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Sep 05, 2012

D.C. Agency Grades Improve Over the Summer

Five D.C. agencies that are part of a pilot program to grade the work that they do have improved over the summer, notably the D.C. Department of Transportation.

Sep 28, 2011

Tea Party Gaining Support In Washington Area, Kind Of

According to a recent WTOP survey, ten percent of District of Columbia residents say they support the Tea Party.

May 12, 2011

Sixty Percent of D.C. Residents Think These Polls Suck

What’s with the crappy polling, D.C. government?

Jul 22, 2009

Poll: Nats Still More Entertaining Than a Couple of Other Teams

ESPN — bastion of unbiased, scientific polling that it is — offered this incredibly positive query last night to Sportscenter viewers: “If you had to pick, which home team’s game would you be most likely to attend?” Of course, what they meant to say was, “Look, let’s say you end up in Hell, and your infinite punishment is that you’re forced to attend home games for one the worst professional franchises in each of…

Jul 14, 2009

Survey: D.C. Residents Value Human Life the Most Equally

OKTrends, the official blog of social networking site OKCupid, posted some interesting color-coded maps the other day showing results from a recent survey they conducted – of, it should be noted, only their users, so it’s tough to say that’s it’s very scientific. Still, we got a kick out of the one at right, which purports to represent data on which parts of the country responded to the question, “Are some human lives worth…

Jun 18, 2009

D.C. United Polls Fans on Stadium Location

Today the Post ran a story about how D.C. United has sent an online poll to their fans, asking them to rank, in order of preference, where they’d like to see a new stadium built. The three options are the Dulles Corridor, Lower Montgomery County, or the District of Columbia. If you didn’t get the survey via email from the team, you can click here to share your thoughts. Along with asking how many…

Jun 16, 2009

D.C Drivers Admit to Bad Road Rage Behavior

Photo by khvafl Reuters (via MSNBC) has a story about an annual driver survey that now ranks New York City drivers at the top when it comes to overly aggressive driving. Miami had been number one for the last few years, but New Yorkers have since taken their rightful place as the rudest Americans (behind the wheel). So how does D.C. stack up? Washington was actually ranked fifth on the list of least courteous…

 
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