Election Day is approaching (though you can vote early), so we’ll be rolling out a series of Voter Guides on various races. Today: the fight for two At-Large seats on the D.C. Council.

A D.C. Republican running for one of two At-Large seats on the D.C. Council is urging residents to vote for her and throw away their second vote.

The Washington Post today endorsed challengers David Grosso and Leon Swain in the race for two At-Large seats on the D.C. Council, urging voters to look beyond the two incumbents.

Beating incumbents in D.C. is no easy feat, but Councilmember Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) is facing threats from challengers that have attacked him on both policy and process.

We’ve had a bit of lull in campaigning since the April 3 D.C. primary, but with last week’s release of nominating petitions for the November 6 general election (and special election), it’s going to start heating up quickly again.

The Post has it on good authority that Mayor Vince Gray is expected to name Ron Linton, a political consultant with 45 years of experience working with the District and federal governments, as the new permanent chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission.

Mayor Vince Gray has reportedly relieved Leon Swain Jr. of his duties as chairman of the D.C. Taxicab Commission.

Photo by andertho Federal authorities have arrested 27 people so far in a massive bribery case tied to the D.C. taxicab industry. Two indictments released today accuse a total of 39 individuals of conspiring to bribe city officials in order to obtain fraudulent taxi licenses between 2007 and 2009. Head to City Desk for downloadable .PDFs of the indictments. The documents reveal that D.C. Taxicab Commission Chairman Leon Swain was the man who first…

Perhaps it was WTOP’s reporting that did it — they seem to think so. Or maybe the D.C. Taxicab Commission spent some time reading your comments and noticed that they haven’t got a lot of fans these days. Either way, the $1 fuel surcharge will disappear starting at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. Don’t get too excited about cheaper cab fares, though. As we wrote about yesterday, it’s looking like metered cab rates will be raised…

WTOP’s Adam Tuss managed to get D.C. Taxicab Commission Chairman Leon Swain on the record that he’s now officially “trying to get rid of the [gas] surcharge.” Trying? He’s also apparently “trying” to contact members of the taxicab commission so that he can talk to them about repealing the surcharge. “I expect to take action this week,” Swain told Tuss. Hmm. You may recall that FOX 5’s Matt Ackland asked Swain the same question on…