Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female Mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
Mayor reinstates ‘pause’ in indoor dining at restaurants, bars
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s announcement on Dec. 18 that indoor dining and indoor bar service for the city’s bars and restaurants would be banned beginning Dec.
23 until at least Jan. 15 came about one week after one or more unidentified vandals damaged the heaters used by the D.C. gay bar The Dirty Goose for its outdoor seating area.
The two developments were not related to each other. But Keaton Fedak, general manager of The Dirty Goose, told D.C.’s Channel 7 News last Friday that the two things appeared to be more signs of the trials and tribulations faced by his and other similar establishments this year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
