Every Word Is True
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Now an off topic story, every word of which is true. Dorothy and I ate
dinner at a restaurant last night. At the table next to us sat a grandfather and his two
grandsons, aged about three and five. The older son was kneeling in his chair, sitting on
his heels. While the grandfather was away from the table, the waitress came over. She told
the five-year-old not to sit that way, but to sit up straight in his chair, and she moved
his legs into sitting position. She took off his baseball cap and sat it on the edge of
the table. All the while, she took the edge off of her orders by telling him what a good
boy he was.
When the grandfather came back to the table, the boy said that he couldn't
reach his plate very well sitting down, but that the waitress has ordered him not to kneel
in his chair. The grandfather said to him, “You sit the way that is comfortable for
you. If she doesn't want you to, tell her, 'You're not the boss of me.' You're the boss of
you.” Of course, lessons aren't always learned the first time around. To drive his
point home, the grandfather asked the boys the rhetorical question, “Now, who's the
boss?” To which the younger boy, pleased at hearing a question he knew the answer to,
replied without hesitation, “Grandma.”
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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Farewell to D.C.
Jeffrey Itell, Story@intr.net
Dear friends, within the next two weeks, I will be moving to Pittsburgh to
become Director of Operations (and Shuffleboard at 5:00 PM ) for E-Cruise, an Internet
company specializing in the cruise line industry. I moved back to Washington in 1987 to
run Marion Barry out of office (it took twelve years to finish the job) and to ensure that
the MCI arena only be built in Gallery Place over my dead body. As for the Convention
Center, I regret that I have but one life to give to my city.
We were 30 people when we started this list in the Dark Ages of 1994. I'm
proud of what we accomplished and thrilled that I had the foresight to sucker Gary into
taking over the job. I am extremely excited about my new opportunity, but I am suffering
separation anxiety about leaving my Cleveland Park neighborhood, my city, and my friends.
This is a good place to call home. Washington won't be my residence any longer, but it
will always remain home to me.
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Help for Homeless Spurned
John Cleave, jhcleave@aol.com
For some years my wife and I have been making modest contributions to a
program called Ready Willing and Able which provides work opportunities and support for
the homeless. Our support was given for one good reason. This was a program that obviously
worked. The tasks on which beneficiaries were employed were humble — largely keeping
our neighborhood clean and tidy — but they were invariably pursued industriously and
well by neatly uniformed people who could be relied upon to cheerfully return greetings
from passers by. A rarity in itself.
This week we received a note from George McDonald, President of the Doe
Fund, the charity which runs the program with private, public and charitable support, to
say it would cease in DC. Why? Because “...the local government agencies, including
the Community Partnership for the Homeless, the Addiction, Prevention and Recovery
Administration (APRA), and the Department of Human Services, have treated us with open
hostility, labeling us as 'outsiders' and refusing to work with us.” Apparently
promises of support from Mayor Williams and Deputy Mayor Carolyn Graham have come to
naught. DC funding to Ready Willing and Able ceased on 31 January. The program is
transferring to New York — probably without many of its participants who will again
be out on the streets of DC.
I have only Mr. McDonald’s word that these are all the facts, but
they ring true. I sense that once again incompetant petty bureaucrats are guarding their
turf and putting their own little empire ahead of their constituent's needs. The Doe fund
say they would gladly stay in DC and continue to help the homeless here if they could.
They should. I hope Mayor Williams will take a moment to see that they do.
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For Profit GWU Hospital and 4/26 GWU Campus Plan
Hearing
Jim McLeod, jmcleod@attglobal.net
While the official ground breaking ceremony was Oct. 6, 1999, some readers
may have just recently noticed signs of actual construction starting on a proposed new
hospital building between Washington Circle and the Foggy Bottom Metro station. Even
though there are two appeals pending (The Foggy Bottom Association has requested the DC
Court of Appeals (No. 99-AA-1105) to vacate the Aug. 6, 1999, DC Board of Zoning
Adjustment order granting the zoning exception and ANC-2A05 Commissioner Dorothy Miller
has filed an appeal with the Board of Appeals and Review asking it to review the D.C.
