A statement from the mayor’s office reads, “We also thank Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio for his years of service to the District as he transitions to the private sector.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser said it was a “mutual” decision to part ways with Geldart, who has been embroiled in a scandal over the past week.

WTOP’s Mark Segraves got a hold of a partial list of the folks who’ve been receiving tickets to use the city’s free luxury box in the Verizon Center — the one that the D.C. Council is so miffed they’re being boxed out of — and there’s some fun tidbits he discovered.Most of those invited to D.C.’s Luxury Suite at the Verizon Center by Fenty either contributed the maximum $2,000 to Fenty’s campaign or worked on…

Now that the gloves have come off in the relationship between the D.C. Council and Mayor Adrian Fenty, it’s apparently time for more of their amusingly petty disagreements to become public. The Post has a hilarious story in today’s District Extra about a brewing battle over exactly how the city’s allotment of free Wizards tickets will be distributed. Turns out last week the mayor’s office slyly attempted to pick up all 24 tickets for the…

Last week, the Fenty administration announced an aggressive plan calling for the closure of 24 schools within the District of Columbia Public Schools system. Parents and concerned members of the community are now being invited to attend a series of public meetings where they can raise concerns directly with Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso. We’ve posted the full schedule below. Wards 1, 2 & 6: *Monday, Dec. 10 from…

Good morning, Washington. The pernicious effects of this year’s drought could continue to haunt the region during next year’s holiday season, according to WTOP. Turns out that young Christmas trees and seedlings being grown in Maryland and Virginia were especially affected by the lack of rainfall, meaning that thousands of area children could suffer the indignity of having to make due with a sub-par decorative plant with which to entice entice Santa to leave them…

Mayor Adrian Fenty, Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso announced their plans to “right-size” D.C. public school system today that will include the simultaneous closure of 24 schools. School closures have been high on the to-do list for several years now as student enrollment has dropped from 55,000 to an estimated 49,600 students this school year. The new school closure plan differs from a previous one offered by former Superintendent…

Good morning, Washington. More news today on the Virginia abusive driver’s fees front, this time even closer to home. Arlington residents will be cheered to hear that an Arlington County General District Court judge has ruled that Virginia’s abusive-driver fees are unconstitutional. Judge Dorothy H. Clarke is the fourth District Court judge in Virginia to make such a ruling, but the first one in Northern Virginia. Naturally, the state will appeal the decision, and this…

Cultural Tourism DC’s free WalkingTown DC event this Saturday, Sept. 29 has a walking tour for everyone, but one of the tours that most interests us is the “What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye Park” tour, led by volunteer Steve Coleman and presented by the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. From 10 to 11:30 a.m., participants will have the opportunity to follow the path of famed soul singer Marvin Gaye’s early life growing up…

Written by DCist contributor Jesse Kaye T-21 days. The countdown is on for what may determine the fate of a large part of Southeast D.C. October 19 is the date set by the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development when all RFEI’s, or requests for expressions of interest, are due — and the date by which we ought to finally have an idea of what will happen to Poplar Point. A year ago, the…