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February 7, 2001

All That Jazz

Dear Hepcats:

Mayor Williams will not provide the full account of his fundraising activities that he promised. Unfortunately, the Mayor still cannot recall what he did to create paper “nonprofits” through which to funnel political funds. When the Mayor asked Deputy Chief of Staff Mark Jones to remind him, Jones refused, and, of course, the Mayor is powerless to command his staff to release the information to him. (Get this — the story is that Jones refused to provide the materials to the Mayor, and he wasn't fired on the spot. Yeah, I buy that one.) Therefore, Williams has referred the entire matter to the Inspector General for investigation. This has two benefits — it defers the whole matter for months or even a year, by which time the Mayor hopes that we shall all have forgotten about it. Second, it gives everyone in the administration an excuse not to answer questions from the public or the press: “I can't talk about that; it's under investigation.” Mr. Mayor, I don't know how gullible you are, but I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.

In the last issue, I asked how and whether your life had been affected by changes in the city government over the past two years. There have been several good answers, one so good that it was sent in, word for word, by two people. If these make you remember something that had slipped your mind, please share it with us.

Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com

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Non-Issues Some Places
Jean Lawrence, JKeLLaw@aol.com

[themail asked: “Is your recycling picked up on schedule? Is your street cleaned more frequently? Have the police patrols increased in your neighborhood? Has your child's school, or the school closest to your home, improved?”] I voted with my feet five years ago and moved to Arizona after 35 years in Washington. Amazing how fast you can forget about these bread-and-butter issues when they are automatically taken care of. The schools could be better here, though. Guess that's true almost everywhere. And the police could spend more time on real crime and less time on chasing teenagers around to see if they are drinking beer or smoking weed. The problem is — not enough real crime to keep them busy! Seriously, it's an issue. It's not necessarily better here, but the sets of problems are SO different it's amazing.

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Not Seeing the Light
James E. Taylor Jr., jimt25@erols.com

A Washington D.C. native, instead of moving out of the city I moved here to the Park Skyland Community in 1993. The first thing I realized, after the first darkness, was the lack of street lights. I wrote the Barry administration and was given every excuse imaginable as to why street lights were not installed on the 2300 block of Skyland Terrace. When Mayor Williams took office, he promised a change in how this city government would respond to the needs of the people. The climate has not changed one bit. The only difference in this administration from the previous administration is the polite "tone of voice" in which you are given the run-around. This mayor has spent a lot of energy profiling and strengthening his political base, but has done very little in substance and nothing to ensure the safety of this east of the river community by demanding his charges place lights on existing poles for this community of tax paying home owners. This mayor is talking the talk but not walking the walk. Well, I wouldn't expect him to walk the walk in my neighborhood because there are no lights and we wouldn't want to jeopardize his Honor's safety.

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Improvement in the MPD
Bryce A. Suderow, streetstories@juno.com

You ask whether the city service have improved after two years of Mayor Anthony Williams's tenure. Things have not improved. How can they when Williams and his staffers fail to intervene in the agencies and hold employees accountable?

A case in point with the MPD occurred during the summer of 1999. A group of us citizens, including Carl Rowan, Jr., and Sandra Seegars, met twice with Dr. Abdusalam Omer, Williams' Chief of Staff. At the first meeting Omer agreed that nothing had improved and was eager to help us put pressure on Police Chief Ramsey. In the second meeting, he was cold and distant, and it was clear that he had changed his mind. He promised to contact us, but we never heard from him again. The Mayor's office never did anything about the MPD, and it remains dysfunctional.

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MPD — How Low Can It Go?
Andrea Carlson, BintaGay@aol.com 

One day last week, I witnessed a school crossing guard at 13th and Irving Street, NW, appear to purchase drugs. While he did so, he lit a cigarette. Meanwhile, students from Harriet Tubman Elementary School watched and waited to cross the street. Horrified, I called 727-1010, and was referred to the 4th District. I told the officer what I had seen and she said I would have to call back the following morning because the supervisor was gone for the day. I called back the following morning, noted what I had seen, and they said the supervisor wouldn't be in until 2:30, so I would have to call back. “Doesn't anyone at the police department care that one of their employees is buying drugs and smoking cigarettes on the job in front of little kids?” I asked. “You'll have to speak to the supervisor,” the officer responded. A resounding no, apparently. Until this city cleans up the police department, the quality of life here, particularly in struggling neighborhoods, will not improve.

