Opinion: What Happened to Historic, Safe, and Clean Georgetown?
• February 12, 2024

I have lived in Georgetown for more than 30 years – first on 32nd Street with my wife, Noel, and then on P Street where I raised my three children. […]

Crime: ‘Secure DC Omnibus’ Crime Package Clears D.C. Council; Georgetown Spa Robbery
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One vote down, one to go. With the mayor’s full endorsement, Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto’s “Secure DC Omnibus” crime package passed unanimously Feb. 6, with amendments, in the […]

Education: Some Hopeful News on D.C.’s ‘Reading Crisis’ 
• January 22, 2024

Although D.C. public school students are suffering through a well-documented “reading crisis,” some hopeful signs for progress appear to be emerging on the city’s horizon.  Representing Ward 2 on the […]

Crime: Massive Crime Bill Up for D.C. Council Vote; Local Reports
• January 16, 2024

Crime in the nation’s capital was a major focus of national headlines last year owing to the city’s spike in carjackings, vehicle thefts, armed robberies of members of Congress, its […]

On The Hill: Senate Override of D.C. Criminal Code Anti-Climactic
• March 9, 2023

On Wednesday afternoon March 8, this Georgetowner Senior Correspondent drove with some excitement to the U.S. Senate to cover the big D.C. and national story that had seen breathless headlines […]

Downtowner News Briefs, Nov. 8
• November 8, 2021

Uptown Theater Reopening   The popular moviegoing venue established in 1936, The Uptown Theater, has entered preliminary talks to reopen. When it closed in March last year, Cleveland Park (and citywide) residents were devastated. According to […]

D.C.’s Approved 2022 Budget Fueled by Fed Funds
• August 16, 2021

A slightly amended $17.5 billion, 2022 fiscal budget for the District of Columbia was approved unanimously by the D.C. Council in its second required vote on Aug. 10. Mayor Muriel […]

Council May Overturn Tipped-Employee Minimum Wage Vote
• September 13, 2018

In July, a majority of Council members co-introduced a bill to overturn Initiative 77. Mayor Bowser also came out against the vote’s outcome. That resolution will be taken up at the Sept. 17 Council meeting.