Two things the DC council should but won’t internalize in this article: 1. GA has a tax / regulatory environment that was already attractive to business. 2. Even with that, Kemp still proactively sought them out.
Gov. Brian Kemp is well known to have a copious reading habit. One day he read that Audi was looking to build a U.S. manufacturing plant and the wheels started turning. @FitzTrubey has the amazing ticktock on the many years and dozens, maybe hundreds, of people it took to bring Audi to Georgia. ajc.com/business/2026/10/how…
People would be surprised how much modern building code contributes to the sterile / mall like feeling of new construction. There is very little room for different forms of/ experimenting. Stuff like this should be legal.
The easiest way out of this, is for Trump to reinstate NLT, help them push through the Tom Doak renovation. If they really want to push some tour event (likely not feasible) do a charity event where pros have to use 1920s designed clubs (persimmon woods, etc.)
BREAKING: Judge Reyes has issued a preliminary injunction over the golf course and begins with this:
"Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President."
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So a LL would have to write off bad debt, stop the clock on the already onerous eviction process, go through arbitration (how are you staffing that)…for $2000 and no certainty any future payments would be made. We are governed by idiots.
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"If submitting a housing permit application on the same day, the average aspiring homeowner who wants to build in Miami, San Francisco or Boston — the cities with the longest permitting times — will still be stuck in paperwork when the average aspiring homeowner in Indianapolis, El Paso, Colorado Springs, Phoenix or Fort Worth is moving into a completed home."
@PostOpinions
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Audi field is barely 8 years old. Nats park is nearing 20 and is due for a major renovation and the initial proposal would extend the lease with the Nats to 2059. Capital One already serves the market for arena shows of this size.
D.C. United wants the city to pitch in $300 million to help add 8,000 seats and a roof on Audi Field, saying it would expand the number of events there. Critics say it's an unnecessary public subsidy, and the Washington Spirit is an X factor in the debate: washingtonsun.com/metro/audi…
Other than stepped up basis (which should be eliminated as it disincentivizes turning over capital) these are all terrible. We should be incentivizing people to roll over gains into new investment.
We should have a structure that allows people to smooth out their income. We’re going into a world where people are likely to have highly irregular income. If you’re in construction, development, or any capital heavy industry, it’s feast or famine.
Why are we paying TANF or any sort of welfare while simultaneously having to stretch out to the eastern shore and offering giant signing bonuses bc we can’t find people for basic jobs.
EXCLUSIVE: D.C. is launching a recruitment campaign aimed at hiring police officers, corrections officers, firefighters and paramedics.
The nearly $500K push comes as competition from federal law enforcement has worsened D.C. police's long standing staffing crisis.
Named DC Calls, the campaign spans from Maryland's Eastern Shore (where market research found billboards are likely to recruit firefighters) to New York City (where targeted digital ads aim to attract young police recruits).
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Notice both of these people are multi-time convicted felons, and their sentence is only supervised release. We need to bring back 3 strikes laws, and also for DC, give USAO ability to move cases outside of DC court to surrounding jurisdictions.
VIDEOS POSTED ON INSTAGRAM SHOWED AN ARSENAL IN A WASHINGTON DC GARAGE
Travis Foster, 25, and Reginald Monroe, 23, were sentenced in federal court after investigators began monitoring YouTube and Instagram videos showing them and associates with firearms, including guns fitted with extended magazines and micro Draco pistols capable of firing rifle rounds.
On Oct. 19, 2023, @JudgeJeanine says police tracked the group from a dinner gathering to a Northwest D.C. nightclub. In a nearby garage, officers found 842 suspected fentanyl pills and multiple firearms in a stolen Audi Q7, plus six more guns in a Chrysler 300. Prescription paperwork linked Foster to some of the guns; surveillance and DNA evidence linked Monroe to two pistols.
Investigators later found Instagram voice messages in which Foster claimed the seized guns and discussed replacing them. A search of his home turned up a loaded pistol with an extended magazine, more than a pound of marijuana and a money counter.
Foster received 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute. Monroe received 46 months for possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing a machine gun. Court records say Monroe had two pistols modified to function as machine guns.
Both men were ordered to serve three years of supervised release. Foster’s case marks his second firearm conviction; Monroe’s, his fourth in six years.
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It would be good if muggers in DC were afraid enough of consequences that they didn't feel free to return to the scene of their crime and demand back the phone they dropped.
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One of the saddest facts about the East Potomac situation is that it was being renovated - Trump’s problem is that it wasn’t being renovated by himself.
The National Links Trust was raising private contributions, making much needed repairs, and had a world class golf architect lined up to do the upgrades for free.
Those plans preserved the historic character, maintained affordability, and protected public access to the rest of the park.
Would trees have come down? Yes. Would land be moved? Yes
Would there be the uproar there is now? Absolutely not.
If Trump had really cared about the people this impacted he would have worked with the NLT to expedite their plan. But he didn’t. And he doesn’t.
This is not about giving the people a world class public course. It’s about giving himself a 17th.
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Today in Capital Commonsense! @GregJaczkoDC on how to lower utility bills for Washingtonians—cut our way too high subsidies for rooftop solar, which are passed on to everyone without them, to be more in line with Maryland. capitalcommonsense.com/p/dis…
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who pays for the automatic enrollment for utility affordability act? other ratepayers. who pays for the local solar expansion bills? other ratepayers (now 15% of your bill).
she’s part of the reason your pepco bills are high!
People who receive SNAP and housing vouchers get more money from DC government than junior level white collar workers.
Today in Capital Commonsense! @kevincorinth has a commonsense reform to cut the exceptionally high payment standard for housing vouchers, allowing D.C. to serve many more families. The current standard:
Studio—$3,652
1 BR—$3,768
2BR—$4,200
3BR—$5,301
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Good WaPo reporting on shady doings.
The mysterious group campaigning to block robotaxis in D.C.
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There’s some context missing from the East Potomac debate online.
I can see why a public, championship level golf course is exciting directly next to downtown DC right there on a prime piece of real estate. (I don’t have a ton of faith in Tom Fazio taking on this task or in the ability for a municipal maintenance crew to take that on in perpetuity, but I digress.)
The whole grow/shrink thing is tiring, but I don’t think golf should grow in this direction.
There is no lack of championship golf in DC area (Congressional + Potomac + Woodmont + Baltimore + Caves Valley are all championship ready today). There is no lack of places to play for bros on golf trips, and there is no lack of up-and-coming clubs (think Old Barnwell). The game is rife with fashionistas, equipment junkies, and logomaxxers.
In general I’d say one thing that’s lacking generally is simple, good, affordable municipal golf. Not in a granola bar kind of way to do the contrived ‘grow the game’ thing, but rather having recreation for people of the city.
Anyone who went to East Potomac could see how busy the range was. There’d be 20-something dudes getting in some practice after work. There’d be kids. There’d often be dates. There’d be old people. One time I saw Dave Matthews Band drummer right next to me.
I think it would be sad for that to be lost. I hope whatever ends up in its place maintains that function for the people of DC.
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Jumping in from vacation (👋 from Paris) to share my latest for @CityCast_DC. I spoke with some of DC's most prolific developers to get a sense of why building in the city has slowed. TLDR: Investors don't want to put their money into D.C. 🧵dc.citycast.fm/business-deve…
