After a first vote in late December, on Tuesday the D.C. Council gave final approval to a measure that doubles parking meter rates downtown from $1 to $2 an hour, reports WTOP’s Mark Segraves. The rate hikes will also hit other parts of town, though less so — expect to pay a quarter more an hour. District officials expect the hike to raise an additional $2 to $7 million a year, which will be…

Mayor Adrian Fenty has long been a health-nut, and his family has long owned local sports store Fleet Feet on Columbia Road NW. But if you mix the two, what do you get? A pack of angry Republicans. Today we received a press release from the D.C. Republican Committee decrying Fenty’s choice of apparel in a new ad to promote the District. The ad, part of a new $2 million branding campaign launched by the…