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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, By Frances GemmillThe DC Council begins the New Year and Council Period Sixteen with three new members who were sworn in on January 2. The new members are Kwame Brown (at-large), Vincent C. Gray ((Ward 7), and Marion Barry (Ward 8). Council Chair Linda Cropp has also made some changes in Committee assignments. Councilmember Carol Schwartz will continue as Chairperson of the Committee on Public Works and the Environment. Councilmember David Catania will chair the new Committee on Health. Councilmember Phil Mendelson will now be chair of the Committee on Judiciary. Councilmember Jim Graham will chair the Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. For a complete rundown on Committee assignments, see and save the enclosed insert.A process to involve the public in a revision of the city's Comprehensive Plan is underway. The Office of Planning is holding a series of workshops in D.C. Comp Plan Week #1, with meetings combining Wards 1 & 2, 3&4, 5&6, and 7&8. The revised plan will guide how and where the city will grow for the next 20 years. The, Comp Plan provides policy and planning guidance on the physical development and redevelopment of the city. It addresses a range of issues: land use, economic development, , housing, environmental protection, transportation, public facilities, urban design, the types of uses allowed in residential and commercial areas and the amount of parking that must be provided. In the District of Columbia, the Comp Plan is a legally required document which includes District Elements - prepared by the DC Office of Planning - and Federal Elements - prepared by the National Capital Planning Commission. - which govern development on federally owned properties in the District: DC Comp Week #2 will take place in June 2005, and Week #3 in January 2006. I hope many League members will become involved in this process which is not only legally required, but also important to the future of our city. Do try to attend the workshops in your Ward, and let us have feedback about the results. "Homeland Security for Today's World:
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John H. Adams Margot Aronson Noreen E. Beatley Marie-Louise Bernal Elaine Bevilacqua Sandra J. Black Amy Bloom Ellen I. Brody Ozeal Shyne Brown Sharon L. Brownfield Nora Carbine William F. Carroll Joyce M. Chadwick Allayne F. Chappelle Harold Cheilek (Hazel) H. Russell Cort Mary D. Crisp Carroll Virginia Crumbaugh Love Gloria Davis James Dickson K. Burke Dillon Martina Teresa Driscoll Paula Yvonne Edwards L. Jean Emery |
Allan Eustis Phoebe Fagan Seth M. Galanter Rosabel E. Goodman-Everard Genevieve F. Gordon Dr. Sheila Gray Libby C. Halaby Bailey S. Hand Adelaide W. Henley Joanne Hirsch Wilhelmina Cole Holladay Monica Holman Sherrill M. Houghton Roberta Johnson Andra Jurist Shulamith Deborah Kang Dorothy G. Kearney Ray Killian Kristin M. Kurtenach Betty Landesman Tom Landis Ronald Leve Joann Lewinsohn Terry R. Lewis Ann Lordeman |
Alta I. Mainer N. C. Millet Vivianne Mozon Margaret Parlato Kathleen Quinn Iris T. Rache Celeste E. Regan Dr. Jo Ann A. Reiss E. C. Robertson Louise Sagalyn Cynthia Shaughnessy Bonnie Ward Simon Lucile S. Stark Linda G. Steckley Elizabeth Stein Emily W. Streett Gennifer Sussman Fannie Webb Taylor Martin A. Tolcott Jeannette Wedel Carol Wansong Linda Yohe Ann Young Orr Caroline A. Zimmerman |
We extend our deepest condolences to the families of four of our members who recently passed away:
The following remembrance comes from Jean Hall of the D.C. League, who kept in touch with Barbara and visited her, along with Anna Marsh, after she moved to La Plata, Maryland:
I met Barbara in the late 70s. We lived in the' same building on Davis Place. Shortly after we met, a new owner bought our building and began to. make life miserable for the tenants. He had an expressed purpose of turning the building into a condominium, and his plan was to drive everyone out. Barbara and I met while fighting this battle. At about the same time, we began attending the same League Unit - the Northwest Evening Unit.
Barbara and I became good friends, and our friendship continued even after we moved to different buildings. I met her daughter and spent many pleasant evenings with them. Barbara had ancestors who had crossed the U.S. in a covered wagon, and had kept a journal of that trip. It was fascinating. We loved to go to lunch and discuss politics.
After Barbara gave up her car, I began driving her to League meetings, and she fed me. I said I got the better end of the deal.
When her breathing got so bad she had to go on oxygen, Barbara moved to La Plata (Maryland) with her sister. We continued to go out to eat, to talk on the phone, and correspond. Barbara wrote great letters, mostly about politics. I grew to like her sister, and was sad when she died. Barbara's daughter had already died, and these deaths took a real toll on her.
