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>> D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) told his former campaign treasurer to take payments from the campaign’s account and hide the payments, the treasurer’s lawyer tells the Post. That accusation seems to run counter to Brown’s approach to his campaign finances; in July he announced that money had been stolen from his campaign’s coffers and that he would take direct control of finances.

>> Pepco’s unionized employees are set to vote tomorrow on whether to accept a new labor contract with the power company or go on strike, WAMU reports. Or, if the contract is rejected and workers decline to strike, Pepco could simply lock them out. And as we’ve been learning from the NFL, scabs aren’t the greatest performers.

>> Joy Bricker, the Falls Church woman who lived at an extended-stay hotel in the Northern Virginia city for a decade before moving out last year, died earlier this month at age 80, the Post’s John Kelly writes. But life in Upstate New York after checking out didn’t suit her, so in the last few months before her death, Bricker checked back into the hotel.

Briefly Noted: D.C. police looking for man who assaulted and robbed transgender woman. … DDOT finally fixing up that messed-up intersection near 9:30 Club. … SAT scores in Montgomery and Fairfax counties buck the national trend. … Nationals’ magic number drops to five after trouncing Milwaukee. … Robert Griffin III is “speechless” after last night’s Seattle Screwjob.

This Day in DCist: Last year, the Virginia State Board of Education fixed two history textbooks that were basically researched on Wikipedia. In 2009, Metro stayed open late for a U2 concert. Even though everyone thought No Line on the Horizon sucked, Metro stayed open! Do you get where we’re going with this?