Entries from DCist tagged with 'ward2'
October 10, 2008
The ban on the sale of single beers keeps marching on, so it seems. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council approved legislation that bans the sale of single beers in Ward 6, Ward 2 and part of Ward 1. Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), who sponsored the measure, had this to say in a statement:“Over the last year, I heard increasingly from neighborhood leaders and our elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners that they wanted Ward 6......
Continue Reading "Single Beer Ban Continues to Expand"June 19, 2008
Over the last few years a number of ANCs and Wards -- including a stretch of H Street NE, part of Logan Circle, and wards 4, 7 and 8 -- have banned the sale of single cans and bottles of beer, citing their tendency to cause their drinkers to pee on sidewalks, litter, and generally make trouble. Now the Examiner is reporting that Council members Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) would......
Continue Reading "More Single Alcohol Sales Bans Proposed for Wards 2 & 6"March 6, 2008
If you live on any of Georgetown's quiet tree-lined streets, this weekend might be a good time to take an impromptu out-of-town vacation. In response to the D.C. Council's tabling of a bill that would place limitations on the use of amplification for demonstrations in residential neighborhoods, activists are planning to take to the streets of Georgetown this weekend to make a point -- and make it loudly. According to an email we received, the......
Continue Reading "Rude Wake-Up Planned for Georgetown (and Jack Evans)"