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Talking Trash
Mark Eckenwiler, zarf@eckenwiler.org

Gary makes the fatal mistake of asking for a midterm review of city services, etc. From my perspective — that of a down-in-the-trenches gadfly nagging bottom-rung workers and their supervisors about specific problems — it's a mixed bag. DPW/Sanitation is apparently incapable of getting its act together, as evidenced by the fact that January/February 2001 on my block is going about the same as in 2000. There was no recycling collection on the scheduled day for four consecutive weeks (that string is still intact heading into this week), and the trash guys decided to come on Tuesday instead of Monday this week for no apparent reason. Since 2001 hasn't involved the sort of paralyzing snowstorm that supposedly contributed to collection problems last year, this is anecdotal evidence of serious backsliding.

Other fronts are more encouraging. Routine streetlight repair is pretty much that. Repairs are done effectively and promptly so long as it's a minor repair (done by the contractor); unfortunately, there's a continuing backlog of bigger “no current” repairs that must be routed through DPW to Pepco. On transportation issues — from pothole repair to sidewalk work to street repaving — I can't say enough good things about Dan Tangherlini, acting Chief of Transportation. I'm seeing better responses to individual complaints, thanks to Dan, and it's clear to me that he is at the same time grappling with the long-term "vision" issues so atrociously neglected under Hizzoner. (My only worry is that Dan lacks enough good middle managers to handle all the day-to-day crap for him.)

One last point: Mayor Williams has also instituted a new Citizen Coordinator program to ride herd on municipal services in the various wards. In my neck of the woods (Ward 6), we didn't get a chair-warming crony. Instead, the Mayor appointed a neighbor of mine — Leo Pinson — who had served as the volunteer PSA liaison/public meeting planner, as well as general pain-in-the-ass for our, er, brick wall of a DCRA Housing inspector. I can't think of anyone more invested in making my neighborhood (or DC) more livable, nor of anyone with a better set of the smarts and people skills needed.

In sum: I think Mayor Williams is succeeding in starting to turn around our Queen Mary-sized problems. The greatest danger, from where I stand, is for him to succumb to complacency — and so even as we commend the Mayor for taking some very real steps in the right direction, it's essential to carp (as Gary does so well) about Robert Newman, Vanessa Burns, and their yet-unaddressed legacy of ineptitude. It's a decent start, Mr. Mayor, but don't kid yourself that you're anywhere close to being over the hump.

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Chinatown, Mt. Vernon Square
Richard Worthington-Rogers, wr446@aol.com

For the rich in this neighborhood, Northern Chinatown/Mt. Vernon Square there is a sense of optimism. However, in reality, the pot holes are bigger, the surface of streets not consistent, Walker-Jones Elementary school windows look like a juvenile detention center, while the private school, Gonzaga College High School, on the other side of the street, looks like a nice educational facility. The city-run homeless shelter for women trailers are full every night. I score it a big fat F.

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Off to a Bad Start
Kathy Chamberlain, kechamber@erols.com

The Washington Post series evaluating the Mayor Williams at mid-term began with a description of a Hillcrest Heights civic meeting which Mayor Williams attended. The residents of Hillcrest Heights were probably surprised to read that Mayor Williams had spoken to their civic association, Hillcrest Heights being in Maryland. (In the pet peeves department: our neighborhood is Hillcrest, not Hillcrest Heights. The Post should know the names of D.C. neighborhoods.) The civic meeting was portrayed as a tirade of complaints by angry citizens about city services. In fact, the meeting was not that way at all. It is only natural for civic meetings where the Mayor is present to attract those who have complaints, some of whom are from other neighborhoods. There were some complaints, but the overall tone was one of strong support for Mayor Williams and acknowledgment of improvements in city services. For me, the inaccuracy with which the series began, unfairly painting a picture of dissatisfaction with the mayor's performance, cast doubt on the accuracy of the rest of the series.

