By Jesse B Rauch (Elections Assistant) • September 23, 2020
GGWash sent questions to each ANC candidate to give them an opportunity to share how well they align with our beliefs and principles. Here’s are some of the questions we asked.
By George Kevin Jordan (Managing Editor) • September 23, 2020
Some of them fall, and get back up. Some of them get hit, and get back up. Some of them navigate scenarios that would make most of us give up. Nope, we’re not describing boxers, but rather people bicycling around Tysons, Virginia, a notoriously car-oriented “edge city.”
A report by the DC Inspector General found that between 2010 and 2019, DC paid the main contractor for the DC Streetcar project improper payments of about $5 million. The improper payments involve duplicate and unapproved charges involving subcontractors as well as excessive overhead and service fees. (Andrew Giambrone / DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest Kentucky’s grand jury’s decision not to charge any of the police officers involved for the shooting and killing of Breanna Taylor. Brett Hankinson, one of the officers involved, was charged with three counts of “wanton endangerment”. (DCist)
Washingtonians reflect on their memories of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While most of America saw her as an icon, many Washingtonians remember her as a 40-year District resident. (DCist)
The DC Council voted to establish an office committed to advocating for policy and legislation addressing DC’s deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing communities. Also, as part of the bill, the office director must be deaf or hard of hearing. (Nathan Diller / DCist)
According to a bid list from Shepherd Electric Supply, Amazon may be planning to add a fourth location for a concept grocery store in Gaithersburg. (Jonathan Capriel / Business Journal)
The US District Court ruled against two community groups opposed to a new development that would destroy the public plaza at the Adams Morgan’s SunTrust Plaza site citing the group has no legal standing. Some residents of Adams Morgan support the new development, saying the often empty public plaza is a remnant of unappealing 1970s architecture. (Paul Schwartzman / Post)