Shortly before her sister died, Barbara moved into a nursing home in La Plata. She tried very hard to make a go of it. It became difficult to talk to her on the phone because of her hearing loss, but she still wrote great letters. One of her last letters to me was about her real fear of John Ashcroft and the Patriot Act. She was looking forward to the election and hoping George Bush would be defeated. I loved her and will really miss her. Jean Hall
Remembering Barbara Bays (continued): During the 1970s and 80s, Barbara Bays worked as a staff member at LWVUS, where she is remembered as a person who "was a joy to know and work with". After she retired from that job, (when Anna Marsh was President of LWVDC), she began working as a volunteer at the D.C. League Office five days a week. I was working two days a week to maintain membership records and communications, and thus had the good fortune to work with Barbara. When I mentioned this to an LWVUS staff member who remembers Barbara at LWVUS, she agreed. We remember the same Barbara Bays. Frances Gemmill
Lois Laster, a valued member of the Southwest Unit of the DC League, died on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at age 93. She was active in several local and global organizations. She was a charter member of the Red Cross Overseas Association, and a longtime volunteer with the-local Red Cross, UNESCO, and the League of Women Voters, where in recent years she worked with the Voter Mailing Crew to mail our DC VOTER.
Lois was the beloved godmother of Linda M. White of Chicago and Lois Margaret Kilpatrick. She is survived by a cousin, Joyce Chandler. She was viewed at Stewart Funeral Home, and lay in state at Christ United Methodist Church. Services were held Saturday, October 23, with Rev. Jason L. Robinson officiating, and interment was Thursday October 23 in Canton, Ohio. She will be missed not only in the Southwest Unit, but also throughout the D.C. League of Women Voters.
Joan died several weeks ago. We don't know the precise date nor other specifics but our understanding is that there will be a memorial service in the Spring when Joan's children visit the area. We'll keep you informed.
Joan was president of the DC League from 1973 - 74 when she suffered a severe stroke. She continued in her duties as president as long as she could, but soon had to resign her post. While president, she devoted much of her time and energy to advancing the cause of Home Rule for the District of Columbia. Many of us who attended the League Convention with Joan, held in San Francisco that year, remember the delight with which we received the news of the passage of the Home Rule Act (despite the faults it had and still has). It was a heady experience.
Unfortunately, Joan was beginning to ail even then. The Czameckis ultimately moved to Leesburg and Joan joined the League there, but she was not able to be physically active. She continued to fight for good causes, however, using her phone and her pen as weapons. She was a very special person. Naomi Glass
Betty died peacefully, on January 8, 2005. She was a retired DCPS teacher at Wheatley Elementary School. A faithful member of the Upper 1e Street Unit, Betty belonged to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and was a recent past Vice President of the DC Retired Teachers Association. She also was instrumental in establishing the Berean Chapter of AARP here in the District. She was the beloved wife for 46 years of Dr. Albert M. DuPree; devoted daughter of Jessie Shorter Thomas and the late LeRoy Samuels; loving mother of Tracy A. DuPree Davis (Larry). Services and celebration of her life were held on January 14th with an overflowing crowd at Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ Paula McKann.
In a breathtaking move to allow public street space to come under the exclusive use of private car rental companies, without compensation to the city, the DC Department of Transportation has proposed a "rulemaking" number 2406.12. Public authorities would be donating their services to enforce this exclusive control. Kalorama Citizens Association newsletter Jan. 2005 reports the details as follows:
Title 18, DCMR, Vehicles and Traffic is amended by adding two new subsections: New section 2406.12 The Director of the Department of Transportation is authorized to establish reserved on-street parking spaces for exclusive use of car-sharing vehicles provided:
(a) Parking in spaces established pursuant to this subsection shall be permitted only for vehicles registered to and operated by Zipcar and Flexcar, or any other company that subsequently operates a car-sharing business in the District;
(b) All car-sharing vehicles parked at meters shall be accorded, the same privileges under the "individuals, with Disabilities Parking Reform Amendment Act of 2000" as disabled individuals holding special tags or special permits issued by the District, and
(c) Unauthorized vehicles parked in such spaces shall be in violation of and subject to the fine set forth in Section 2601.
(d) The Director may authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates pursuant to this subsection properly identifying carsharing vehicles as such, in order to aid with the enforcement of 24016.12(c). New Section 2406.13: The Director may establish the parking spaces authorized by Section 2406.12 without first publishing the notice provided for in section 6 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedures Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; DC Code Section 1-1506), but shall provide affected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions with thirty-days (30) written notice of the intent to establish such spaces.
Chapter 99 is amended as follows: By amending Section 9901 to include the following: Car-sharing vehicle - any vehicles that allows multiple users ,via a membership to access the vehicle and use the vehicle based on a reservation. Grace Malakoff (387-7540)
As we go to press, no Unit meetings are scheduled for February, although Homeland Security was announced in the 2004-05 Member Handbook. I do hope several of you will join us in carpools to attend the program on Homeland Security arranged by the Falls Church League, to be held at the Falls Church Community Center. I am assured by the FC Program Chair that they can accommodate as many of our members as we can persuade to come.
Don Kraus, Executive Vice President of Citizens for Global Solutions, will speak on "Homeland Security for Today's World: a discussion of the UN High Level Panel Report on Threats, Challenges, and Change."
If you want to join a car pool, call the Office (347-3020), Frances Gemmill (362-6784) or Grace Malakoff (3877540). Frances Gemmill
MEMBERSHIP FORM TO JOIN OR RENEW: Questions concerning League membership can be directed to the League office at 347-3020. Print out this form.
