Tasty Morning Bytes – Help for Homeless Principal, Another Gray Scandal and Metro’s Broken Escalators
Good morning, DCentric readers! Just a few more hours until a potentially rainy weekend!
Offers of Help Pour in for Homeless Principal Follow-up on story from yesterday’s round-up. Happy news for a Friday. VIDEO: “Carol Dostert, a former principal who’s now homeless, gets generous offers of shelter, support and even work.” (NBC Washington)
Family struggles to cope after wife and mother of four killed by driver on PCP Family lost their home after surviving parent had to quit his job to care for injured children: “The most difficult part, he said, was bath time after the accident, when so many of the kids’ legs and arms were in casts. It was the harshest reminder that his wife was gone.” (The Washington Post)
Prostitution-free zones target visible sex workers in D.C. “The law theoretically prohibits police from identifying prostitution-related behavior on the basis of “stereotypes or ‘profiles’”; instead, police must rely upon “clearly articulated” signs of sex work…neighborhood objections to visible sex work often center on what women should and shouldn’t be wearing outside the house.” (tbd.com)
Scandals, scrutiny mount on Gray administration What budget shortfall? “Several top-ranking D.C. political appointees are being paid at a rate that would violate District law, it was revealed Thursday, yet another controversy in the scandal-marred first two months of D.C. Mayor Vince Gray’s administration.” (Washington Examiner )
Metro’s Plan to Improve Escalators It could get worse if Metro loses federal funds: “There’s a reason escalators always seem to be broken. One is they’re not keeping up on maintenance. Right now only 40% of preventative maintenance is done on time.” (myfoxdc.com)
Lingering federal inquiry could hamstring fledgling administration It’s all so distracting: “Federal authorities looking at accusations of impropriety by the Gray for Mayor campaign might mean more trouble for a fledgling administration that must quickly move to set a new course or potentially risk losing its way entirely, experts said.” (Washington Examiner )