Mike DeBonis on Local Politics: January 23, 2011 - January 29, 2011
DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 27, 2011
TODAY IS JAN. 27, 2011 -- DAY 26 OF THE GRAY ADMINISTRATION PREVIOUSLY -- Frustrated by snow response, Twitter unloads on Gray; Could Civil War link endanger Ward 4 Wal-Mart? We're now 18 hours after the snow started and in...
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| January 27, 2011; 12:11 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 27, 2011
TODAY IS JAN. 27, 2011 -- DAY 26 OF THE GRAY ADMINISTRATION PREVIOUSLY -- Frustrated by snow response, Twitter unloads on Gray; Could Civil War link endanger Ward 4 Wal-Mart? We're now 18 hours after the snow started and in...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 27, 2011; 11:45 AM ET |
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Frustrated by snow response, Twitter unloads on Gray
The snow is still falling, but Twitter is starting to render its verdict on Mayor Vincent Gray's response to the storm. It isn't good. A sampling: From @feldmike: "Mayor Gray's first big test. Not looking good so far. Downtown DC...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 26, 2011; 9:18 PM ET |
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Could Civil War link endanger Ward 4 Wal-Mart?
Stunning news out of the Commonwealth of Virginia today: Wal-Mart has given up on building a store in Orange County, on the site of the Battle of the Wilderness. The decision means a coalition of preservation groups, led by...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 26, 2011; 4:05 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 26, 2011
TODAY IS JAN. 26, 2011 -- DAY 25 OF THE GRAY ADMINISTRATION PREVIOUSLY -- Ward 6 received most development assistance, D.C. study shows, Gray, Brown differ on school vouchers Remember last year when the D.C. Council, pushed by Marion Barry,...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 26, 2011; 10:30 AM ET |
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Ward 6 received most development assistance, D.C. study shows
Ward 6 received by far the most economic development assistance from the District government in the last fiscal year, followed by Ward 2, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis done by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The report...
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Mike DeBonis and Jonathan O'Connell
| January 26, 2011; 8:00 AM ET |
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Gray, Brown differ on school vouchers
UPDATED 8:45 P.M. A popular Wilson Building parlor game of the moment is trying to discern where exactly Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown will part political company in the coming weeks, months or years. So far,...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 25, 2011; 5:28 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 25, 2011
TODAY IS JAN. 25, 2011 -- DAY 24 OF THE GRAY ADMINISTRATION PREVIOUSLY -- Boehner, Lieberman aim to revive D.C. voucher program This week in poor political optics: The city is facing a budget deficit of a half-billion dollars or...
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| January 25, 2011; 10:53 AM ET |
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Boehner to introduce D.C. voucher bill
House Speaker John Boehner will introduce a bill Wednesday that aims to revive a school voucher program in the District, nearly two years after Democratic opposition to the program led to its phase-out. Boehner is set to unveil the bill...
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Mike DeBonis and Ben Pershing
| January 24, 2011; 9:38 PM ET |
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Boehner, Lieberman aim to revive D.C. voucher program
House Speaker John Boehner will introduce a bill Wednesday that aims to revive a school voucher program in the District, nearly two years after Democratic opposition to the program led to its phase-out. Boehner is set to unveil the bill...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 24, 2011; 9:25 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 24, 2011
TODAY IS JAN. 24, 2011 -- DAY 23 OF THE GRAY ADMINISTRATION Freeman Klopott analyzed the at-large D.C. Council race in the Sunday Examiner, and he makes the bold claim that Mayor Vince Gray's endorsement of Sekou Biddle "has effectively...
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Mike DeBonis
| January 24, 2011; 9:41 AM ET |
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