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- Martin O’Malley wants Maryland to install a 15-cent gas tax increase. Good luck with that, Governor! [WaPo]
- A concise rundown by our good friend Sommer Mathis on why people are so upset about Pete Piringer being removed from D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter detail. [The Atlantic Cities]
- Michelle Rhee: what’s different one year after she left? [WaPo]
- Council Chair Kwame Brown’s ten-year-old daughter fired up the crowd at Saturday’s voting rights rally and march. [Informer]
- Your super handy flow chart for the investigation into the Gray administration. [WaPo]
- Would you be willing to trade a fare hike for the ability to use credit cards in all D.C. cabs? [DeBonis]
- Local gang members get 32 years in jail for killing rival in traffic jam at North Capitol and R Streets. [Examiner]
- Why stories like Grassgate matter. [Yglesias]
- The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority needs to be more transparent, say critics. [Examiner]
- Bring on the federal transit funding! [Dr. Gridlock]
- Meatballs: the new cupcakes, I suppose. [Eater]
- What gives, Greenland? [WJLA]
- What are alt-weeklies rebelling against these days? [Romenesko]
- BREAKING: tired gimmick can’t sell huge, expensive house during housing downturn. [WTOP]
- No matter how bleak the economy, people will always need Halloween costumes. [Capital Business]
- Herman Cain really likes pizza, guys. (Perhaps he should check out this place next time he’s in town?) [City Desk/Young & Hungry]
- Pinpointing the similarities between Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign and Occupy D.C. [The Awl]