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- Press release, Washington Convention Center Authority Names Thomas
M. Mobley, Jr., General Manager and CEO, November
7, 2003
Controversy over building a new convention center
There are several on-line resources for following and
evaluating the Washington Convention Center controvery. Here are the links.
- The
Committee of 100 on the Federal City, Comparing
D.C.s Convention Center Options at Mt. Vernon Square vs. Union Station North: An
Updated Financial and Planning Study, May 1998.
- The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, Committee
of 100 Calls for Public Hearings on Convention Center Siting and Financing,
February 2, 1998
- The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, An Open
Letter to Linda Cropp, October 30, 1997.
- The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, Planned
Obsolescence: The Proposed Mt. Vernon Square Convention Center for Washington, D.C.
Compared to Other U.S. Convention Centers: A National Survey, October 30, 1997.
- The Committee of 100 on the Federal City, Unconventional
Finances: What's Wrong with the Proposed Convention Center at Mt. Vernon Square and How to
Prevent This Waste of DC's Development Dollars, September 18, 1997.
- Cooper, Anthony S., District of Columbia Auditor, Washington
Convention Center Authority Accounts and Operations for Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996,
June 24, 1997.
- District of Columbia Auditor, Analysis of Projected
Fiscal Year 1999 Dedicated Tax Revenue for the Washington Convention Center Authority,
August 7, 1998
- District of Columbia Auditor, Status of the
Washington Convention Center Authoritys Implementation of D.C. Auditor
Recommendations, June 1, 2000
- District of Columbia City Council, New Washington
Convention Center Neighborhood Stability Permit Act of 1997, Bill 12-449.
- District of Columbia City Council, Washington Convention Center Financial
Amendment Act of 1997, Bill 12-379.
- District of Columbia City Council, Washington Convention Center Authority Board of Directors
Terence C. Golden Confirmation Resolution of 1997, PR 12-529.
- District of Columbia City Council, 51% District Residents New Hires Amendment Act of 1998,
Bill 12-725.
- District of Columbia City Council, Washington
Convention Center Authority Dedicated Tax Revenue Bond Resolution of 1998, PR 12-840
includes a listing of sources and uses of bond-related funds, a cost estimate as of
June 19, 1998; and a project description.
- District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
Statement of the Chairman [approving of the Convention Center], July 13, 1998.
- District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority,
Letter turning down Convention Center contracts and budget that totaled $756 million, $106
million over the promised construction cap, May 11, 2000.
- Federation of Citizens Associations, The New Convention Center More
Questions than Answers, Newsletter,
November 1997.
- General Accounting Office, Convention Centers' Economic Benefits,
AIMD/OCE-98-71R, Letter report, February 27, 1998 (not yet online).
- General Accounting Office, District of Columbia: Status of the New Convention
Center Project, AIMD-97-148.
21 pp. plus 2 appendices (3 pp.) September 25, 1997.
- General Accounting Office, District of Columbia: Status of the Proposed New
Convention Center Project, AIMD-97-17, Letter report,
December 20, 1996.
- General Accounting Office, District of Columbia: Status of Convention Center
Project, GAO/AIMD-94-191.
Letter Report, September 15, 1994..
- House of Representatives, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on
the District of Columbia. Hearing on the New Washington Convention Center, July 15, 1998.
- Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman, DC Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
- Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, DC City Council
- Charlene Drew Jarvis, Chair, DC City Council
Committee on Economic Development
- Terence C. Golden, President and Chief Executive
Office of Host Marriott Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Director of the
Washington Convention Center Authority
- Rick Hendricks, Director, Property Development
Division, Public Buildings Service, National Capital Region, General Services
Administration
- Harvey Gantt, Chairman, National Capital Planning
Commission
- Taxpayers for Common Sense news release and letter
to Rep. Thomas Davis
- National Capital Planning Commission, Closing of L and M Streets, NW, Between 7th
and 9th Streets, and 8th Street betwen Mount Vernon Place and N Street, NW, and the
Closing of All Public Alleys in Squares 400, 401, 402, 426, 425, and 424 (S.O. 96-90): Report to the Council of the District of Columbia,
September 25, 1997.
- Shaw Coalition home page
- Shaw Coalition, lawyers letter giving
notice of a class action suit to collect $55 million in taxes illegally collected by the
Washington Convention Center Authority, August 21, 1998
- Testimony at the May 29, 1998, joint hearing of the City
Council Committees on Finance and Revenue and Economic Development on Bill 12-379, the Convention Center financing bill
Washington Convention Center Authority home page, Convention Center Online.
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