State Health Planning and Development Agency's approval of a certificate of need for the
hospital), GWU and its for-profit controlling partner, University Health Services, Inc.,
of Pennsylvania, appear confident they will prevail.
On April 26, starting at 9:30 am, the B.A. will be holding a hearing on
GWU’s campus plan. While they are beginning construction on a new building, GWU still
has not specified what will happen with the old building. If you are one of the more than
50,000 persons who go past that site every workday, consider testifying. Call the Office
of Zoning for more info, 727-6311. If you want party status, you must apply by this
Wednesday, April 12th. I'd like to see the existing hospital renovated and a colonial
style dorm and campus yard on the site north of the Metro station.
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The Territory of Columbia
Matthew Gilmore, mgilmore@clark.net
The Territory of Columbia was organized with 5 jurisdictions: the city of
Washington, Georgetown, Alexandria, and for those areas not included in a municipality the
county of Washington on the Maryland side of the Potomac, and the county of Alexandria on
the Virginia side. In 1846, both Alexandrias were returned to Virginia. That left
Georgetown, city of Washington, and Washington county. All three are abolished in 1871,
along with the Territorial form of government. But note, neither Georgetown nor the city
of Washington was ever part of Washington County.
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Organic Washington
George LaRoche, laroche@us.net
In the “Organic Act of 1801” Congress labeled all of the
District formerly in the State of Maryland “Washington County” and labeled all
of the District formerly in Virginia “Alexandria County.” Other than naming
these “counties” and specifying that the laws of Maryland and Virginia would
continue to apply in the respective areas, the “Organic Act” did little but
create a federal judicial system for the District. The distinct political subdivisions of
“Washington,” “Georgetown,” and “Washington County” remained
fairly clear and politically and legally important until the Act of 1871, which created a
governmental structure for the entire District modeled on the forms of government created
for the continental “territories.” Although the subdivisions were not
eliminated, the existence of a District-wide government diminished the importance of the
subdivisions. Indeed, a few months after creation of the “territorial”
government, Congress abolished the separate local governments (corporations) of Washington
City, Georgetown, and the Levy Courts of Washington County (a form of county government
based on Maryland's original county governments). Georgetown retained a degree of its
local political and legal identity until 1895.
Since 1895, the District has been a unitary legal entity in which all
subdivisions are elements or levels of a unitary administrative (governmental) structure.
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Washington City, Georgetown and Washington County
Carl Bergman, carl@excellento.com
The District's three jurisdictions still live. The Federal City is still
the area below Florida Avenue (old Boundary Street) the Anacostia, Georgetown and the
river. In the 1890s, as I recall, Congress extended the laws of the City of Washington to
Georgetown, but did not annex it, per se. The county still exists and there are some
important differences. The federal government owns the streets and alleys in Washington
City. When DC closes an alley, for example, the money goes to the US Treasury — I've
always thought the city should get title to the streets, etc., our taxes maintain them,
not Congress'. Outside the city, there is no charge, which is also nutty. Anyway, the old
Commissioners exercised their jurisdiction over the county in an important matter. The
city's public accommodations law, dating from Reconstruction, only covered the city. The
commissioners extended it to the county in the mid 1950s, and the courts upheld it.
Finally, the DC police force is called the Metropolitan Police Department with good
reason. Patterned after the Metropolitan Police in London which covered several
jurisdictions, our MPD covers — you guessed it — the city, the county and
Georgetown.
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This might be your answer. D.C. Code §1-104. District as successor
corporation. Statute text: The District of Columbia is the successor of the corporations
of Washington and Georgetown, and all the property of said corporations, and of the County
of Washington, is vested in the District of Columbia. History (R.S., D.C., §96; 1973 Ed.,
§1-104.) Case References.
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The District of Columbia
Michael Bindner, mbindnerdc@aol.com
The District of Columbia's annexation of the County and of Georgetown
occurred without a referendum. It was accomplished by Act of Congress. For a detailed
chronology, see the 20 DC Citizens web site.
