Two years and two days ago, I blogged about a massive urban redevelopment project planned for the former brewery of Pabst Blue Ribbon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called Pabst City. The project was mind-boggling in scale: it was to cost over $300 million to convert seven blocks of the brewery’s historic structures into stores, apartments, and […]
Got an Idea?
SEIU has launched a website soliciting ideas to improve the lives of working families – the website is called SinceSlicedBread.com. They’re looking for ideas – in 175 words – that are original, creative, and have a good chance of practical success, and which: * Grow the economy * Create good-paying jobs that allow people to […]
The New York Times On Taxes
From their story today on post-Katrina politics: Economic growth is crucial to reducing poverty, but the effect of tax rates is less clear. In 1993, President Bill Clinton raised taxes on upper-income families, the economy boomed and poverty fell for the next seven years. In 2001, President Bush cut taxes deeply, but even with economic […]
Stencil in Ledroit Park
We liked this stencil. It reads “Our dreams cannot fit in their ballot boxes.”
Rent Control in D.C.
Council member Jim Graham is going to introduce a stronger rent control law for the District: Dear Friends, It’s time for some real rent control in the District of Columbia! Many of us have watched rental prices go up, up, up… despite the rent control law the Council wisely and recently extended for five years. […]
Woodson House Update
I got this over a neighborhood listserv about the Carter G. Woodson house: Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site — Presented by the National Park Service, which took ownership of Dr. Woodson’s home at 1538 9th St. intends to open it up as a National Historic Site in the next 5 to 10 years. The […]
A Student Think Tank?
I attended an event today held on Capitol Hill hosted by the new “student think tank” the Roosevelt Institution event on Capitol Hill today launching their new policy journal. Speaking were Doug Bailey, founder of the Hotline, Quinn Wilhelmi, executive Director of the Roosevelt Institution, and Jesse Wolfson, the editor of their new journal, The […]