- The New York Times corrected their “H Street NE is in Northwest” error from their piece on D.C. gentrification. (Of course, if they just would have included quadrants in the story to begin with, they probably could have avoided the correction.) [NYT]
- Predictions of doom from an unnamed D.C. councilmember: “[The committee change] is going to send the council into a deep slide,” said one council member whose committee was not touched by the shuffle. “You will see it fracture and it will be most noticeable when something controversial comes along and there’s no real leadership. [Examiner]
- Speaking of the Council, Georgetown Patch thinks Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh “says all the right things and has all the right friends on the D.C. Council.” (She also likes animal shelters, apparently.) [Patch/Examiner]
- A District police officer who has been fired and rehired five times has been reinstated yet again by an arbitrator. [WaTimes]
- The federal probe into Prince George’s County corruption has snagged another developer. [WaPo]
- New D.C. WMATA board representative, Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser, says she’ll try and ride the Metro more, now that she’s on the board. [Examiner]
- Adams Morgan crowds are apparently “out of control,” now. Alrighty then. [NBCWashington]
- The Washington Post apparently discovered mambo sauce over the weekend. [WaPo]
- A couple Congressmembers are buying houses in D.C. [Housing Complex]
- Playboy says Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club is one of America’s greatest late night bars. [WaPo]
- Thomas Friedman thinks Metro — specifically why it’s taking so long to fix the Metro escalators at Betheda — is an example of how America is falling behind. [TBD On Foot]
- National Night Out is on August 2 this year. [MPD]
- Little known fact: the foundation of the building will be constructed with beams made of melted down .44 Magnums. [AP]
- Will the Nats be big sellers at the trade deadline? Other teams appear to think so. [Yardbarker]
- The newest Busboys and Poets at 5331 Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville, Maryland opens for business today. [Busboys]
- Wait, we’re still talking about these people? [WJLA]
- Allow me a personal indulgence, for I cannot see a new Gay Talese piece and not link to it, even if it is sitting behind a paywall. [New Yorker]
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