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Good morning, Washington. If’you’ve been following the Post’s excellent series the past few days on the lives of the “Seat Pleasant 59″—a group of Prince George’s fifth-graders who in 1988 were promised college tuition by two wealthy businessmen—today brings the third and final installment. The paths followed by Darone Robinson and his classmates really is one of the best things the Post has done in a long time.
Annals of Transparency: Despite all the construction and pedestrian inconvenience currently underway at Union Station, there’s been no public input on the project, Housing Complex says. Union Station officials expressed some big dreams in Lydia DePillis’ City Paper cover story on the station last month, but in yesterday’s post, she argues that Union stations in other cities—Los Angeles and Chicago, most visibly—are will have better renovation plans by incorporating public comments.
Boston Globe to Run Cupcake Trend Piece Next Spring: Who says Crumbs and Magnolia are the only ones who can purvey their cupcake nonsense beyond the borders of their home city? Georgetown Cupcakes just took space in Boston’s Back Bay shopping district with an expected opening sometime next spring, Washington Business Journal reports. So a few months from now, if you find yourself in Boston wondering what that long queue of well-heeled Brahmins and day-trippers in Tom Brady jerseys is doing, now you know.
Minority Report: Bert Ely is as mad as ever with proposals to develop the Alexandria waterfront. In the Post today, Ely, a well-known financial analyst and longtime Old Town resident, is dropping bombs on city officials and his citizens’ working group alike. Though the working group supports building up the waterfront—provided eminent domain is not invoked—Ely says he’s issuing a “minority report.” Of Ely, another panel member tells the Post, “This is not the Supreme Court.”
Briefly Noted: Ethics vote today in the District Council isn’t going to be awkward at all … Grilling with Ginsburg had to be one of the rejected titles, right? … Wal-Mart itching to begin Georgia Avenue construction … Much Ado About Nothing: Das Racist? … More Occupy arrests, this time at White House.
This Day in DCist: In 2010, WMATA undertook a subversive marketing campaign so under-the-radar I don’t remember ever seeing it, and Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh broke her arm. In 2009, Michelle Rhee turned down a hefty bonus, and CNN said snowball-throwers shot first.
