HCE: One of my issues with the council is that I don't think it is truly representative of DC. Look at how many 13-0 votes there are. They are like the f'ing politburo.Unanimity does not mean they are following orders,...
All the gay strip/sex clubs that were displaced for construction of the Nationals will reopen there. It is much more convenient for closeted Hill staffers, Congressmen, and Senators. Florida Congresmen will no longer have to explain what they were doing...
What Mr. Somberg is missing here is this is the Post's camel's nose under the tent that will eventually lead to turning over the entire paper to social networking sites so they no longer have to pay actual reporters. Already...
In large part, gay-friendliness is a relative and very subjective measure. People in Atlanta, Austin, Houston, and even Mobile consider those cities to be gay-friendly. Most of these people grew up in the surrounding areas where it was hard to...
dcist has hit two of my pet peeves in one post today. It's effect not affect. Affect is a verb meaning to influence. Effect is a noun meaning a result. I suspect there were fewer taxis on K street this...
Actually, GPS is not up to the task. This is a far more complex system than the ones used to track buses and delivery vehicles, which themselves are expensive proprietary systems. A safety fail-safe system for Metro would have to...
Civil rights are not a race or class issue. What if the Police Department decided to cut off Georgetown, demanding to see the papers of anyone attempting to enter the neighborhood, and asking what business they have there? Even if...
You make snarky comments about the suburbs but I bet you come from some hellhole backwater in the Midwest. You've been in DC what, two years at most? Dear DrLRon(JEdgar)Hoover: I don't know Kriston, but he's from Texas; look it...
Frivolous cases and motions (by the legal definition) are filed all the time. They are routinely thrown out without sanctions against the lawyers. Judges don't like to go through the process of sanctioning an attorney unless the attorney's actions rise...
Common carriers and providers of public accommodation are generally held to a higher standard than others. I don't know whether this applies to Metro, but even if it does, if the NTSB investigation determines that Metro was not at fault,...
Speaking of bias, you didn't read what I wrote. You read what you thought I wrote. I actually prefer (slightly) our system to the loser-pays system that exists in England and other places for many of the reasons you mentioned....
You can file a lawsuit against anyone for anything. We could file a class action suit against DCist for reporting this suit was the first against Metro, when it wasn't, causing us all untold mental anguish. That does not mean...
The windows have little to do with the accordion problem, and can actually be helpful in some types of accidents. To know what design is best, you have to know what kind of emergency you will have. Will it be...
Other than the federalism issue with the federal government putting State-issued plates on federal vehicles? Most federal vehicles (as well as foreign diplomatic vehicles) have federally-issued plates, if they have plates at all. I'm not sure what plates the President's...
The NTSB should not consider costs when making safety recommendations. Their job is to determine the cause of an accident and what could be done to prevent the same accident from happening again or being as severe. Even if the...
News Flash, as written by Metro alert writers: Residents are advised there is some legislative activity on Capitol Hill, and in the Wilson Building. Executive decisions are being made at the White House. Police activity is occurring throughout the region....
