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No funding for teachers’ bonuses if Rhee’s donors withdraw “The District would “probably not” be able to fund teachers’ bonuses after next month if the private foundations that Chancellor Michelle Rhee solicited withdrew their funds, the organization that manages the schools’ budget said.” (Washington Examiner )

Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do his home repairs “Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and that he has firsthand knowledge of that — because they fix his house. A moderate Republican, Powell urged his party on Sunday to support immigration generally because those who come from abroad are, in his words, “what’s keeping this country’s lifeblood moving forward.”" (AP)

4 People Shot Fri./Sat. Night in Petworth, 2 shot in Brightwood “Unfortunately it is easy to overlook these incidents because they weren’t widely reported (as fortunately nobody was killed) but let’s not pretend that they didn’t happen. Because the people that live on these blocks can’t pretend it didn’t happen.” (Prince Of Pentworth )

Gray plans to take up voting rights issue with the White House “Gray called the failure to get congressional approval of voting rights for the city a “bitter disappointments,”…”Why should we still have to ask the United States Congress how to spend our own money?”…Gray said he received a call from the White House after defeating current Mayor Adrian Fenty in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. ” (wtop.com)

With rent strike settled, raft of changes in store for Marbury Plaza in Anacostia “…two years ago, led by about a dozen young professionals, a group of residents started a rent strike that ended last month with an agreement by the complex’s owners to pay $5 million for repairs. For the first time in 15 years, a raft of changes is in store for the once-grand complex.” (The Washington Post)

Gray calls late-night parking meter rules ‘offensive” “The regulations, changed in June, now require that you pay to park until 10:30 p.m. in some of the busiest parts of the District, including Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Penn Quarter, the National Mall, and Penn Quarter/Chinatown. Gray says the constant need to feed the meter was hurting business. “I think we’ve got to find a way to make this a more business and customer friendly city.”" (WTOP News)