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Reducing the Wait at the DMV Inspection Station
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aol.com
Roomie took the car down for inspection of her Volvo to the only open
inspection in D.C. last Wednesday, and had to wait an hour and a half before her
inspection was completed. That was mercifully short according to the headlines in the Post
that day. A brief chat with one of the inspectors revealed two problems at the Half Street
inspection Station: inspections take more than twice as long (approximately 15 minutes per
vehicle) than in the past due to increased emissions tests; and there were only half the
eight bays open. This latter cause of delays is due, according to the inspection person,
to the inability to hire and retain skilled personnel to man the inspection bays.
When I hear of companies that are having difficulty in hiring and
retaining good personnel it immediately tells me there are management problems. One way to
eliminate the personnel problem is for Tony Williams to act on a promise that he has made.
Privatization. Here is a single function that could be a pilot program for privatization.
Turn this whole inspection system over to a private contractor with target specifications
for wait times, and cut this contractor loose. This is a real opportunity to make things
better for the citizens of D.C.
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D.C. — Auto Registration, Kudos!
Gloria White, GMarieW@aol.com
Often read about our inefficient government and how time consuming simple
things are. Went down to register a car this morning. Arrived at 11:15 and walked out,
task completed, at 11:45. Two perfectly pleasant women giving out forms, info and number,
computer announcing “number ___ being served at window ___,” everyone along the
way was pleasant, competent, etc. Hear all the time about how bad things are; well, things
have improved. Kudos to Mayor Williams and these particular D.C. workers.
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I agree with Mr. Vorndran about the wording of a Constitutional amendment:
“for purposes of this amendment the District of Columbia shall be counted as a
state.” It really is just that simple. The issue of statehood is a divisive one
— both inside and outside the District. I believe most Americans (including
Republicans) would extend the franchise to DC citizens, but are opposed to granting
statehood. Americans need to be educated about the District — that it's more than the
Mall, museums, and Zoo. This is a national issue, and DC needs to aggressively agitate for
voting rights not just on Capitol Hill but in the fifty state capitals as well. Such
agitation requires a leader.
I would love to vote for Mr. Gore and his delegates May 2. All I ask is
that he patronize me by making DC voting rights an issue of this year's election. He was
vocal (though inept) about seeking Cuban-American votes. Why can't he be vocal (and
hopefully adept) about seeking DC-American votes? Until then DC Democratic voters have
only one way of pressuring Candidate Gore — OUR VOTES! Make him earn them.
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Amending for Votes
George S. LaRoche, LaRoche@us.net
[Regarding past postings on getting voting rights for DC through a
Constitutional amendment:] This is correct, but you might want to note that there are no
guarantees whatsoever that the amendment you might desire would give you what everyone
else in the United States enjoys. For instance, Congress might pass an amendment providing
that the District would get one Representative, regardless of population, and ONE Senator
(or maybe NO Senator), and the amendment could even limit their powers. Note that the one
instance we have of an amendment to “improve” the situation of District citizens
— the 23rd — constitutionalizes “second class” status (no matter how
large the population of the District, it can have no greater voice in selection of the
President than the smallest state; the District is shackled to the smallest state, by
definition). And if such an amendment were ratified by the requisite number of states, the
amendment would be held “against” the District — as the 23rd Amendment is
held against the District — as a “reason” why the District could not win
any further incremental improvements in its position in the constitutional scheme. Thus,
although amendment of the Constitution is certainly a possibility, it's no panacea and has
serious legal “down sides” which should be discussed.
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For all of you that have written about the futility of voting for the
Democratic Party that does nothing for DC statehood, the answer is the D.C. Statehood
Green Party. This is how it will work: when enough DC residents quit the Democratic Party
and join our party, we can then elect progressive folks that will fight for us every day.
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Nader and Statehood
Maya O’Connor, Webmaster, DC Statehood Green Party, oconnorm@gusun.georgetown.edu
Ralph Nader, the Green Party's leading candidate for President, also
supports DC Statehood and voting rights. If Al Gore is such a big supporter of DC rights,
why hasn't he fought harder for us in the Senate? He's had eight years to do so as VP,
plus his earlier terms as Senator. At a DC Statehood Green Party fund-raiser on March
10th, Ralph Nader reaffirmed his commitment to DC statehood and voting rights and vowed to
make them a national issue in his campaign. I have yet to hear Al Gore speak about DC
(except when he moved his campaign HQ to Nashville to be more “in touch with the
people,” implying that we are somehow not real people), so in November, vote for the
only candidate who will publicly support DC statehood and voting rights, Ralph Nader.
