Category Archives: District of Columbia

Latino Media Collective’s Pre-Election Special

Posted on October 30, 2010 by admin

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 The Latino Media Collective airs Wednesday evenings from 7-8:00 PM on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio. Last night, journalist Pete Tucker and D.C. Statehood Green Party media coordinator Scott McLarty joined … Continue reading →

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Halderman’s Hackers: How Safe is Online Voting?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO ALEX HALDERMAN & JEREMY EPSTEIN [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Alex Halderman traveled all the way from Michigan to attend a D.C. Council hearing on internet voting. In his testimony before the Committee on … Continue reading →

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Tax Breaks for a Tower: The Story Behind the Proposed Adams Morgan Hotel

Posted on October 18, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO ANTHONY HARVEY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 For years, WPFW 89.3 FM has been housed in the City Paper building in the multi-cultural Adams Morgan community in northwest D.C. The station, however, is not … Continue reading →

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Historic McMillan Park Under Attack

Posted on October 15, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO TONY NORMAN:[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Tony Norman is a community activist and a member of the McMillan Park Committee. For years Norman has worked with the community to protect the historic 25-acre McMillan … Continue reading →

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Jack Evans: Marriott’s Man

Posted on October 6, 2010 by admin

David Mallof, 1st Vice President of the Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia and Pete Tucker testified before Councilmember Jack Evans on June 24, 2009. Both Mallof and Tucker raised the issue of Mr. Evans’ possible conflict … Continue reading →

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Jack Evans’ Potential Conflicts of Interest Exposed

Posted on October 5, 2010 by admin

This interview aired on WPFW 89.3 FM in June. There will be a follow up piece coming soon. LISTEN TO JOHN HANRAHAN HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Councilmember Jack Evans is possibly the third most … Continue reading →

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David Catania’s Double Dipping

Posted on September 28, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO DAVID SCHWARTZMAN HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 At large D.C. Councilmember David Catania has been described by the Washington Post as: a “D.C. politician [who] doesn’t pull punches“, a member of “an active … Continue reading →

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How many D.C. taxicab drivers on the D.C. Taxicab Commission?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by admin

(video excerpted from DC Gov) Friday afternoon, at a hastily scheduled and poorly publicized roundtable hearing before Ward 7 D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander, D.C. taxicab drivers unanimously testified in opposition to the nomination of Elliot Ferguson to the D.C. Taxicab … Continue reading →

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DCTV’s “More Room On the Outside,” Tuesday, September 21, 2010: Statehood Green Party Candidates Speak Out

Posted on September 22, 2010 by admin

Journalist Pete Tucker joined “More Room On the Outside” on DCTV with co-hosts Dr. Baruch and Toussaint Tingling-Clemmons for an hour-long discussion on the upcoming November general election. Guests included D.C. Statehood Green Party activists and candidates David Schwartzman, who … Continue reading →

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“More Room on the Outside” on DCTV, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (Election Day)

Posted on September 15, 2010 by admin

Journalist Pete Tucker joined hosts Doctor Baruch and Toussaint Tingling-Clemmons for a discussion with guests Mama D and Bill O’Field. Mama D, an activist from New Orleans, discussed the man-made problems New Orleans faces five years after Hurricane Katrina. Bill … Continue reading →

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