By DCist Contributor Ryan J. Reilly A high-school gymnasium was the perfect forum for a town hall meeting on health care reform hosted by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) in Reston last night, which at times took on the atmosphere of a match between bitter rivals. Howard Dean’s appearance attracted crowds on both sides of the debate, a large pool of local and national media as well as vocal protesters vying for their attention. Moran and…
Ralph Baer will take us on a trip in the way back machine Saturday morning at the American History Museum. DCist’s guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area While lectures would be the perfect thing to give us some air conditioned entertainment during this sweltering month of August, unfortunately there just aren’t many scheduled. Not to worry though, because Omarosa and Howard Dean are both in town on Thursday, and they’ll surely…
The Post’s David Nakamura reports that Mayor Adrian Fenty plans to endorse Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. An official announcement has yet to come, but the actions of Fenty adviser Jim Hudson, who organized a fundraiser for Obama, suggest the mayor looks set to get behind the Illinois senator’s campaign. Hudson collected $600,000 and endorsements from some of the mayor’s more loyal D.C. Council members: Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4)…
As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq’s and vacations to holidays and the realization that ’06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it that made that makes the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it’s beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned. They…
Print media has once again legitimized the blog world by grabbing one of our own. Garrett Graff, editor of Fishbowl DC, announced today that he’ll be scaling back his duties at the Mediabistro blog to take over as editor-at-large of the Washingtonian. Graff will be taking over for the now retired Chuck Conconi, who was at Washingtonian for 13 years. Graff has been on the blogwagon for some time, moving from the 2004 Howard Dean…
We logged on our work computer first thing this morning to an email from Mayor Williams’ Director of Communications, Vincent Morris, with the subject line “fyi.” What, we wondered, could he be emailing us about? Gunning for Grass’s job? Thoughts on kickball? Sending us his pics from Unbuckled? Nope. The message was far more boring — or, depending on your point of view, a statement about our esteemed mayor:MAYOR WILL RIDE METRO TODAY, INSPECT SAFETY…
Evans to Hold Hearings on Stadium Financing: The D.C. City Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue, chaired by Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), pictured at right, is taking in testimony on financing arrangements for a new Nationals baseball stadium today and Monday, May 16. Today’s session will feature D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, District CFO Natwar Gandhi, and eight groups that submitted private financing proposals for the stadium. Monday’s session, slated to begin at noon, will include…
(Image of the intersection of Howard Avenue and Dean Street in Brooklyn, from the archives of Satan’s Laundromat.) We turn our attention to Howard Dean, newly ensconced as head of the DNC and looking to revive a party that, with the exception of a trio of tenants in the Mass Court Building in Chinatown, has had precious little to crow about of late. Dean, having lately made the rounds of the various Democratic Party…
Good morning, Washington. The weather today is supposed to be frigidly chilly this morning with temperatures later rising into the 40s, according to Capital Weather. Drew McDermott’s recent photo of the Virginia Square metrorail station entrance seems timely considering this morning’s first item … A Transit Surplus and a Rate Hike?: Thanks to a 4 percent increase in subway ridership and a 10 percent increase in bus ridership, WMATA officials have gleefully announced they…
At an event that seemed at times more like a candidate rally than a celebration for achieving a party position, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean thanked supporters near Union Station today, pledging an unconventional tenure as head of the Democratic Party. Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont also made a brief appearance. The organization Dean founded, Democracy for America, has more photos and information. Click beyond the jump for more photos….