Dear Readers, Bilkers and scofflaws take note! Sell a rental property in Takoma Park without mentioning to the buyer that, oh, by the way, this city has rent control,

Dear Readers, As the grapeshot zinged past her head and the sulfurous cannon smoke billowed over the poop deck, the Mayor cried “This is not a battle, this is

Dear Readers, Cancel the funeral! The body is still twitching. In fact, it’s walking . . . slowly . . . forward . . . ! What does “forward” mean,

CANDIDATE Alexandra Quéré Barrionuevo Question: What is your opinion of the city's rent stabilization (rent control) ordinances? Do you support the revisions to the rent stabilization ordinance proposed by

CANDIDATE Reuben Snipper Question: What is your opinion of the city's rent stabilization (rent control) ordinances? Do you support the revisions to the rent stabilization ordinance proposed by city

Dear Readers, Your Gilbert has been busy with holidays and a virus, so we will just have a quick year-end update of a couple of important city issues. AS PREDICTED,

Dear Readers, Apparently you all took Gilbert’s warning to hide in your bunkers much too seriously. Despite the predictions of a large and unruly turnout, only one lawyer showed

Dear Readers, Get to the nearest bunker! The angry mobs are coming! You have until next Monday’s (Nov. 20) city council meeting to stock up on bread, milk, and

Dear Reader, Meanwhile, back at the city council chambers . . . Yes, while we have been wrapped up in the primary election brawl, the city has been quietly tending

Dear Readers, Do you live in Takoma Park’s Ward 5? Are your Monday evenings free? Would you like to spend those Monday evenings chatting with a friendly group of

Dear Readers and WRITERS! Your comments, which so many of you (and we) thought were lost in cyberspace, have been found and posted! The technical bugs have been exterminated!

Dear Readers, Not “odds and ends” because issues before the City Council never seem to end. Readers, please note: if you try but are unable to leave a comment, please

Dear Readers, We have a GLOG ("Guest blog") this time! Here are some remarks from Takoma Park resident Steve Davies, partly in response to the last granolapark entry, partly

Dear Readers, Let's take a scrupulously objective look at the rent stabilization issue, shall we? First of all, do we all agree that the majority of landlords are bloodsuckers? What

Dear Readers, Forget about rent control. The heck with the gym, Phooey on the fire truck. Don’t even mention the upcoming elections. Let’s talk about something Takoma Parkians REALLY

Dear Readers, Imagine battling the Hydra- the mythical monster which grew its many heads back as fast as they were lopped off- with a small nail-clipper. That’s what the work

Dear Readers, Those bad boys want to take our fire truck away! You know how everyone says the city council is always thrown into the role of being reactive rather

Dear Readers, "I see an affordable housing crisis!" That's what an appalled Colleen Clay, Ward 2 council member, said after reading the number of apartments converted to condos in the