Oh jeez. In a letter dated May 11 and directed to District CFO Natwar Gandhi, pictured at right, Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large) accused Gandhi of shortchanging the land cost assessment for a new Nationals stadium by $30 million — a number, which if true, would make the Southeast location too expensive for the city. Under legislation passed by the City Council in December, the cost of land acquisition, environmental assessments, and infrastructure development could…

The current issue of the MetroWeekly magazine has an interesting cover story detailing the impact of the proposed baseball stadium site in Southeast we first wrote about in December. The article examines the impact of the proposed stadium site, which would evict a number of businesses catering to the gay community: Ziegfeld’s. Secrets. Glorious Health and Amusement. The Follies. Club Baths. Heat. All lie just beyond the proposed right field. Just outside of the stadium’s…

Sick of all those email messages advertising cheap pharmaceuticals, or the phony messages from “Citibank” asking you to “confirm” your personal information? These emails would be illegal under legislation now being considered by the D.C. Council. D.C. Councilmember David Catania (I-At-Large) has introduced a bill, the “District of Columbia Spam Deterrence Act of 2005”, which would ban the sending of deceptive unsolicited commercial email messages or commercial spam without an unsubscribe feature in the District…

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…

With President Bush set to head north of the border in a state visit to Canada, a Canadian official has been advising Washington on a critical political issue. A Montreal city councilman has been in contact with District Council Chairman Linda Cropp regarding the Montreal Expos-now-Washington Nationals baseball team sending warning that D.C. should beware. The Post quotes a letter sent by Montreal’s Marvin Rotrand: MLB’s honeyed words are only calculated to open the public…