The city says it will prioritize proposals that honor the legacies of late D.C. mayor Marion Barry Jr. and civil rights activist Frank Reeves.

Today will be mostly sunny earlier becoming partly cloudy, with highs around 80. Yes, folks – you read right – 80! The photo to the right was submitted to DCist Photos by Jim Tucker via Flickr. Spring is Here: For the Post’s Fritz Hahn, this can only mean one thing: “Temperatures are climbing into the 70s. The sun sets after 7:30. It’s time to move happy hour outside.” With the city’s plant life coming alive,…

Name Games in the Wilson Building: Former Mayor Marion Barry will remain Mayor Barry to Mayor Williams but Linda Cropp isn’t playing. Confused? The Post reports that Ward 8’s new councilman, former Mayor Marion Barry wants to retain his old title for the sake of protocol. Officially, Barry wants to be known as “Mayor-Councilman Barry,” which is naturally shortened to “Mayor” as under traditions of protocol, Barry’s highest title would be the defacto title. While…

Barry: I Will Fight Baseball: Former Mayor Marion Barry, poised to retake his old Anacostia ward seat on the D.C. City Council, said even if the current councilmembers ink a deal with Major League Baseball to publicly finance a new stadium, he will do what he can to foil the plan when he officially takes office next year. Barry says that with the incoming council there are enough anti-baseball votes to repeal any new business…

Get ready, because the D.C. City Council just got a bit more interesting. Former Mayor Marion Barry, scorned by most of the nation but a cult hero to Anacostia, trounced current Councilmember Sandy Allen, 61 percent to 23 percent (16 percent went to other candidates) to recapture his old Ward 8 seat. As Barry’s political stock soared, Harold Brazil, an at-large councilmember, tanked. Plaged by corruption allegations and confronted by a strong newcomer, Kwame Brown,…