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Good story, but one important piece missing:

Councilmember Felder voted against a budget amendment for RCV voter education (it passed 8-4).

He voted against funds for voter education and is now concerned that voters won't be educated.

He's complaining about a problem he helped create.
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Cleary employs 65 people, almost double from her pre-pandemic staffing level. If she decided to scrap her outdoor structure, she figures she’d have to lay off 26 of them."
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by DC Newsfeed
Christian Siding systematically failed to pay prevailing wages at three publicly-funded projects in DC:

🏗️ Terrace Manor in Anacostia (Ward 8)
🏗️ The Appleton in Petworth (Ward 4)
🏗️ The Ethel in Hill East (Ward 7)

Projects that received generous public subsidies illegally underpaid their workers.
How D.C. developers made big money on a taxpayer-funded housing project
The Ethel was built on land provided by the city and benefited from a cascade of government subsidies that helped enrich its developers, a Washington Post investigation found.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM