The Mid-Atlantic AAA today apologized for calling a local transit advocate “retarded” and comparing him to a Klansman. The apology was, well, pretty weak.

The building that housed both the Washington City Paper and WPFW will be razed within the next few weeks, leaving both outlets searching for new homes.

Just like the Post before it, the City Paper has jumped on board with Sekou Biddle, Muriel Bowser and Jacque Patterson in the April 3 D.C. primary.

Occupy D.C. caused a bit of a headache last night for organizers of a march supporting victims of recent anti-gay hate crimes. And then the group interrupted a City Paper-sponsored debate for a Council seat.

On the eve of the Redskins’ season-opener, owner Dan Snyder dismissed his lawsuit against Washington City Paper and writer Dave McKenna over “The Cranky Redskins Fan’s Guide to Dan Snyder,” which the paper published on November 19, 2010.

The American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation’s Capital, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh and several media outlets, including National Public Radio, Allbritton Communications and WUSA9, have filed an amicus brief calling for the dismissal of Redskins owner Dan Snyder’s lawsuit against Washington City Paper and writer Dave McKenna regarding claims made in McKenna’s “Cranky Redskins Fan’s Guide to Dan Snyder”. And it’s really good.

Yesterday, the Washington City Paper filed an affidavit requesting the dismissal of Dan Snyder’s lawsuit against the newspaper and reporter Dave McKenna under a new D.C. law which prohibits “strategic lawsuits against public participation,” or SLAPP.

Dan Snyder thinks Dave McKenna needs to “grow up.” That’s according to words the R******* owner used during a pair of interviews conducted with NBC4 and Fox 5/WTTG last night.

When the story first broke that Dan Snyder was considering taking legal action against the ownership of the Washington City Paper, there were a scattered few who wondered whether Snyder was pursuing the suit as some sort of perverse publicity stunt. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, I know. But, think about it: we have been talking a whole lot about Dan Snyder in the last couple of weeks — and a piece today by new WaPo sports columnist Jason Reid lends at least a little credence to the theory.

Late on Friday, the Washington City Paper established a legal defense fund in response to a lawsuit brought against their parent company by Redskins owner Dan Snyder — and thus far, it is growing rapidly. According to the City Paper, “more than 300” people had donated to the campaign as of last night, while “nearly 500…have sent us messages of support.”