[The identical message, with the same title, was also sent by Robert Bush, robertdbush@netscape.net. -- Gary Imhoff]

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Veterans’ Affairs
Bob Devaney, bobd1@erols.com

DC Bill 13-398 was filed by the whole Council. It would have given some welcome tax relief to retirees, both civil and military, by raising the amount of the exemption for DC tax. Give Mayor Williams a low grade for making sure the exemption amount shall NOT be increased, thereby giving him more tax funds to pay off via “golden parachutes” the inept department heads that resign.

Charlene Drew Jarvis may have been in office for too long; however. Adrien Fenty hasn't paid too much attention to the folks at the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.

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Supercans
Tad DiBiase, ANC 3E03, twodeacons@aol.com

Any truth to the rumor that new Supercans are going to be given out? As an ANC Commissioner I ought to know this stuff (at least I'm really earning my ANC salary!) but two calls to the call center have not cleared this up. One person told me new cans would be delivered in January. A second call at the end of last month, however, revealed that “a memo is going to be issued on this topic the next two weeks or so.” The polite operator was not sure whether everyone got a new can or just that new ones were available. (My neighbor just got one within the last month by placing an order.) Anyone got the scoop?

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The Official Response
Charles Donnelly, charles.donnelly@nlrb.gov

Here's MY question: You are trash. Are you being picked up? I would love to pick you up and drop you on you idiot head. Get with the program, asshole, or get out of town. We need you no longer. Unsubscribe me.

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One Step Down and Other Landmarks
Jim McLeod, Foggy Bottom, jmcleod@attglobal.net

Bob Levine asked about One Step Down [Feb. 4, 2001]. I read a story about this jazz club in the Foggy Bottom News about two years ago. The owner, Catherine Stuart, was in the business for the love of jazz, not money, but apparently the lack of revenue caused her to close the club last fall. Perhaps if the PBS Jazz series had come out earlier, this institution (at 2517 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) might have survived. It is less than six blocks from the birthplace of Duke Ellington (2129 Ward Place, NW), although all that's there to note DC's most famous native is a plaque on the side of a post office substation (about halfway between Washington and Dupont Circles, off of New Hampshire Avenue).

In addition to these two landmarks, my neighborhood (Precinct 4) does still have functioning historic institution -- Stevens Elementary (1050 21st Street, NW), built in 1868, and judged by the Preservation League as the city's most endangered, historically significant public school. Has anyone heard what is to become of Stevens? It would be good if the West End and Foggy Bottom kept some of its historic buildings alive.

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Jazz Places in DC
Jeffrey Hops, jeffhops@yahoo.com

Mr. Henry's Capitol Hill on Friday nights from 9 p.m. to midnight or so, the Kevin Cordt Trio/Quartet. Great jazz, nice atmosphere, no cover, and even better, no smoking! I recommend it extremely enthusiastically.

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Jazz Sources
Richard Steacy, richard.steacy@gte.net

For more information on The One Step Down's demise go to http://www.onestepdown.com. For information on where else to go in DC for live jazz go to http://www.dcjazz.com. The clubs I know of are Blues Alley, the Bohemian Caverns and the Twins Lounge.

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More Live Jazz Listings
Eric Brace, bracee@washpost.com

Hey folks, there's a good (if somewhat limited) list of live jazz spots in DC, per Bob Levine's request, at http://yp.washingtonpost.com/E/E/WASDC/0002/40/27/. It's sad about One Step down, but there's lots of jazz in town still.