We gratefully thank the following members for their recent financial contributions: Nilda Aponte, Bonnie Barhyte, Hope Bogorad, Suzanne Campagna, Susan Catler, Joan Domike, Naomi Glass, Alan Johnson & Carol Falk, Barbara Luchs, Grace Malakoff, Ken Nesper, Billie Press, Carol Ragsdale, Joan Reid, Judith Smith, Felice Sorett, Elizabeth Wiener, Reggie Yancey, Barbara Yeomans.
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13 | 14 | 15 7:30-9:30 pm Forum on Homeland Security | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
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January 25, 2005 [Source for this document: http://www.dccouncil.us]
COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004
E-mail address to send to all Councilmembers at one time: dccouncilmembers@dccouncil.us
Chairman Linda W. Cropp (At
Large) Executive Assistant: Stephanie Rich 724-9700 Committee of the Whole (All Councilmembers) Committee Clerk: Christopher Murray 724-8196 |
Room 504 | 724-8032 | Democrat | lcropp@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8085 |
Carol Schwartz (At Large) Executive Assistant: John Abbott 724-8113 Chariperson: Committee on Public Works and the Environment Committee Clerk: Adam Maier 724-8105 |
Room 404 | 724-8105 | Republican | schwartzc@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8071 |
David A. Catania (At Large) Executive Assistant: Linda Bumbalo Chairperson: Committee on Health Committee Clerk: Jordan Hutchison 724-8170 |
Room 110 | 724-7772 | Independent | dcatania@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8087 |
Phil Mendelson (At Large) Executive Assistant: Chairperson: Committee on Judiciary Committee Clerk: 724-7808 |
Room 402 | 724-8064 | Democrat | pmendelson@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8099 |
Kwame R. Brown (At Large) Executive Assistant: Keith Perry |
Room 406 | 724-8174 | Democrat | kbrown@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8156 |
Jim Graham (Ward 1) Executive Assistant: Jeff Jennings Chairperson: Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Committee Clerk: Fernando Rivero 724-8198 |
Room 105 | 724-8181 | Democrat | jgraham@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8109 |
Jack Evans (Ward 2), Chairman
Pro Tempore Executive Assistant: Shannette Grant Chairperson: Committee on Finance and Revenue Committee Clerk: Eric Goulet 727-8206 |
Room 106 | 724-8058 | Democrat | jackevans@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8023 |
Kathleen Patterson (Ward 3) Executive Assistant: Penny Pegano Chairperson: Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation Committee Clerk: Tameria Lewis 724-8195 |
Room 107 | 724-8062 | Democrat | kpatterson@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8118 |
Adrian Fenty (Ward 4) Executive Assistant: 724-8152 Chairperson: Committee on Human Services Committee Clerk: William Singer |
Room 308 | 724-8052 | Democrat | afenty@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8120 |
Vincent B. Orange, Sr. (Ward 5) Executive Assistant: Estell Mathis-Lloyd Chairperson: Committee on Government Operations Committee Clerk: Donna Cooper 724-8035 |
Room 108 | 724-8028 | Democrat | vorange@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8076 |
Sharon Ambrose (Ward 6) Executive Assistant: Marge Francese Chairperson: Committee on Economic Development Clerk: David Grosso 724-8198 |
Room 102 | 724-8072 | Democrat | sambrose@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8054 |
Vincent C. Gray (Ward 7) Executive Assistant: Dawn Slonneger |
Room 506 | 724-8068 | Democrat | vgray@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8097 |
Marion Barry (Ward 8) Executive Assistant: Linda Greene |
Room 400 | 724-8045 | Democrat | mbarry@dccouncil.us | Fax 724-8055 |
Committee Name | Chairperson | Members |
Of the Whole (COW) | Linda Cropp | All Members |
Government Operations | Vincent B. Orange, Sr. | Adrian Fenty, Jim Graham, Phil Mendelson, Carol Schwartz |
Consumer & Regulatory Affairs | Jim Graham | Sharon Ambrose, Kwame R. Brown, David A. Catania, Adrian Fenty |
Health | David A. Catania | Jack Evans, Jim Graham, Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Vincent C. Gray |
Economic Development | Sharon Ambrose | Jack Evans, Kwame R. Brown, Vincent C. Gray, Vincent B. Orange, Sr. |
Human Services | Adrian Fenty | Marion Barry, Vincent C. Gray, Kathy Patterson, Carol Schwartz |
Education, Libraries and Recreation | Kathy Patterson | Marion Barry, Vincent C. Gray, Phil Mendelson, Carol Schwartz |
Judiciary | Phil Mendelson | Sharon Ambrose, Kwame R. Brown, David A. Catania, Kathy Patterson |
Finance and Revenue | Jack Evans | Sharon Ambrose, Marion Barry, Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Kathy Patterson |
Public Works and the Environment | Carol Schwartz | Marion Barry, Kwame R. Brown, Adrian Fenty, Jim Graham |