Slow Roads Save Lives

No one is pushing it legislatively today, if it will happen, it'll be after January.

She is correct that Republicans in congress will try and stop it. Luckily they'll soon be out of power and the fillabuster will stop them from canning the program when they get back in power.

Recovering 24 hrs of time lost in traffic, 25% jump in transit usage, and millions for transit improvements sounds amazing to me. DC should enjoy the benefits NYC is already seeing.

I look forward to mayor @janeese4dc.bsky.social implimenting congestion pricing in DC along with new bus lanes.

You're saying Elon and Marc are the biggest centrists?

There should be at least two large residential towers there, but chances are we'll get a mostly empty parking lot for ages...

So it seems @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social updated his post, now he's wants you to make him mayor to do the one policy idea he's failed at funding for years!

It seems that @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social wants to "freeze" i.e. cut taxes and let parking violators get away without paying fines.

McDuffie - you know he isn't focused on the 59% of DC who rents or 40% of DC who doesn't even own a car (not to mention the rest of us who don't illegally park)

This Mary Cheh endorsed McDuffie? The one who feuded with him (to no avail) over the Public Service Commission that hiked everyone’s Pepco bills—illegally, as it turns out?

This is the wrong way - this is encouraging driving.

Metro fare to the airport should be free go encourage metro rather than driving. Or, if we insist on charging, it should come with some fast pass through security or similar.

Gross, my kids definitely don't need more weeks dedicated to standardized testing

It's particularly big news because @kenyanmcduffie.bsky.social was the chair of the Committee on Business and Economic Development, which oversees the PSC and evidently he was asleep at the wheel here.

We literally walked (3 blocks) home, the hospital was quite freaked out.

Did I miss the article mentioning MD? I didn't see it.

TBH, I'm kind of annoyed at the new tipped wage ballot. I am not sure why they just didn't do tipped wage again. The question of what the apropriate minimum wage should be is different than should tipped workers get stiffed on their wages.

What if they're all good reasons to vote against McDuffie?

If you can't do the work to get the valuable parts complete, it's probably not worth expending the political capital.

Is it true that the temporary bill doesn't impact FY26? I thought it did while the emergency bill did not.

Would love to see this analysis for DC. Also, the analysis needs to be boiled down better for delivery to decision. The video was a bit on the slow side (though the 3D graphics may be very compelling).

I assume this is a calculated move to ensure that even if McDuffie wins, he isn't completely hostile to urbanist issues. I get it, it feels icky, but is what effective advocates need to do.

That said, no one who prioritizes urbanist issues is going to vote for that empty suit.

(1) Gamblers need legal outlets or the mob profits (2) Prediction markets are better than draft kings because they make socially useful info (3) restrict gambling companies to bookie services rather than making bets and ban them from marketing and you'll likely mitigate many of the social harms.

A key point that I'm not sure you mentioned is that the emergency bill isn't contested. That bill changed the tax law for 2025 and isn't subject to the repeal regardless.

Thank you for the clear analysis @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social. Now can we file our 2025 taxes?

I'll believe it when I see some actual enforcement data.

There is zero prep work happening in DC. If we hit. Boom we're screwed.

Definitely heard thunder and saw lightning this morning around 7:45am

It's an easy choice.

Janeese advocates for people over parking

McDuffie, "despite over a decade in office, [] is light on substance"

What a coward @mayorbowser.dc.gov is. You're the leader of the city, don't pass the buck, answer the question.

I appreciate you stepping up but are you also planning on running for the full term? There is a lot to be said about having someone who will be there six months later. That'll probably be a factor in how I vote in the special election.

Is there a relevant analysis on rate changes over the last couple of years and justifications from pepco on those changes?

.... which is why the argument about 4k officers was such dumb political theater. DC can't even hire the officers it's already authorized to hire.