- Squee. Countersquee.
- It may take the Tune Inn ten weeks to get back on its feet, and it’ll certainly be closed for the foreseeable future — and as if that wasn’t enough, the bar’s owners were given a $200 ticket by the city for mixing recycling in the dumpsters behind the building.
- Mayor Vince Gray said that he’s found funding to increase enrollment in this year’s summer youth employment program by 4,000. (Think of all the 21-year-olds who will now be able to get temporary employment!)
- Remember when we told you that it would be legal for corporations to sponsor District parks? Well, in a sign of things to come, Marvin Gaye Park — owned by the federal government, but under D.C. control — will soon feature the shape of a peanut because Planters Nuts’ parent company Kraft Foods is sponsoring it Capitalism!
- D.C. teachers are getting a refresher on how to deal with questions from students about sex.
- A Virginia information technology contractor, currently in prison for bribing D.C. city officials, is seeking restitution from the city for the bills he legitimately racked up.
- Wizards draftee Jan Vesely, he of the draft night kiss, on Washington: “It’s a very beautiful city. I’m happy to be here…It looks like a European city. I like it. I like very much.” (We think we’ll like this guy.)
- The police department’s dirty laundry: looks like Hilton Burton, commander of the Department’s Special Operations Division, might be considering legal action against Chief Cathy Lanier over remarks she made about the Charlie Sheen escort kerfuffle.
- A group of MetroAccess customers are accusing the contractor that operates the service of exposing them to tuberculosis.
- Think 450 transit police officers isn’t enough? Back in 1997, there were only 286.
- Stephen Strasburg says he isn’t changing anything in his delivery. (We’ll go ahead and pencil that second Tommy John surgery for fall 2012, then?)
- Bike infrastructure: good for the economy!
- The Supreme Court is set to hear a case on whether or not the use of warrantless GPS use by D.C. police represents a warrantless search.
- Wondering why the lights were out at Friendship Heights this morning?
- Prince George’s County wants to crack down on home delivery of liquor, beer and wine. (Perhaps they should turn their vice war inwards first.)
- BeyondDC has an awesome list of all the major transit infrastructure projects currently in progress, including estimated dates of completion.
- Remember: there’s always someone to talk to.
Photo by McGhee Street Photography.
