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Councilman David Grosso wants Redskins to change name to Redtails
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013
An at-large D.C. Council member wants the Washington Redskins to change their name -- maybe to the Washington Redtails. "We have to change it, and I'm calling on Dan Snyder and the NFL to step up and do the right thing," said Councilman David Grosso. "I just don't want it to be the racist,...
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Group makes video case against Eisenhower Memorial
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013
The National Monument Foundation released a video opposing Frank Gehry's plan for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, featuring a new three-dimensional rendering of the controversial design. The video opens with Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" as a narrator describes Eisenhower's...
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LivingSocial slowing its losses, back in hiring mode
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: Fri, Apr 26, 2013
As the mayor hopes to make D.C. a hub for tech companies, a company that's a core component of that effort has begun to slow its losses. LivingSocial, a website with daily discount deals headquartered in the District, improved its revenues and cut its operating expenses compared with the same...
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Public voting opens as historic sites compete for share of $1 million
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013
Local historical sites began vying for a share of $1 million that could bring new life to under-appreciated or yet-unknown facilities on Wednesday. For the 24 Washington Region locations competing for up to $100,000 out of the $1 million fund could help jump-start local sites, participants...
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D.C. Councilwoman Anita Bonds wins at-large seat in special election
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013
Councilwoman Anita Bonds held a strong lead Tuesday night with more than half of the precincts reporting in the D.C. Council at-large special election. Bonds had 37 percent of the vote, while former reporter Elissa Silverman had 27 percent, and Republican Patrick Mara followed with 21 percent....
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Six candidates vie for D.C. Council seat Tuesday
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013
Voters will decide Tuesday whether they want D.C. Democratic Party Chairman Anita Bonds, a frontrunner in the six-person race, to stay on the D.C. Council. Seven names will appear on the ballot, although only six candidates remain in the race. Former Councilman Michael Brown dropped out last...
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D.C. residents, candidates support marijuana decriminalization
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013
Three-quarters of registered voters in D.C. support decriminalizing marijuana possession and making it punishable by just a $100 citation, according to a survey of 1,621 voters conducted by Public Policy Polling. All the leading candidates in the at-large D.C. Council race support...
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Patrick Mara's war chest is biggest in final stretch of D.C. Council race
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013
Republican Patrick Mara has a pile of cash to burn through before the D.C. Council special election next Tuesday. With less than a week before the election for an at-large seat, Mara leads all candidates with $82,676 to spend, according to a campaign finance report filed Tuesday. "That's...
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