Members of the D.C. Council aren’t the types to stand up to double-parking churchgoers — spare Jack Evans, whose ward includes Logan Circle and Shaw, a majority of the members of the council are backing D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ plan to delay parking enforcement until August, reports the Washington Times. Members of the council exempted themselves from most of the city’s parking regulations while on official business in July 2002. Mixed Results for Immigrant Boycott:…

The new stadium for the Washington Nationals often provokes heated debate — Who will pay for it? What will it look like? Which way will it face? How many women’s restrooms will it have? Yes, this last question has been asked. The Washington Times is reporting that John Banzhaf, a public interest law professor at George Washington University famous for suing fast food restaurants and tobacco companies, has written a letter to the City Council…

August came and went, the Nats inaugural season is coming to an end, yet no developments have come in the long-running bidding war for the ownership of the team. Last we checked, eight contenders were in the running, and bids as high as $450 million were rumored. Since then, silence. Until now. Conflicting information exists regarding how many bidding groups are still in the running (ESPN’s Peter Gammons says it’s down to three, the Post…

Today D.C. socialite bloggers awake facing less competition, the city has its first official mayoral candidacy announcement, and a friend of DCist speaks about his experiences as a journalist in Iraq. Plus it’s looking to be beautiful outside. At left is the New River Gorge Bridge, the world’s second-longest and country’s second highest single-arch bridge, one of the highlights of this DCist’s recent visit to West Virginia. Northern Virginia Group Bidding for Nats: The Post…