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Voting Rights v. Self Determination (Statehood)
Michael Bindner, Mbindnerdc@aol.com
Perhaps the discussion should not be voting rights versus statehood, as
statehood or inclusion in an existing state seems to be the only constitutional remedy for
achieving voting rights, according to the three judge panel and the plaintiffs in the
Adams v. Clinton lawsuit. As I write this, both sets of plaintiffs are planning their
appeals. However, given the composition of the Supreme Court, I do not have high hopes for
the disposition of either case in their current forms. The voting rights suit would
benefit from including a bit about our rights to self-determination vis-à-vis Congress.
The Adams, or 20 Citizens suit, in asking to overthrow the status quo, may be going too
far, as the implications of the suit are the overthrow of more than 200 years of history.
This is not to say that both sides should drastically alter their primary positions for
their Supreme Court filings. However, I would suggest that they agree to a common
fall-back position, i.e., tell the Court that, should it reject their arguments, that it
should at least rule that Congress has exceeded its authority as the state legislature for
the District of Columbia.
The Court, in dealing with the District, has so far relied on the theory
that the relationship of the Congress to the District is like that of a state legislature
to a locality, without actually finding that this is the case. Section 601 of the District
of Columbia Home Rule Act relies on this theory, stating that the Congress acts as the
legislature for the District. The Congress must not be allowed to withhold congressional
representation from the citizens of the District any more than could the Commonwealth of
Virginia waive its right to representation, and that it cannot amend our basic law without
a vote of the electorate any more than any other state legislature could. On the question
of voting rights, this would overcome the three-judge panel's finding that the District is
not entitled to representation because it is not a state. If Congress acts as our state
legislature, then we are entitled to state-like structures, including representation in
Congress.
The Home Rule Act, which was ratified by District voters, acts not only as
the charter for the municipal government, but also as our basic law or state constitution.
In reserving the power to unilaterally amend our state constitution, the Congress has
exceeded its presumed authority as state legislature. In no other state may the state
legislature unilaterally amend the state constitution without first presenting the matter
to the voters. The Congress has done so repeatedly, changing the federal payment, imposing
a control board and revoking the full faith and credit of the United States over the
District's obligations, all without a vote of the electorate who originally approved that
basic law. Once the basic law was presented to the voters for original ratification, a
compact was created with the Congress. This compact can not be unilaterally amended
without consent by the other party. In doing so, it has violated the rights of residents
of the District of Columbia to equal protection under law, which was affirmed under
Bolling v. Sharpe. All other United States citizens cherish the right to enact and consent
to the amendment changes in their constitutions. Bolling held that District residents are
entitled to equal protection vis a vis the Congress. The residents of the District of
Columbia must enjoy the right to enact, amend and ratify all changes to the basic law
(both the United States Constitution and our local constitution) and advises a repudiation
of the claim by Congress that its power in this are plenary and ultimate.
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Speeding Ticket Cameras
Rob Pegoraro, Arlington, robp~typo~@speakeasy.org
In our last installment, Kathy Chamberlain wrote, “Next, how about
inventing a radar camera for speeding? It could issue tickets for, say, 20 miles over the
speed limit.” Why 20 mph over? Why not 15 mph? Or 10 mph? What margin is big enough
to be robo-enforced? This isn't an academic question; since last summer, there have been
two speed limit cameras along the GW Parkway (one by the parkway headquarters a mile or
two in from the Beltway, the other at Gravelly Point). What do you do if the camera bags
you for going 3 miles over the speed limit, as it surely could be programmed to do?
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Regarding complaints that motorists don't get sufficient warning about red
light cameras: there is notice. It's called traffic law, and the presumption should be
that laws will be enforced. Nowhere are we told that they are only in effect when we see a
police car nearby. One can avoid problems with red light cameras by stopping at red
lights, and — here's a thought — slowing down when approaching a yellow light,
in anticipation of it turning red. Crazy, I know, but it could work.
Now, as a further step toward civility on the streets, can someone hand
out jaywalking citations to people who dash through traffic on the inner circle of Dupont
Circle? I think a lot of pedestrians don't realize how dangerous it is — because the
lights are timed correctly, motorists can drive through the circle on Massachusetts
without stopping. But that means cars are traveling through the inner circle at about
30-35 mph, and they're not easily seen by pedestrians when they are a third of the way
around the circle. Perhaps some warning signs would help.
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Chicken In at Chicken Out
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aol.com
More folks will be able to eat under cover from the elements at Chicken
Out on Massachusetts Avenue in Spring Valley as a result of almost a doubling of the
covered seating space (an additional 600 square feet for tables). It's too early to tell
if there will be any walls (either hard or “soft”) on the two exposed sides of
this new construction or if the new eating area will only be covered with a soft top.
No complaints from the local residents about this new construction despite
the furor created by the initial announcement, a couple of years ago, that Chicken Out had
bought the defunct and decrepit service station property that blighted that side of the
block between Sutton Place Gourmet and Crate and Barrel. Chicken Out has evidently been a
relatively good neighbor, since there have been few complaints about them since shortly
after they opened. On a hot summer day one can detect the aroma (not altogether
unpleasant) of cooking chickens, but traffic and noise have not been problems to date.
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Has anyone else received the phone poll looking for a “Male
Democratic Voter registered in DC?” They asked for opinions on a list of notables,
Anthony Williams, Carol Schwartz, Malik Shabazz, Marion Barry, and not so notables like
Bill Rice, Barry Cohen, and a few others I never heard of. They also ran through a few hot
button issues like the School Board and Potholes. It seemed like a poll for someone
thinking of running for something in DC. But who and what? Any ideas?
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Press Briefing on U.S. Public Opinion about D.C.
Political Equality
Mark David Richards, Dupont East, mark@bisconti.com
Democracy First is sponsoring a Press Briefing on Wednesday, April 12, at
11 am at the Sumner School (1201 17th St. NW) Lecture Hall No. 102. D.C. VOTE and Stand Up
for Democracy in D.C. will participate. I will present findings from three opinion
research studies I designed and directed in Fall 1999 among three different U.S. groups.
Telephone interviews were conducted by three different telephone interviewing firms while
the three judge panel deliberated: 1000 U.S. adults, 500 college graduates who are
registered to vote, and 174 state and local elected officials from randomly selected from
lists provided by organizations who traditionally support progressive causes.
The studies examine awareness of D.C.'s political inequality; support for
D.C. equal voting rights in the Senate and the House; current support levels for three
methods (equal constitutional rights amendment, statehood, and retrocession) among those
who support equal rights; reasons for not supporting D.C. equal rights; and support for
limited voting rights among those who oppose D.C. equal voting rights -- support for a DC
vote in the House only, a D.C. vote in the Committee of the Whole, or keeping D.C. as it
is with no voting rights. I've compiled all available opinion data I could find on this
subject (literature review), and will make it available. Everyone is invited to try to
figure out what it means, if anything, while the two lawsuits proceed along their course
over the next two years. My opinion is that D.C. citizens need to establish a strong
consensus (across Wards) on whichever approach(s) they plan to win, or it is unlikely they
will be able to change the status quo. Questions — call Timothy Cooper at Democracy
First, 244-9479.
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ARKA Ballet at the Lisner
Tania Chichmanian, taniac@erols.com
ARKA Ballet: Spring Program at GW's Lisner Auditorium, Sunday, May 7, at 7
p.m. ARKA Ballet, Washington, DC's newest professional dance organization, will present
its mix of contemporary and classical ballet with a program that features old favorites
and a brand-new one-act ballet. The program features the world premiere of "Stabat
Mater," a one-act ballet by award-winning choreographer Roudolf Kharatian, to the
music of Pergolesi; “La Vie en Rose,” a one-act ballet by Mark Mejia, to songs
of French chanteuse Edith Piaf; and excerpts from favorite classics including the pas de
deux from the classical gem “Paquita.” Reserved seating tickets are $30, $25 and
$20; 20% discount for groups of 20 or more. For tickets and information, please call
301-587-6225 or E-mail tjc@arkaballet.org. Tickets
also available through TicketMaster and at the Lisner box office. The Lisner Auditorium is
located at 730 21st Street, NW (21st and H Streets NW).
