Crime: City and Its Council Need to Get Real  
• August 16, 2023

On Aug. 7, Ward 8 Council member Trayon White made headlines as he suggested the use of the D.C. National Guard to combat the city’s unrelenting lawlessness and violence.  “The […]

D.C. Metro Bus Rides to Be Free by July 1
• December 12, 2022

This month, the D.C. Council did something that no other governing body a city Washington, D.C.’s size or larger has ever done: it unanimously agreed  to offer and fund free […]

News Bombshells Will Impact Georgetown Migrants, Services
• October 11, 2022

Three news bombshells – two emanating from the D.C. Council and one from a federal court – will significantly impact migrants in Georgetown businesses, services and universities almost immediately. Office […]

Exclusive Interview: Duncan Bedlion, Commander Second District, MPD   
• July 13, 2022

What’s happening with crime in Georgetown? The Georgetowner interviewed Georgetown’s top cop, Duncan Bedlion, Commander of the Second District of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to find out whether progress […]

Bowser Names Robert Contee New Chief of Police
• December 23, 2020

In tapping Contee, 48, a native Washingtonian who began his career in 1989 as an MPD cadet, the mayor chose to forgo a nationwide search to replace outgoing Chief Peter Newsham.

Council Approves Tax Increases, Cuts to Police
• July 13, 2020

Against the mayor’s urging to hold off, the Council voted to raise an extra $63 million by increasing some business and other taxes, including a three-percent tax on all advertising.  

Jack Evans Fined Thousands
• May 26, 2020

Even if Evans wins the June 2 primary, his Council colleagues have made it very clear that they don’t want him back.

Evans Fails to Persuade Council With Vague Answers
• July 3, 2019

Amid the questioning at the July 2 administrative meeting, Council members Charles Allen and David Grosso affirmed they want Evans to lose his chairmanship of the Finance committee.

Weekend Round Up November 15, 2018
• November 15, 2018

This weekend, you can stargaze Jesuit-style, park your Labradoodle in Swampoodle, watch magic from the front row and take a musical journey through Islamic Iberia.

The Wharf Is Launched
• October 12, 2017

Developers Monty Hoffman of PN Hoffman and Amer Hammour of Madison Marquette and Council member Charles Allen, among others, had devoted the past 10 years to creating the new Southwest D.C. neighborhood.