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Celebrate Georgetown’s Women, Too
March 13, 2024
•As you know, March is Women’s History Month. It’s a time to celebrate the women who helped shape our country, like Susan B. Anthony, who played a huge role in […]
Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto Announces 2024 Re-Election Bid
June 15, 2023
•Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto announced June 14 she will be running for re-election in 2024 to serve another four-year term representing Ward 2 on the D.C. Council where […]
The Georgetowner Endorses…
October 12, 2022
•The Georgetowner Endorses… While the Ward 2 election ballot may be thin, The Georgetowner shall weigh in on the Nov. 8 General Election, with mail-in ballots already arriving. Let’s deal […]
ANC Report: Crime, Budget, Redistricting
March 3, 2022
•Public Safety First on the agenda at this month’s ANC meeting, a public safety briefing from Lt. John Merzig of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Regarding last month’s fatal shooting […]
Ward 2 Community Budget Meeting, Feb. 25
February 22, 2021
•District Council member Brooke Pinto is inviting the public to attend the virtual meeting this Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Grabbing Ward 2 Voters’ Last-Minute Attention
October 29, 2020
•Early voting venues in D.C. opened on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with dozens of poll workers and monitors to supervise social distancing and remind voters they had to wear masks.
4 Candidates Vie for Ward 2 School Board Seat
October 26, 2020
•The DC State Board of Education’s vacant seat in Ward 2 has attracted strong, ambitious and active candidates: Allister Chang, James Harnett, Sarah Mehrotra and Christopher Etesse.
GOP Candidate for Ward 2 Council Seat Drops Out
September 10, 2020
•On Sept. 10, Katherine Venice, a self-identified “reformer of capitalism” who is virulently anti-Trump, formally removed her name from the Nov. 3 ballot.
Brooke Pinto’s ‘Business Perspective’
August 10, 2020
•As the youngest District Council member ever elected and the first woman to represent Ward 2, Democrat Brooke Pinto, 28, is off to a running start.
Ward 2 Is Underestimating Trump’s Authoritarianism Threat
July 27, 2020
•According to District Council candidate Katherine Venice, we must all realize that America now is the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and we are all called to stand up in the spirit of John Lewis.