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The Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra, Sylvia Alimena, Director. Sunday
April 16, 7:30 PM. Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria. Program:
Brahms, Tragic Overture; Grieg, Piano Concero, Thomas Pandolfi, soloist; Schumann,
Symphony No. 4, D minor. Free admission, free parking.
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Washington Storytellers Theater presents award-winning storyteller and
fringe festival actor and writer Antonio Sacre on Saturday, April 15. In his performance
of “Brown And Black And White All Over,” Sacre recreates the anger, fear, humor,
and hope he witnessed among a group of at-risk teenagers and their adult mentors at a
week-long men's retreat. The show, a “Critic's Choice” of the Chicago Reader,
takes place at 8 p.m. at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. Tickets are $12. Call
301-891-1129.
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Concerned about conditions at D.C. Public Library? Come to a rally
supporting the library on April 15. Recently, there have been a number of concerns voiced
about conditions at D.C. Public Library, and I would like to alert readers of themail of a
way they can help improve conditions at the library. Friends groups and The Federation of
Friends of the District of Columbia Public Library are staging a citizen's rally in
support of increased funding for the District of Columbia Public Library at the Martin
Luther King Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, at noon on Saturday, April 15. The rally is
designed to encourage elected officials to make DCPL a top priority during this budget
cycle and into the future as they work to rebuild our City.
This Rally will be a first step in bringing needed attention to the plight
of DCPL and its critical position as the community teaching, gathering, and uplifting
center. We are inviting the Mayor, all members of the City Council, Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton, the DCPL Board of Trustees, the DCPL Foundation, the D.C. Public and
Charter School leadership, the PTA leaders, ANC commissioners, and the entire District of
Columbia community to come to the rally and show their support for DCPL. The Director of
DCPL and the administrative staff will also be present. Contact the Support our Library
Committee for more information: Beverly Wilbourn, 842-8650, or George Ziener, 966-0393.
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Fannie Lou Hamer Multimedia Biography
Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com
A friend of mine from DC, Stephon Gray, will be co-presenting the keynote
address at the 12th annual Computers in Adult Literacy conference in Philadelphia on May
25. Stephon is an adult learner who runs the computer lab in the Literacy Resources
Division of MLK Library. Back in 1996, Stephon and I created a multimedia biography of
civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, which Stephon wrote and narrated. Viewable on the
web in QuickTime format at http://stories.simplenet.com/fannielouhamer.mov.
(It is also viewable in PowerPoint form at the bottom of the DC LEARNs web site at http://www.voxcap.com/anon/c1249/cover.dhtml.)
On a whim last week, I suggested to Stephon that he set up an account for himself on
PayPal, the free web service (http://www.paypal.com)
that allows anyone to send or receive money via E-mail. The PayPal web service has
received strongly favorable reviews in the Washington Post and Wall Street
Journal, and is considered very safe. In case you might want to make a small
contribution to Stephon (elevating him from an amateur writer to a professional one), his
E-mail is: stephon_g@hotmail.com.
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CLASSIFIEDS — HOUSING
Professional woman with no pets — native Washingtonian — seeking
efficiency or one bedroom apartment. $700-750 range in NW. I have lived in the same
building (16th and U) for over five years and the "management" refuses to do
anything about the more than 5 people living next door and making constant noise. I'm at
my wit's end. Employment verification, references available.
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CLASSIFIEDS — VOLUNTEERS
Prevent Child Abuse
Melissa Dichter, pcamw@juno.com
Prevent Child Abuse of Metropolitan Washington is seeking volunteers to
staff the Crisis and Family Stress Hotline and the PhoneFriend Supportline for children.
Training provided in telephone counseling, communication, and crisis intervention skills.
Volunteers must be at least 16 years old for PhoneFriend, 20 years old for Crisis Hotline,
and must speak English fluently. Call PCA/MW at 202-223-0020 for more information and an
application.
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The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club of Washington, D.C., the District's
G/L/B/T Democratic Club, is looking for volunteers to work on behalf of Vice President
Gore's campaign during the Millennium March. If interested, please E-mail me at jeffhops@yahoo.com and we'll put you into the loop.
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