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>> Natitude has washed over D.C., but not all of it. To many residents of Buzzard Point, the construction of Nationals Park has not brought the economic boost team and District officials promised, the Post reports. Some have gotten seasonal work with the Nats, but others see the luxury apartment buildings that have gone up near the stadium as a sign their needs are being ignored.

>> Virginia is gaining more and more control of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority—a trend that favors Republicans—and D.C. Mayor Vince Gray is going along with it, Loose Lips writes. While a recent compromise between the District, Virginia and Maryland will add four more members to the MWAA board, Virginia gets two of those seats. And despite some nightmarish publicity for the board members, recent MWAA decisions have tended to go Virginia’s way.

>> Sometimes, sudden police encounters with dogs end in canines being shot to death. This is not one of those times. The other night, a lost pit bull wandered to the intersection of 42nd Street and Benning Road NE, spotted a Metropolitan Police Department cruiser and hopped in the open window, The Washington Examiner reports. She began to lick the officer’s face; he burst into laughter and took the dog to the Washington Humane Society.

Briefly Noted: D.C. Housing Authority might close waiting list. … D.C. workers’ unions oppose commuter tax. … Lanier to possibly take the stand in mass-arrest case. … Silver Spring man severely beaten outside his home. … Big payday for lawyers at Pepco.

This Day in DCist: Last year, then-new Occupy D.C. protesters said they would decide on the direction their movement would take. In 2010, Adrian Fenty froze out government hiring.