It’s been a busy couple of weeks for our Councilmember. There was the Reservation 13 meeting just after the election, talk about services for the homeless and an article on how Wells beat lobbyists to get the bag tax. (Check out Tuesday’s Hill Buzz if you are in the mood to catch up on your [...]
Entries Tagged as 'politics'
Chat With Councilmember Wells Thursday
November 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Capitol Hill, H Street
Tags: Community·politics·Tommy Wells
New Location for Wells H St Office Hours
June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · H Street
Originally slated for the Argonaut, Councilmember Wells has relocated tomorrow’s H Street office hours to the Biergarten Haus following last weekend’s kitchen fire at the Argo. This will be an evening event, as opposed to the usual morning coffee meeting. The new details, from the Councilmember’s site, are: Special Thursday Night Office Hours with Councilmember [...]
Chairman Gray Cuts Streetcar Funding Overnight
May 26th, 2010 · 23 Comments · H Street
According to a Greater Greater Washington post this morning, the Chair of the DC City Council (and mayoral candidate), Vincent Gray, eliminated virtually all of the funding necessary for the H Street/Benning Road Streetcar line, which is halfway completed. Sources at the council are reporting surprise this morning as they opened the budget and saw [...]
Tags: politics·streetcars
The State of the Union, on House Floor or at the Bar?
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Don’t forget to time your travel around the State of the Union speech today. There’s sure to be beaucoup traffic, lots of influence wielding VIPs in big cars, metro rerouting and camera crews everywhere. And be sure to juice up your phone for tweeting your friends and rating the plays from the podium. You could [...]
Bread & Butter ANC Issues with Commisioner Ryan Velasco
January 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill North
Ryan Velasco is a child of the Virginia suburbs, but moving to the Hill in 2004 was more of a spiritual homecoming than trips out traffic-choked Route 66. His cul-de-sac youth, coupled with a degree in historic preservation and community planning, make him an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) member with particular sensitivities to preserving the [...]
Tags: ANC·politics·volunteering
Councilmember Tommy Wells Hands Out 3rd Annual Livable, Walkable Community Awards
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Last night the place to be on the Hill was Councilmember Tommy Well’s Third Annual Livable, Walkable Community Awards. The awards, heavy bricks with plaques also known as the “Brickys,” were given out in the North Hall of Eastern Market. Crowds snacked on treats from area restaurants like Taylor Gourmet, Sova Espresso and Wine, Cava, [...]
Tags: business·politics·Tommy Wells
Freshman on The Hill
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Recently, I read an article where the writer wanted to disprove the stereotype that “everyone in Washington is from somewhere else”. I chuckled, realizing this mirrored the feelings of a commenter on my first blog post here, who felt my point of view was very narrow in stating that, in my first days in Capitol [...]
Tags: politics·stages of grief·type a·type b·washington journal
