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Loose Lips is Washington City Paper‘s flagship political column, covering all things D.C. politics. Here you will find stories about the D.C. Council, local politicians, the mayor, attorney general, ANCs, elections, government agencies, and more.
A ‘Classic Ward 3’ Dispute is Playing Out in Palisades, as Neighbors Battle Over Sidewalks and Street Closures
Some potential traffic changes on two Palisades streets has neighbors bickering, even drawing in Andrea Mitchell of NBC News fame.
Eric Goulet Launches a Ward 3 State Board of Education Run Amid Campaign Finance Investigation
Races for D.C.’s State Board of Education typically don’t get much attention, considering that the board has pretty constrained powers and often acts in an advisory capacity these days. Something tells Loose Lips the contest for the Ward 3 seat may soon be an exception. That’s because Eric Goulet, longtime D.C. government staffer and erstwhile…
Kenyan McDuffie’s At-Large Bid Scores Fundraising Help from GOP Donor and Lobbyist David Carmen
The bad news for Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is that he has to start from scratch when fundraising for his new at-large bid, considering he’ll need to return all the public money he earned for his ill-fated attorney general campaign. The good news is he’s got at least one deep-pocketed, well-connected friend helping on…
Once the Smut Kingpin of D.C., Dennis Sobin Says He’s Mellowed in Old Age. But He’s Still Making Another Run for Mayor.
Dennis Sobin, one of the strangest characters in D.C. politics, scored the Libertarian Party’s nomination, a full 12 years after his last bid.
Josh Lopez Sued to Stop a Critic From Tweeting and Force an Apology. It Didn’t Go Well.
Anyone who has spent enough time on Twitter has probably looked at another account and thought, If only they’d stop tweeting. But few people head to the courthouse to try and do something about it. Yet that is exactly what Josh Lopez decided to do last month when he unsuccessfully petitioned a judge to stop…