Opinion: Initiative 82 Is Bad Policy
The fight over tipped restaurant wages has resumed. Supporters of the “Full Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers Amendment Act,” so-called “Initiative 82,” are gathering...
Open Capitol Grounds Symbolize Our Open Democracy
My small bike wobbles on the grey cobblestones as I battle to keep it upright. I desperately want to look behind me, to check...
Standing Stones
Here, amid the shadows
of resolutely standing stones,
In moonlight too indifferent
to reveal inscriptions,
And in the company and compassion
of conjured ghosts
Who have for so long been...
Letter: Kudos to ANC 6B For Recognizing Gottleib
To the Editor:
Plaudits to ANC 6B for the awarding of its first distinguished public service award to the former Director of the Office of...
Reform Election Petition Requirements Now!
In November 2021, I announced I was running as a Democrat for the At-Large DC Council seat, in Washington, DC. Six months later I...
Removal of Old Growth Trees Underway at Eastern Market Plaza Park
A contractor for the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Urban Foresters was busy Monday morning pruning dead branches off 11 trees in the Eastern...
Remove The Statue
On Feb 18, 2021, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-D) reintroduced legislation to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park, a federal park in the...
Opinion: On Redistricting and Southwest
I have lived in Southwest since 1975. In that time, I have made several false starts to move somewhere else, but Southwest always drew...
Opinion: In Redistricting, DC Council Fails to Hear Resident Concerns
Has the hard work of the DC Council’s Redistricting Subcommittee over the last two months been just for show? There is no doubt that...
Don’t Place Your Faith in Build First for Greenleaf
In just two months, the Washington Post has published a perspective and an op-ed on environmental hazards in Southwest DC due to economic activity....
