Martin Austermuhle
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- This week, a cat announced its intention to run for an open Virginia Senate seat, a local songwriter wrote a tune commemorating the 42 bus, NBC4’s Jim Vance weighed in on the Redskins’ name (hint: he doesn’t like it), the Virginia Senate killed an HPV vaccine repeal, and Occupy D.C. returned, this time targeting Freddie Mac.
- A University of Virginia football player joined a hunger strike for university workers, Ray LaHood revealed his brand of roadway vigilantism, the D.C. Council moved on legislation that would force food trucks to pay sales taxes, new images of the proposed Eisenhower Memorial did little to silence criticism, and the recall of a Ward 4 ANC commissioner was too close to call.
- The Prince George’s County Council endorsed D.C. statehood, the D.C. Council moved on legislation that would make registering a gun in D.C. easier, Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) took to Facebook to denounce a spoof Twitter account in his name, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, and D.C. celebrated Repeal Day.
- The National Park Service announced the peak bloom period for the cherry blossoms (it’s March 24-31), a Virginia bill to allow home-schooled students to play on public school sports teams failed, Mayor Vince Gray committed to meeting with Capitol Hill residents over a proposed training facility for the Washington Redskins, and a cyclist hit by a truck at 11th and U Streets NW was ticketed for running a red light and not wearing a helmet.
- Feastly entered the city’s food scene, the District’s medical marijuana faced more obstacles, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor added his name to the list of Republicans that (kinda) support D.C. budget autonomy, and the reporter who caught one of Andrew Breitbart’s last outbursts reflected on the right-wing icon’s death.
