Well, someone else said it first. D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams is a lame duck, or so said Howard University President Patrick Swygert in an email sent on Wednesday to students and staff. WTOP is reporting that Swygert, none-too-happy that Williams stepped back from supporting a controversial plan to partner with Howard and build a new $400 million hospital in Southeast, fired off an email in which he took Williams to task, writing: Anthony Williams, who…

So, we’ve heard mixed reviews about the moving picture ads in the Metro tunnels; after seeing them on my commute home yesterday, I have to say I thought they were pretty damn cool. Granted, if I hadn’t known already what was being advertised, it would have been tough to figure out the exact content of the ads, but I found it stunning to see a grainy image where there would normally be darkness. Those ads…

If you’ve got a council of city representatives nervous about spending over $500 million for a stadium, what’s the best way to soothe their nerves? Throw another huge, risky capital project their way, of course! One would think we’re joking, but D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams has done just that. Amidst on-going discussions over the $667 million stadium for the Washington Nationals, Williams yesterday entered into an agreement with Howard University to build a new, state-of-the-art…

Good morning, Washington. The Post reports today that an agreement has been reached on the development of the National Capital Medical Center. Howard University and city officials yesterday told the paper that a deal is complete outlining the placement of the $400 million hospital on the site of the former D.C. General Hospital in Southeast. The city will contribute $212 million toward construction, though Howard remains noncommital on how much care will be made available…

DCist can finally claim it has reached a journalistic zenith — in a first, we received a tip from a well-placed source that D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams is set to make an announcement today concerning his political future. While we tried to tease more info out of our source — is Williams running for re-election, or is he stepping aside? — the most we can say is that today is the day that will decide…

A culture jammer has struck the lampposts around the Potomac Avenue metrorail station again, this time posting fliers objecting to a planned federal bioterrorism and forensics research center to be built on the former site of the D.C. General Hospital in Southeast. Resorting to two distinct fliers, the erstwhile jammer proclaimed simply “No Bioterror Center at D.C. General” on one (pictured at right) while the second poked fun at the possibility that a new hospital…