My, that was fast. After Adrian Fenty overwhelmingly won the Democratic mayoral primary, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, who had long endorsed Cropp and actively warned of the dangers of a Fenty victory, seemed to accept the defeat gracefully. He promised Fenty the necessary funds for a transition team, appeared alongside Fenty at a Capitol Hill hearing on D.C. voting rights, and even submitted legislation giving Fenty a hefty raise. But today WTOP reports that the…

It was just last week that the D.C. Council jumped to action, passing emergency legislation demanded by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams to deal with the recent jump in violent in crime. Among the measures passed was a stricter curfew on juveniles, forcing them to be home by 10 p.m. or face a night in a holding center (think glorified detention hall). Yesterday Williams announced that Monday, July 31 would mark the start of the new…

The Post, Examiner, and Washington Times are all reporting on yesterday’s hearing before the City Council on a lease for a new stadium for the Washington Nationals. Beyond the substance of the hearing, which featured the regular cast of characters playing their expected roles, DCist has these observations to make: MLB: Hasn’t yet learned its lesson. Every time the league has threatened or spoken down to the council (which, at this point is many times),…