old Isaiah Harris; Harris is the youngest homicide victim in the District this year.
- Today in NIMBYism: a new diner in Columbia Heights would feature “a capacity of 1/4 of a thousand inside.” As Prince of Petworth notes, “why not just go full hog and say a tenth of 2,500!!! Or even better a 1/100th of 25,000!”
- Who wants to explain to Dan Snyder and his legal team how blogging works?
- DCMud reports on Alexandria’s plans to improve connectivity and increase foot traffic between Old Town and the Potomac waterfront.
- Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier is facing accusations that she treats male and female officers differently when it comes to discipline.
- Washington is one of only two cities measured by the Case-Shiller index which experienced rising home costs from February to March.
- Got some fireworks you’d like to sell? Here’s how.
- Yahoo! says that, despite all our options, D.C. is a second-tier burger town.
- A man who committed a brazen daytime robbery in Trinidad last May was sentenced to 17 years in prison today.
- Did your garbage get picked up earlier than usual today? Yup, that was on purpose.
- The driver of a bus which overturned along Interstate 95 this morning, killing four people, was charged with reckless driving. Police believe driver fatigue might have been a factor in the accident.
- Not to sound too cynical: but does anyone want to take bets on when new Metro chief spokesperson Dan Stessel’s optimism will run dry?
- Alex Baca has the list of words that will cause an email to the city government to bounce back. They’re on to that whole replacing “i” with “1” tactic, guys.
Photo by Matt.Dunn.
