- Activists rallied at the Wilson Building this morning to protest the sluggish pace at which the District is installing its medical marijuana program. (Don’t worry, there was plenty of weed for everyone.) [WaTimes, @timcraigpost]
- Metro’s planning on replacing all the escalators at the Bethesda station — but not until 2014. [WMATA]
- For some reason, people around here are pretty happy. (Eh, it’s probably the booze.) [Housing Complex]
- The fact that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has to remind people not to leave children inside hot cars is pretty sad. [WaPo]
- WMATA sold three Florida Avenue NW parcels between 7th and 9th Streets NW to JBG for over $10 million; the developer is planning a big mixed-use project. [WBJ]
- Drama inside the Washington Teachers’ Union: President Nathan Saunders suspended one of his deputies, Candi Peterson, for “failure to perform”; Peterson claims Saunders “verbally abused her” and talked to her like how you would talk to a dog.” [Examiner]
- Political consultant Peter Rosenstein argues that the District should dig deeper when it comes time to elect its attorney general in 2014. [Georgetown Dish]
- If this whole debt thing doesn’t work itself out, add Dulles rail to the list of possible casualties. [Examiner]
- Eleanor Holmes Norton went to bat for furloughed FAA workers today. [Norton press release]
- George Washington University gets Zoning Commission go-ahead on enormous science building. [G.W. Hatchet]
- Michelle Rhee’s a risk taker. [Bloomberg]
- A vision of D.C. Walmarts-to-be? [wire report]
- So does the Nationals’ “curly W” logo count as one character, or what? [JDLand]
- Matt Stairs: Professional Hitter No More. [Nats Insider]
- Since Jason Linkins says that its time to pass the torch on the annual skewering of The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful People list, I guess we’ll have to settle for this. [The Hill/Wonkette]
Photo by Lindeberg Feller.
