Standing before a throng of activists and same-sex couples at the All Souls Unitarian Church in D.C.’s Ward 1, Mayor Adrian Fenty made history on Friday morning when he signed the city’s marriage equality legislation into law. “We’ve set the tone for other jurisdictions to follow in creating an open and inclusive city,” Fenty said. The D.C. Council voted to approve the bill on Tuesday. Fenty was joined at the signing by Council Chairman Vince…

Photo by thepostalservice Organizers of the Giro d’Italia met with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty yesterday to discuss plans to bring one of professional cycling’s most prestigious events to the streets of the District, as The New York Times reports. While the meeting seems to make it more likely that the bicycle race will make it stateside in 2012 — not 2011 as we had originally heard — head race organizer Angelo Zomegnan offered cautious…