Harry Jaffe

Published: Tue, Mar 19, 2013

By Saturday there will be two candidates who plan to run for mayor in 2014. Well, one and a half. Muriel Bowser, who represents Ward 4 on the city council, is scheduled to announce her candidacy. Tommy Wells, Ward 6 council member, has launched an "exploratory committee" to test the waters....

Alan Blinder

Updated: Tue, Mar 19, 2013

A D.C. councilman moved Tuesday to toughen penalties against people who kill or maim animals working for law enforcement or the fire department, an effort that he said would align the District more closely with federal law. "They are more than just a pet," said Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells,...

Jonetta Rose Barras

Updated: Fri, Mar 15, 2013

"Now is the time to restore coordination and accountability in the District's public safety operations." That's what newly elected Mayor Vincent C. Gray said in 2010, resurrecting the position of deputy mayor for public safety and justice and asserting that Paul A. Quander Jr. would "help...

Eric P. Newcomer and Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Tue, Mar 12, 2013

Twelve of the victims who went to hospitals after Monday's drive-by shooting in the District have been released, while a 13th victim remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday, D.C. police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said. The victims sustained wounds when shots were fired into a crowd...

Alan Blinder

Updated: Sun, Mar 10, 2013

The internal troubles of the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department have long been an open secret in Washington: enormous overtime spending has been a persistent issue, labor and management appear to be in a perpetual state of war and staffing plans have led to public spats. But...

Alan Blinder

Updated: Fri, Mar 8, 2013

The 24-year-old Southeast D.C. man accused of intentionally striking a District police officer in a Tuesday night hit-and-run has been ordered held without bond, and a judge on Friday postponed his preliminary hearing to next week. Kevin Burno was scheduled to appear in D.C. Superior Court on...

Alan Blinder

Published: Wed, Mar 6, 2013

The District has opened an internal review after authorities had to call for an ambulance from Prince George's County to take an injured D.C. police officer to the hospital because the city didn't have any of its own available. "We will take a look at the entire incident," Deputy Mayor Paul...

Harry Jaffe

Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013

Bike jams are driving me nuts! I'm biking down 15th Street one recent morning toward downtown for a meeting. I am running late. If I can zip through Rhode Island Avenue, I might make it to K Street on time. I'm hammering the pedals. I hit 25 miles per hour. I slow down for a line of cyclists...

Jonetta Rose Barras

Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

The D.C. Council recently reprimanded Jim Graham. But it still has an ethics problem. Its labyrinthine rules handicap its ability to impose more severe penalties when there is no recommendation from the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. Currently, absent an ethics board referral,...

Eric P. Newcomer

Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

Ward 6 D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells called on the D.C. Inspector General's Office to open an investigation into massive overtime pay in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. Wells called the high number of fleet management employees earning overtime "egregious" in his letter to...