OPINION: BY ROBERT LANZA The Council discussed charter changes, residency incentives, and a citizen's charter committee at the April 1 council meeting.  The council discussion of these issues was

COUNCIL VOICE • BY SETH GRMIES, Ward 1 Councilmember Mayor Bruce Williams has added discussion of two linked initiatives, a voting-rights resolution and Election Day voter registration (EDVR), to

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Two questions we wish the Takoma Park city council would ask itself:  "What is the problem?" followed by, "What is the best

COUNCIL VOICE • BY TIM MALE, Ward 2 City Council Member Takoma Park city ouncilmember Tim Male's addresses issues currently before the council; whether to require the future city

OPINION • BY FRANCIS PHIPPS I am thankful to Ward 1 councilmember Seth Grimes who has listened to his constituents and offered sound guidance on this issue. He also

OPINION • BY JAMIE RASKIN When I moved to Takoma Park in 1990, there was no Internet. No websites. No email. No blogging. No neighborhood listservs. No 24-hour

EDITOR'S VOICE • BY ERIC BOND This year marks a quarter century of the Voice. For the past 25 years, this has been an independent monthly tabloid, dedicated to

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI “You need a platform,” my cousin said.  “As an author.  You should use Twitter.” We were having dinner at the Clyde’s

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT

 Dear Reader,

 No blood! Just bruises

 2010's budget bloodbath was not repeated in 2011, to everyone's surprise and relief. Takoma Park city elections,

CITIZEN BILL • BY WILLIAM BROWN

December 2011

OPINION • BY MIKE TIDWELL AIDS, poverty, war – none of them will matter if the atmosphere warms by 11 degrees in a century. An optimist might want to

VOX POPULI • BY SETH GRIMES

QUESTION OF THE MONTH • BY JULIE WIATT Here are some answers to the question of the month. Leave your answer below. Jim Dougherty (with Seneca): “What

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI A few weeks ago, I was on the Beltway half-listening to NPR when I heard something about the US economy

Dear Readers,

Training wheels strapped to the dais, the new Takoma Park City

VOX POPULI • BY ED LEVY The Blair High School Cafeteria was jumping on October 27 for the one-year-out area kick-off of President Obama’s re-election campaign. I once

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park's new city council, with three new and bouncy ward representatives, was sworn in Nov. 21. The main event was short - they

COMMUNITY • BY CHEER The gap between the haves and have-nots in Takoma Park widened significantly during the last decade, according to U.S. Census data. Community Health and Empowerment

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI Recently, a $447 billion jobs bill backed by President Obama was killed in the Senate. In what the New York