Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new FBI headquarters in Maryland would inject an estimated $2 billion and 11,000 jobs into the economy, the Associated Press reports. Top officials are scheduled to promote moving the FBI office to Prince George’s County. Scheduled to attend are Gov. Martin O’Malley, Rep. Steny Hoyer and Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben…
By the Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Chicago We all know crime fighter Eliot Ness brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone, right? Not quite. Ness spent the best years of his life in a hunt to put Capone behind bars, but he had less to do with the final outcome than legend has it. Ness retired…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the primary owner of the Washington Nationals gets his way, the Landover Mall will become the new site of the FBI’s headquarters. The Washington Post reports that Lerner Enterprises, a development firm run by the Nationals owner, has submitted the 88-acre site for consideration as the bureau’s new headquarters. Sears is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The General Services Administration has narrowed down the list of possible new locations for a new FBI headquarters by adding more geographic requirements, the Washington Post reports. The FBI has become more restrictive about location, saying the new headquarters must be within two miles of a Metrorail station and within two-and-a-half miles…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Maryland official hope they soon land the new FBI headquarters, saying the site is perfectly located, News4 reports. The site at Greenbelt has quick access to Metro and the Beltway, and it has about 80 acres to develop. The FBI has said it requires about 50 acres for a new headquarters. “We…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents will be closer to an area that has been a hotbed for violent crime in the Hudson Valley in New York, the Associated Press reports. The agency is opening up a new $4.5 million regional office near the city of Newburgh, which has been the focus of FBI crackdowns on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The demolition of the Hoover Building would create $28 million in additional tax revenue for Washington D.C. and provide much needed aesthetic relief for people who have to see the hulking building every day, the Washington Post wrote in an editorial today. The move to another building also makes sense regionally, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Washington D.C. has a lot to lose – and gain – if the FBI moves its longtime headquarters to the suburbs. If the bureau moves from Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 4,800 jobs would go with it, the Washington Post reports. But redevelopment of the site could generate an additional $28 million, the Post reported,…