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One Step Down
Donald Lief, dwlief@cnnw.net

To Robert Levine: condolences. My experiences with the place were much as yours; too many great evenings to recount. Legendary jukebox, too. Since moving to Oregon in '92, I've mentioned the place to local and visiting musicians who remember Joe Cohen and Ann Mabuchi (sp?) well. So on one of my visits to DC two years ago, I knew I had to drop in on a weeknight. Snippy manager (is it OK to use that adjective now?) and non-jazz crowd. Not my cup of tea any longer. Memories of time past.

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Jazz Coming to Cada Vez
Kathy Simo, kathy@cadavez.com

Coming in March 2001, the Cada Vez Conference Center Restaurant and Theater, 1438 U Street, NW.

Sunday brunch will be our jazz performance, geared to seniors and families. Nap Turner will head up these Sunday brunch music programs Visit us at http://www.cadavezonline.com to view our facility.

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The Style Invitational
Phil Carney, philnopus@erols.com

The Washington Post's Style Invitational for February 4, 2001, is a contest to "come up with a joke that could be written only by a Washingtonian, and understood only by the same."

Typical of the Washington Post, the example given was about the federal government. Hello Washington Post, we may be a company town and the company's the federal government, but Washington and Washingtonians are not just the federal government. How about Style Invitational submissions from Washingtonians who understand and have a sense of humor about living and working in our city of Washington?

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Property Line
Muriel Nellis, limn@aol.com

I have no way to discern when one's "property line" is one's own responsibility, or when it “belongs” to the City government. One department insists that when a service to a residential property is damaged or otherwise in need of repair, it is a DC function if it is beyond ten feet from the front of the house — lawn or otherwise beyond that mark. Whereas, another insists that, for example, a tree that is just on the edge of a lawn, just beyond a city sidewalk and twenty to thirty feet from the property itself, it becomes the owner's responsibility — whether its dying limbs may threaten the life and limb of passersby, or even electric lines or cars and passengers. Which is it? Are there several regulations? Aside from wishing for some consistency, a good citizen needs to know! It shouldn't depend on which agency one calls or which crisis looms. Advice?

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Questions on State Plans
Steve Leraris, leraris@aol.com

For the sake of argument lets say that DC becomes a state. Would we have a state senate and a house of representatives? How many members would there be in each? Has a plan ever been put together? When other states became states did they already have a state senate and house set up or did these come after statehood was granted?

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Take the Tour of Presidential Churches, Update a Book, and Share the Info
Mark-David Richards, Dupont East, mark@bisconti.com

Like many new residents, America's new President and First Lady have been shopping around for a "home" church. My parents are retired Baptist missionaries who spent 30 plus years in Mali and South Africa. I rarely attend church, except when I go home or on Easter Sunday when I go to the St. Matthews Spanish service. Sociologically speaking, church is an important social institution (although I'm not as big on federal funding as some local ministers seem to be — they're already tax exempt; and since they can have a space that often creates neighborhood problems, they should allow bars with nude dancers a space, too).

In 1954, Olga Jones, a long-term District resident, wrote Churches of the Presidents in Washington: Visits to Sixteen National Shrines (published by Exposition Press in 1961). She dedicated her work to “Future Presidents of the United States of America who, it is hoped, will, like Lincoln, 'Cling to liberty and the right . . . and have confidence in God.'” Here is a tour you can take to update Jones' book, an article for some writer, and a fundraising idea for a Community Development Corporation or local nonprofit organization: The Presidential Church Tour. Thanks to themail, Bill Cartwright Book Dealer in Matthews, VA, E-bay, Olga Jones and I, here is some basic info for a tour, updated through John F. Kennedy:

1. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 36th St. between N & O Streets, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

2. The National Presbyterian Church, Connecticut Avenue at 18th & N, NW, Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Dwight Eisenhower (this church was razed and replaced with the Ernst & Young building, on which there is a plaque. Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Henry Ward Beecher, and deWitt Talmage spoke from the pulpit. The minister of National Presbyterian married President Cleveland at the White House. Before the new church was completed one early morning at 4:30 a.m., its 125-foot tower fell into "a pyramidal heap of stones and sand," prompting an investigation by federal rulers: "Good work should be more generally insisted on by architects, and careless mechanists discouraged," they concluded. Today, the statue of Rev. John Witherspoon, the "first Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly... [and] the only clergyman signer of that 'cornerstone-of-democracy' document, the Declaration of Independence," stands awkwardly near the place where the church stood before demolition.

