Martin Austermuhle
Photo by hortonmp3
- How are we doing in Give to the Max Day? Pretty great, all told. As of mid-afternoon, close to 10,000 donors had given over $1 million in donations to area non-profits, with D.C. residents accounting for half of that. You can give until midnight! [Give to the Max]
- Pretty sure this formal policy statement prohibiting recording devices in D.C. Superior Court is my fault — I recently got caught with an audio recorder. [BLT]
- In which D.C. zoning regulators talk sexy. [Housing Complex]
- Secret Service face palm. [@hgil]
- A firefighter who was seriously injured while fighting a fire in April returned to work today. [Examiner]
- Will Metro ever officially allow us to be impatient? [Gothamist]
- Speaking of, there are two obvious ways to delay Metro — sickness and suicide. [TBD On Foot]
- Over the last two years, D.C. police have arrested over 3,400 drivers for having expired registrations, but only 256 were held in jail. [WJLA]
- Checklist for any aspiring candidates in the District. [GGW]
- The Rock and Roll Hotel is getting a roof deck, right in time for…winter? [PoP]
- Rob a bank on U Street, and MPD will get you. [@DCPoliceDept]
- Metro workers helped search for a $12,000 engagement ring lost on a Metro escalator. [NBC4]
- More thoughts on Fiona Greig’s abrupt departure from the Ward 2 D.C. Council race. [Georgetown Dish]
- D.C. wants more filmmakers to use the city as a backdrop. [D.C. Film Office]
- Virginia-based consulting firm to handle Joe Paterno’s media engagements from now on. [@ScottPaterno]
