A friend of mine had been sending around emails of this research he’d done on some potential corruption. It seemed like good work that wasn’t getting its due. I asked him last summer asking how he’d feel if I posted his research on the web. I put up and customized a $15 a year WordPress…
Category: DC Activism
Disposable Websites
I’ve managed WordPress website projects that take a whole year to launch with re-design, multiple custom themes, data transformation, data presentation, and (you probably guessed) complicated internal politics. But I do love a website that goes from idea to launched in few hours. This last one went like this, “You’ve done all this great research…
One could say the DC government is bought and paid for by developers.
This started as a post in the DupontForum. You should be worried about the cost effective use of your money. In 2002 we asked for a fence, a double gate, and some pea gravel. Parks and Rec brought in some fancy landscape architect and milked that idea for 7 years. When I was on the…
CM Michael Brown
Councilman Michael Brown graciously called this morning (after seeing my quote here: DC Considers Parking Exemption) to explain that he is working on all sorts of things that I may find important.
Grateful for Crime Law Provision
Councilman Mendelson tells me the new crime law contains what I called the Nathan Johnson Provision in the lobbying I started years ago to keep repeat offenders off the streets longer. Read WP story: Fenty Signs Multipurpose Emergency Crime Bill. There is some coverage of my effort in the City Paper section of my Press page….
“US Gov Digital Dark Ages Are Over”
This weekend’s TransparencyCamp unconference was a blast…lots of famous geeks and uber-geeks (with surprisingly few Asperger’s Syndrome cases) almost all toting Macs or netbooks and inputting twitter handles into iPhones apps rather than exchanging business cards. (It’s awesome to come back from a [un]conference without any paper. Oft heard phrase, “It’s up on the wiki already.”)…I…
Examiner: Civic activist helps keep Dupont Circle safe
I’m not blind. This old photo the Examiner used just makes me look that way: Civic activist helps keep Dupont Circle safe.
I’m not running for City Council
I pulled this off the front page of the Halligan Projects site and am not running for City Council. << We need new leadership in the Ward 2 Council seat. I’m at a crossroads and am looking for input. I’m seriously considering a run for the Washington, DC City Council Ward 2 seat in the…
Book Demonstrating Municipal Financing Evils
This book talks about how the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) financing Jack Evans throws around like confetti is making the rich richer at our expense: Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill). David Cay Johnston even uses building baseball stadiums as an example. Listen to Terry Gross interview the…
Resigning from ANC to take DCCA Presidency
My election as President of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association is looking certain. I’m going to resign my ANC seat this month. I’ve enjoyed being a commissioner more than I could have imagined. If you knew me four years ago, you wouldn’t likely have guessed that I’d be the DCCA President. All this started for…