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Time to put on your bow ties and ball gowns, because it’s inaugural season — at least it is here in D.C., where Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty is planning on holding an inaugural ball January 2. And guess what? You’re invited! Yes, you. I know; we feel special too. Starting today at 9 a.m. and going till 6 p.m., free tickets to the inaugural ball will be handed out in the rear lobby of the Frank…

>> As you’ve all no doubt heard, we’re all Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Unless you’ve never authored a blog post, a comment, or even submitted a loosely-sourced tip to a blogger who would irresponsibly publish it. Then you’re nothing. [Time] >> Thieves rob hipster bar, police shrug. It’s Christmas, after all. [City Desk] >> Police have responded to a shooting on the 1200 block of U Street that took place around 4 p.m….

Fenty Plans Transition: Fresh from his trouncing of rival Linda Cropp, mayor-to-be Adrian Fenty has started planning for an ambitious transition, reports the Post. As part of his move to the Executive Office in the John Wilson Building, Fenty has announced that he will examine city agencies and start enacting programs over the next few months, working cooperatively with D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams to shape the $7 billion 2008 budget. He also reveled in…

Late last September, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton requested that the District be allowed to place two statues in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall, alongside those chosen by the nation’s 50 states. That idea may soon be moving forward. The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities is asking the public for its input as to who the District should immortalize in Statuary Hall, allowing residents to either pick from a list of 30…

Damn it. The Post beat us to the punch on a witty title for this story. In an article entitled “District Adopts a Seoul Sister,” the Post today reports that the District’s family of city siblings has grown by one — Seoul, South Korea was designated a sister city yesterday, bringing the tally so far to 10. During a ceremony at the John Wilson Building yesterday, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-Bak…

After a brave but fruitless fight, District officials today announced that D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ official blog has passed away. No services have yet been scheduled, and Williams was unavailable for comment at press time. City officials remained mostly quiet on the blog’s passing, though one individual close to the mayor remarked, “Williams had a blog? Really?” Bloggers unofficially stick to the rule that a blog that goes without an update for 30 days or…