Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced the District’s City-Wide All Hands on Deck (AHOD), which began at 6 am Friday, June 5 and will continue through 6 am on Sunday, June 7, 2009.
During AHOD, all available sworn MPD personnel will be on patrol throughout the District emphasizing community policing, focused law enforcement and community outreach. This will include increased foot beats, homicide detectives following up on their cases for new leads, and recruits passing out specific crime-related information.
Artist's rendering of a 1959 design for the National Cultural Center, which would ultimately be called The Kennedy Center. (Image: Greater Greater Washington.)
Just had to share this posting and photo from Greater Greater Washington. (It’s a favorite local blog of mine.) This is a 1959 artist’s rendering of what might have been The Kennedy Center, then referred to as the National Cultural Center.
Personally, I like this 1959 design better. The building is joined with the Potomac River. I have never figured out why the current building is cut off from the water. We seem to deny our waterfront.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be sworn in on January 20 on the west side of the Capitol, facing the National Mall. This photo taken during 2008 National Kite Festival. (Image: Luis Gomez, One Photograph A Day.)
Washington, DC, needs volunteers to help provide information and support to the huge number of visitors expected for Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on January 20. There is a call for volunteers from Serve DC, whose “mission is to strengthen and promote the District of Columbia’s spirit of service through partnerships, national service and volunteerism.” The following info is from the Dupont Forum listserv on Yahoo! Groups: Read the full story
The crime took place about two hours from Washington, on the outskirts of Richmond: Two masked burglars smashed into a sporting-goods store and walked away with 34 semiautomatic handguns.The two novice criminals, college-educated men who had been friends since their high school years in Greenbelt, pulled off the heist in June with plans to sell the guns for quick cash in and around the District. Federal agents and D.C. police arrested them about a week after the theft, but not fast enough to keep the guns off the market.
Yes, this poll that I conducted here at Borderstan.com (it was open to everyone, not just Borderstanians) is very unscientific and probably representative of very little. Take it for what you will. As of today, 131 people responded to the poll on what they believe will happen in 2009 with street crime in D.C. About 72% of poll takers believe street crime will increase next year in D.C.
Friday, November 28, is the last day for residential street sweeping in D.C. until next spring. Also, note that there will be no trash or recycling pick ups on Thanksgiving Day, November 27.
All candidates for the two seats appear on the ballot together. The two candidates receiving the most votes are elected to the two At-Large seats.
At least one of the winning candidates on November 4 for the At-Large seats must be an Indpendent or from a party other than the majority party (the Democratic Party).
I’m posting these links because we live in Washington and… well, many of us in Borderstan are political geeks even if we don’t work on The Hill or for lobbying firms.
But, not to worry: Borderstan.com is NOT going into political advocacy. There are plenty of Democrats and Republicans on both lists.
Check out DCBlogs (it’s now linked in the right column under “News Aggregators”). Blogs are listed here by in 24—YES, 24—different categories. Here’s a blurb about DCBlogs the FAQ section from the editors:
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