Add your name to the petition calling on Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, US Capitol Police Cheif Kim Dine, and Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers to lift the ban on sledding on Capitol Hill.
04
Mar
2015
Add your name to the petition calling on Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, US Capitol Police Cheif Kim Dine, and Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers to lift the ban on sledding on Capitol Hill.
The Streetcar saga continues as multiple sources, including WAMU and the Washington Business Journal reported that it is looking more and more like the Bowser administration is not going to let the streetcar project happen. ANC 6B Commissioner Brian Flahaven, District Source, and Washington Business Journal reported that after 12 years, the Land Disposition Agreement (LDA) for […]
Usually, when I write of some story or another, I try to make it a complete one, one that actually answers a question – be it ever so small or irrelevant. Today is a little different, as it is based on one short newspaper article – and a question that the article raises, a question […]
Our local Congresswoman spoke out today against the sledding ban on the Capitol grounds. A press release from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office stated that she sent a letter to U.S. Capitol Police Board Chair Frank Larkin “urging the board to overturn of the prohibition on sledding on the Capitol Grounds.” She said it should not […]
According to Roll Call, Capitol Police were told to enforce the sledding ban last week because “a lawmaker formally complained” and that “it was the head of the appropriations committee who insisted on enforcement because he did not like the appearance of having the public sled next to the Capitol.” Washington Business Journal and JDLand reported […]