Why are we talking about voting when it’s April, not November? Because there is a special election going on and your vote counts. Today the polls are open for a special election to fill an At-Large City Council seat vacated by Phil Mendelson when he became the new Council Chair in the November election. Also on [...]
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The polls around the Hill were packed all of election day! If you captured your civic pride, share it with the Hill is Home flickr group.
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Like the title says: if you are voting tomorrow — or hanging out with a voter, or helping out during the elections, or trolling polling places like a weirdo — we want to hear about it! Tweet at us about where you’re voting; how crowded the lines are; how friendly the staff is. Take a [...]
I’m sure most of you savvy The Hill is Home readers have already diligently followed local politics and are ready to make all of your down ballot choices. Great, than you can stop reading! This post is for the rest of you, the people who come up to me and say, “hey Krepp, you follow such [...]
Unless you’re living under a rock, it should be no surprise to you that this is an election year! And did you know you can be part of it? Yep, that’s right. You still have one week left to throw your hat into the ring for a seat on your ANC (Advisory Neighborhood Commission). All [...]
A regular roundup of interesting miscellany from our fellow neighborhood bloggers. The Location has a photo of the discovery last month of the perfectly preserved sewer created to cover the old Washington City Canal, forming today’s Constitution Avenue. The Georgetown Metropolitan has been going through the American Community Survey results and presenting some of the [...]
This PSA is a friendly reminder from your local bloggers to remember to go and vote in today’s special election for the At-Large seat on the City Council. The seat was opened when the former At-Large Council member Kwame Brown took over as Council Chair. There are plenty of candidates in the this race but The Hill [...]
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We’re about a month away from the special election to fill the at-large Council seat, vacated by Kwame Brown when he became Council chair in the November election. I have talked to a number of people recently who didn’t realize that this was happening at all. So I’m curious — are you planning to vote [...]
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The election results are in with many expected wins and a few surprises in the Ward 6 races, particularly in the ANC races where a few long-time incumbents have been unseated. Roughly 30% of registered voters in Ward 6 turned out for the general election — about the same turnout as seen in the 2006 [...]
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