Hearing the great words of Martin Luther King, Jr. is as simple as a Google search. But seeing them etched and painted around the city? That’s almost as simple, too.
The Mid-Atlantic AAA today apologized for calling a local transit advocate “retarded” and comparing him to a Klansman. The apology was, well, pretty weak.
Redskins legend Dexter Manley has a few ideas about how the team could return to the glory days when he won two Super Bowls with the Redskins. Namely, Manley thinks that team owner Dan Snyder needs to sign “some boys from the hood.”
Add Maya Angelou to the list of people who aren’t big fans of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. The legendary poet is the latest to take umbrage to a heavily paraphrased quote which was etched into the side of the memorial.
Sure, a good portion of the public and critics seem to hate the design of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
Combine local politicians, an explosive issue and the 24-hour news cycle, and what do you get? Delicious, delicious soundbites, that’s what.
Maybe it’s because it’s the Friday afternoon of an absurd week in District politics, but we couldn’t help but find Leo Alexander’s reaction to Kwame Brown’s Adventures in Navigatorland downright hilarious. Speaking to The Afro, Alexander said, “When I first heard about this, I had a ‘Huggy Low Down’ moment. Chairman Kwame Brown will definitely be a contender for ‘Bama of the Year!'” If this was Alexander’s application to earn a place in The…
Yesterday’s meeting of Metro’s Customer Service Committee featured a full agenda of important topics, whether it was about the sorry state of the transit system’s escalators, the controversial bag checks, communication between the agency and riders, or the idea of shutting down Metro earlier on weekends to save money and gain maintenance time. But perhaps the most important thing we learned during the proceedings is that this latest vintage of the Metro board might just be the most quotable one ever. Here’s a collection of our favorite quotes from yesterday’s proceedings inside Metro HQ.
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