DCentric

Good morning, DCentric readers! Congrats on surviving a blustery yesterday.

Breast Feeding Mom Reprimanded At Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Moms have right to breastfeed on federal property: “Despite the Hirshhorn’s apology, mothers around the Washington region are expressing their displeasure publicly. They will hold a “nurse-in” at the museum Saturday morning.” (WUSA Washington, DC)

#WMATA #FAIL: A guide to Metro’s rough life on Twitter This was very entertaining: “Since Metro never defends itself, the result is a fascinating and relentless one-way stream of bile. The daily catalog of Metro tweets reads like an interminable and scathing report from the agency’s inspector general’s office, only with more color and less restraint.” (tbd.com)

How can 14th Street thrive between Target and Walmart? How about…”a course that steers the corridor’s commercial nodes on a route that avoids direct competition with national chains, focusing instead of developing distinct niches that can’t be served by a big box.” (Greater Greater Washington)

District dropping drunk-driving cases because of breath-test problems There she blows: “The District is continuing to drop some drunken-driving cases while certification problems remain with equipment used to test suspects’ breath, a year after such devices came under investigation…” (The Washington Post)

D.C. teachers fired by Rhee to be reinstated The surprising thing– this isn’t Rhee-ally about you know who: “Where the school system screwed up, arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum concluded, was in not providing the one-page evaluations completed by the relevant principals directly to the teachers when they were fired.” (tbd.com)

VIDEO: Mother of girl hit by red-light runner, while crossing Connecticut Avenue Wow: “The only penalty for running a red light and hitting a person is a small fine, and the DMV told Szemraj that they don’t even pursue out-of-state drivers if they don’t pay such tickets.” (Greater Greater Washington)