[WardFive] Fw: District Line Daily: Chairman Mendo

Albrette "Gigi" Ransom
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A morning roundup of news, opinion, and links from Washington City Paper and around the District. Send tips and ideas to citydesk@washingtoncitypaper.com. Sign up: To get District Line Daily — or any of our other email newsletters — sent straight to your mailbox, click here. It's Wednesday! A word to our high school-aged readers: if you cover your school's hallways in baby oil, your school will ban you from graduation, as happened to three Herndon teens. Don't do it! LEADING THE MORNING NEWS: Meet your new interim council chair [Post] DMV residents are racking up debts [Examiner] Nearly a quarter of pedestrians hit by cars in the District have right-of-way in the intersection. [TBD] RECENT CITY PAPER STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF YOUR DAY: Screen on the Green: Arts Desk takes a look at the Screen on the Green options and rates them on a scale of one to five brie wheels. According to Stephanie Haven, your best bet is From Here to Eternity on July 30. Examiner Hits Pinterest to Find Crooks: Aspiring criminal masterminds may want to keep away from avid pinners--theExaminer's fugitive-catching crime reporters are posting mug shots on Pinterest. Get to the Cheap Apartment Lifeboats: Developer Tom Bozzuto says real estate types are so worried about a coming housing glut in D.C., "I feel like the captain of the Titanic that just saw the iceberg coming." Mid City Deli Deli in Trouble: Is this the end for Logan Circle's Mid City Deli? The storefront's owner has changed the locks, and tells Young & Hungry he wants to use the property for something else. Orange Angling for Pro Tem: After losing his bid for interim chairman, Vincent Orange is trying to land the chairman pro tem spot over Michael Brown by reminding people about Brown's past tax and campaign finance problems. LINKDUMP BELOW!

LOOSE LIPS DAILY POLITICS LINKS, by LL columnist Alan Suderman (tips? lips@washingtoncitypaper.com) Meet Mendo, the nitpicking new council boss [Post] Barras: Internet gambling advocacy and conviction related to straw donor scheme should bar Michael Brown from the pro tem spot [Examiner] VO agrees [LL] But VO has an alleged straw donor scheme of his own to worry about [Examiner] CFO Nat Gandhi doesn't like Colby King's latest column, lets the whole world know it [Times] Fired DCHC official says she's being set up [Post] One more convicted pol and the city falls apart, says Mary Cheh [Bloomberg Businessweek] Picking Mendo is "the right thing to do," says Cheh [FOX5] Senate spending bill abortion free [Post] If would be bad if you left, LivingSocial [HC] Liquor store owners not really into Sunday sales [DCist] PBS lumps all of Africa together then talking about AIDS, which is dumb [Newshour] Problems at the Ballou graduation [FOX5] REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT LINKS, by Housing Complex columnist Lydia DePillis (tips? housingcomplex@washingtoncitypaper.com) Students feel betrayed by Georgetown campus plan. [CityDesk] Liquor store owners against more sales hours. [DCist] Mayor nominates deputy for Zoning Commission. [GGW] Watergate getting a makeover. [WBJ] Architects say the Capitol needs more capital. [RollCall] Canal boat's days are numbered. [Patch] Let street vendors be street vendors. [AtlanticCities] Where will Georgetown find new territory? [GeorgetownMetropolitan] ARTS LINKS, by Ally Schweitzer (tips? artsdesk@washingtoncitypaper.com) The Kennedy Center will revive Side Show with Dreamgirls directorBill Condon at the helm [Post] A breakdown and analysis of the Corcoran's estimated $130 million renovation costs [Post] Images from the National Children's Museum's new facility at National Harbor [Post] LivingSocial is getting stacks of District money "for maintaining the status quo," says one analyst [Washington Business Journal] A report from Michelle Obama's book signing at Barnes & Noble Downtown [Huffington Post] A Q&A with Story League's SM Shrake [Huffington Post] Changes in store for Arts on Foot [Washington Business Journal] FOOD LINKS, by Young & Hungry editor Jessica Sidman (tips? hungry@washingtoncitypaper.com) Burger King will debut bacon ice cream sundae on Thursday [AP] What's up with Wassub fusion sandwich food truck [Washingtonian] Michelle Obama will appear on Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible tonight [Post] Peek inside Bryan Voltaggio's new diner Family Meal [Eater] Photos and menus fromPacifico Cantina, opening June 14 on Barracks Row [Urban Daddy] Bandolero makes list of 7 Hottest New Restaurants in the U.S. [Zagat] Black Lime Mediterranean coming to Arlington [NoVa Mag] Hank's Oyster Bar patio battle heats up. Hearing today. [Borderstan]

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