Photo by Matt.Dunn.

Good morning, Washington. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that the District of Columbia has only been governing itself for a few decades — when it comes to municipal government, we’re relative novices. That said, the read of the morning has to be Alan Suderman’s look at the District’s “trio of legacy legislators” — Council Chair Kwame Brown and Councilmembers Michael A. Brown and Harry Thomas, Jr. — and how the second generation of D.C. politicians is, for better or worse, sculpting the city’s political legacy. There’s some good stuff in there about people like Marshall Brown (Kwame’s dad), Ron Brown (Michael’s dad) and Harry Thomas (duh), but in the end, Suderman surmises, the current reign of the family name might not lead to a long-term dynasty. “Leaving aside the ideological differences between often affluent newcomers and the black middle-class voters who dominated the first four decades of home rule, newcomers just don’t know the history that might make them admire a family name,” he writes.

Mayor’s Office Disavows Stadium Club Owner: The key players involved in the lawsuit involving the Stadium Club and the alleged misspending of money supposed to be spent on housing for people with HIV/AIDS aren’t talking — but the mayor’s office is. Last night, Gray spokesperson Doxie McCoy told WUSA9 that Cornell Jones — the founder the organization being sued by the city over the spending of the funds and a once-notorious drug kingpin who has been featured on a television program called American Gangster — had “nothing to do with the Mayor’s campaign,” although Gray did speak at a picnic organized by Jones while campaigning.

Pobody’s Blerfect: In the midst of a battle over a paraphrased quote on the side of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the Post’s Elizabeth Flock points out that there’s plenty of other examples of similar screw-ups on American monuments. The Jefferson Memorial, for example, features a mix up of “inalienable” and “unalienable,” and there are 38 names etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial representing people who actually didn’t die in the conflict.

Another Aftershock: Are occasional aftershocks going to become a fixture around the region after last week’s earthquake? Last night, a 3.4 magnitude shake was felt in Virginia, one of about a dozen which have occurred in the last few days.

Briefly Noted: DCist senior editor Martin Austermuhle invades the pages of the City Paper…National Park Service could take some lessons from the District Department of Parks and Recreation when it comes to responsiveness…Police investigate stabbing at Benning Road and G Street SE…City administrator Allen Lew joining board of D.C. Water…Wizards/Caps owner Ted Leonsis is very high on the Nationals…Nothing says heavy metal like a defamation lawsuit.

This Day in DCist: Last year, we were glued to a hostage situation inside the Discovery Channel’s headquarters in Silver Spring.