Good morning, Washington. What’s happening on the semi-cloudy Tuesday morning? Well, it looks like D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams has come up with a solution to the above-ground/underground parking issue for the new stadium: combining the two options! A meeting will be held this morning to discuss the issue. And it seems that area utility crews spent much of last night trying to bring power back to thousands of area residents after yesterday’s storm. As many…

In a media-heavy city like Washington, one might pay heed to the Chicago Tribune’s story from yesterday afternoon announcing that a senior law enforcement official told ABC News, “It’s time for you to get some new cell phones, quick,” in reference to the government’s tracking of calls with whistleblowers and other confidential sources. Makes you wish that Qwest expanded their service to the news media, if not the entire country, right? Williams Endorses Cropp:…

Good morning, Washington. Please ignore the still budding trees — summer is here. Today, highs will head into the 80s and Wednesday, it’ll approach 90, according to a number of forecasts. Capital Weather notes that one thing will be missing: significant humidity. Sounds like perfect weather for an excursion to Theodore Roosevelt Island, where this photo, taken by Matt Billings and posted in DCist Photos via Flickr, was shot from. Judge Says D.C. Can Ban…

We know that the drama of baseball stadium financing is so 2004, but don’t forget there are a few loose ends to tie up on the stadium deal. Particularly among them is D.C. Council Chairman Linda Cropp’s desire to attract private financing to build the new South Capitol Street stadium in order to lessen the burden on the District. The city has been receiving and is now reviewing a number of proposals from private interests….

With the Inauguration a little more than a week away, D.C. Council Chairman Linda Cropp is sending a bill to Mayor Anthony Williams for approval that would strengthen the rights of protesters in the District. From the Post: The bill sets crowd control standards for police that prohibit preemptive actions, including using police lines to encircle and trap demonstrators and using wrist-to-ankle restraints on nonviolent demonstrators. From the Post’s brief on the Council move, it…

New Councilmembers Protest Cropp Plan, Then Quiet Down: An incoming at-large councilmember and two ward councilmembers from Southeast voiced their opposition to a plan being pushed by D.C. Council Chairman Linda Cropp on how to assign committee chairmanship on the council. The three councilmembers, including former Mayor Marion Barry of Ward 8 (at right), complained that they were being denied committee chairmanships traditionally passed out to all the D.C. Council’s 13 members. The Post notes…

The past week in Washington has been dominated by on story: Baseball. The fate of the Washington Nationals, now endangered by D.C. Council Chairman Linda Cropp, is now in doubt as the intersection of corporate money, an angry electorate, and politicians looking after their legacies became a perfect train wreck of ambition. What can we say that hasn’t already been said about baseball in D.C.? So, we’ll sum up by simply saying “Baseball, yadda, blah…

Joan of Arc, seen here at her perch in Meridian Hill Park (in this photo taken by DCist contributing photographer Grayson Shepard) has witnessed many political battles take place in the District of Columbia over many decades, but one perhaps not as poisonous as the recent baseball stadium drama that has unfolded before us this past fall. With Major League Baseball officials seemingly ready to give up on the dream of bringing America’s game…

Now that possibility exists that the Washington Nationals could make a brief stop-over in the nation’s capital and then move to “far-flung” places (as the Post puts it in today’s Sports section) like northern New Jersey or Las Vegas, DCist wants to ask you what you think. Observing the District’s process of luring Major League baseball back to the nation’s capital and then threatening the future of baseball by throwing in a Council amendment that…

Even though Mayor Anthony Williams will decided within the next month whether to seek a third term in advance of the 2006 city elections, a number of others have been exploring the possibility of running, even if the bow-tied Williams opts to run again. The Post takes a look at the exploratory efforts, who may run, and why Williams may be vulnerable if he runs again. American University professor James Raskin tells the Post that…