3. St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, Chester A. Arthur.

4. Central Presbyterian Church, 15th and 16th Streets at Irving Street, NW, Woodrow Wilson.

5. Friends Meeting (Quaker), 2111 Florida Avenue, NW, Herbert Hoover.

6. New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York Avenue and H Street, NW, Abraham Lincoln.

7. Christ Church (Episcopal), N. Washington Street, in the former District city of Alexandria, George Washington.

8. All Souls' Church (Unitarian), 16th and Harvard Streets, NW, John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, William Howard Taft.

9. National City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Thomas Circle, NW, James Garfield.

10. St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, 18th and Church Streets, NW, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

11. First Congregational Church, 10th and G Streets, NW, Calvin Coolidge.

12. Grace Reformed Church (15th & O Sts. NW) -Theodore Roosevelt.

13. First Baptist Church, 16th and O Streets, NW, Harry Truman (new edifice erected in 1956).

14. Foundry Methodist Church, 14 and G Streets, NW, until 1902, 16th and Church Streets, NW, after 1904, Rutherford B. Hayes was a regular (like William and Hillary Clinton -- will she still attend while in town?). Also James Madison, John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk (he made Texas a state, Mr. Bush), Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman (especially Lincoln and Roosevelt) all visited "on occasions." Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt sat together here (and saved the free world -- I added that point). John Quincy Adams, the first president's son to become president before George W., arrived late and sat in a chair in the aisle. Foundry received this name because when those ungrateful British did not destroy Henry Foxall's foundry in the city of Georgetown in the War of 1812, Foxall made a "thank offering" by establishing this church. The Foundry manufactured canons for America. Thanks to that big rainstorm, the British skipped Washington City before burning Foxall's industry. So just as the Star-Spangled Banner was conceived, so too was Foundry conceived. And there was also John Wesley's Old Foundry in London, England.

15. Calvary Baptist Church, 8th and H Streets, NW, Warren G. Harding

16. Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church, Nebraska and New Mexico Avenues, NW, William McKinley, Ulysses S. Grant.

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Drive for Alaskan Statehood, #2
Tim Cooper, worldright@aol.com

In 1949, Alaska’s statehood drive gained momentum from an unlikely source. Territorial Governor Ernest Gruening suggested to US Defense Department officials who were bent on moving Boeing from Seattle to Wichita, Kansas, that the military’s interests would best be served by installing radar stations on the northern and western coasts of Alaska along with interceptor aircraft. Thereafter, the military canceled its plans to move Boeing and immediately set aside $50 million for the construction of the Distant Early Warning System along the Arctic and Bering coasts.

According to William R. Hunt in his bicentennial history of Alaska, “[t]he construction boom that followed during the next several years of building the DEW line and the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System . . . saved Alaska from a postwar economic collapse. It also encouraged advocates of statehood to press their cause. They could argue more effectively that Alaska was ready for statehood because its economy was bolstered by construction and military payrolls, and its population had increased.” Seizing the initiative, Governor Gruening sought to enlist the support of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, assuming, incorrectly it turns out, that its members would be grateful to him for saving Boeing. Hunt notes that “Seattle business interests had dominated Alaskan trade since the Klondike gold rush of 1897-1898, and they feared the restrictions and taxes a state might impose upon them.” The Seattle business community wished to maintain the status quo. Gruening had this to say about its refusal to support Alaskan statehood: “The so-called Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce is dominated by men who view Alaska as King George the Third and his ministers viewed the Thirteen Colonies, an area to be ruled and exploited by distant men through their representation in the colony, but never to be treated on a basis of equality.” In 1952, a coalition of conservative and southern senators likewise opposed the Alaskan statehood bill, fearing that any representatives from the state would likely be Democrats. (The opposite turned out to be true.) Does any of this sound vaguely familiar?

