Sep 23, 2009
Disabled Segway Riders Can Now Ride on the Sidewalk
Photo by Burnt Couch Did you know that Segway riders are banned from riding on sidewalks within the Central Business District? What about that some small fraction of disabled people regularly ride Segways? These are the true and exciting facts that can be learned from this Examiner story today on a little bit of D.C. Council business that went down yesterday. See, it turns out that Miles Groves, the president of the Downtown Neighborhood…
Dec 11, 2008
Kwame Brown Testing Inaugural Bar Hours on New Blog
At-large D.C. Council member Kwame Brown (D) has just started a new blog dedicated to issues surrounding the presidential inauguration. His first (and so far, only) post concerns the D.C. Council’s decision to keep bars and restaurants open 24 hours and allow liquor sales until 5 a.m., and asks the question: “Do you think DC should reverse the legislation or keep the law as it stands?” Sounds like Kwame Brown is definitely one of the…