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Make that Six
David Sobelsohn, dsobelso@capaccess.org  

In the most recent issue of themail, Mark Richards writes: “The Congress and sixteen states approved the failed 1978 Constitutional amendment that would have granted DC equal Congressional voting rights.” Actually, that should be “The Congress and SIX states approved the failed 1978 Constitutional amendment that would have granted DC equal Congressional voting rights.” We're not talking the ERA here (which got ratified by 35 states around the same time). We're talking about an amendment that went absolutely nowhere. Convincing a majority to vote to reduce its own voting power is tough; getting three quarters to agree to reduce their own power is even tougher.

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Milestones and Millstones
Len Sullivan, lsnarpac@bellatlantic.net  

DC has passed a lot of milestones in the past year, but has it reduced the number of millstones around its collective neck? Have you seen the new Green Line stations or looked at the surprising trends in Metro utilization? What's happening in other “comeback cities”? What did NARPAC suggest to the NCRC about its draft plan? Why should President Bush take DC seriously? Got any ideas for a DC photo album? These and other mind-boggling topics liven up the February update of the NARPAC web site at http://www.narpac.org. Feedback always welcome.

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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS

Earthquake Relief Fund Raiser & Silent Auction
Maria Rosales, mrosales@rree.gob.sv

An event to benefit the victims of the earthquake in El Salvador, Tuesday, February 13, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sesto Senso, 1214 18th Street, NW, 785-9525. Sponsored by the Vice President of El Salvador, His Excellency Carlos Quintilla Schmidt; Fabian Koss and The Many Hats Institute; Sesto Senso Restaurant; and Alan Salgado and Cassandra Eckert, DCity Magazine. A minimum $20 donation at the door is suggested (tax deductible). DJ Jorge Ciocca will be playing music. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres.

If you cannot attend but would like to submit a tax deductible donation, please make checks payable to: The Many Hats Institute, c/o Consulate of El Salvador, 1724 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20098, 331-4033

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CLASSIFIEDS — HOUSING

Housing Needed in DC
Adnane Raiss, araiss@aol.com 

A Fulbright visiting fellow from Morocco is currently seeking housing in the Washington, DC, area. If you know of any place available, please send an E-mail or call 338-8346 and ask for Nabil.

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CLASSIFIEDS — CITY PAPER PREVIEW
Dave Nuttycombe, webmeister@washcp.com

From washingtoncitypaper.com's LOOSE LIPS column, appearing this Friday:
THE JONES JONES: For a while it seemed that Mayor Anthony A. Williams might be a prime candidate for a miracle ear. He has been near-deaf to the din of criticism that grew out of the questionable fundraising activities of his minions, particularly his deputy chief of staff, Mark Jones.
When the stories about that fundraising first broke, the mayor said he would provide a complete accounting of the money that had been collected via a network of little-known nonprofit organizations, effectively concealed from immediate public disclosure. He also said he would ask an independent group of experts to advise him on how his administration might continue to tap the coffers of corporations and small businesses to develop what he calls a "public-private partnership" addressing what he calls important social issues.
Williams intended to ride out the storm, hoping the story would blow over. Executive-branch sources say that he also wanted to give Jones time to document information from the various organizations he had used as conduits for the fundraising. Williams gave Jones until Tuesday, Feb. 6, to produce the materials, but mayoral sources say that Jones didn't meet that deadline.
Read the entire Loose Lips column here: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/lips/lips.html

From washingtoncitypaper.com's CITY LIGHTS page, here are a few early warnings for upcoming events:
MONDAY: “Create an Origami Valentine” workshop with Glen Echo National Park artist in residence Alana Marbury Hunter at 7 p.m. at First Class Inc., 1726 20th St. NW. $30.
THURSDAY: Rick Moody discusses his new short-story collection Demonology at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at Olsson's Books & Records, 1200 F St. NW. Free.
More details and more critics' picks are available online at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/pix/pix.html

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