After the Snowstorm
Dear Snowboarders:
Watching Sherryl Hobbs Newman, the director of the Department of
Motor Vehicles, at yesterday's City Council hearing on the DMV reminded
me of the performance of Vanessa Dale Burns, the self-designated “Snow
Queen,” the Williams's administration's first director of the
Department of Public Works. If you remember, after the DMV failed to
clear the roads for weeks after the only moderately big snowstorm DC has
had for the past few years, Burns testified that her Department had
performed admirably and up to her standards, and the only problem was
that DC residents weren't sufficiently educated as to the proper
standards by which to judge snow removal. Government service wasn't
supposed to be judged by the expectations of citizens; citizens were
supposed to lower their expectations of service to the standards set by
the government.
Yesterday Newman testified, in the face of numerous horror stories
from Councilmembers and citizens about the poor service, mistakes, and
abuses of DMV, that her Department and its new Destiny computer system
were performing exactly as she expected and up to her standards. The
only failure was that DC citizens weren't properly educated about what
to expect from DMV. She asked City Council Committee Chairman Carol
Schwartz for copies of the citizens' testimony, not so that she could
investigate and correct the mistakes made by DMV, but so that she could
inform the citizens about the misunderstandings and mistaken impressions
they had. I don't often praise Councilmember Graham, but he asked Ms.
Newman the right question, the only question that really matters from
yesterday's hearing — if she doesn't even recognize that her
department has problems, how can she be the right person to correct
those problems? On Monday, at a press conference DPW held to preempt
yesterday's Council hearing, Mayor Williams again said that he was
satisfied with the “progress” at DMV and was pleased with its
operations. If he doesn't recognize the problems at DMV, how can he
correct them, either?
Two routine housekeeping messages for themail: first, let me repeat,
keep it short. Concise. Two or three paragraphs. No longer. If you have
something to say that absolutely requires greater length, consider
submitting it to the DCWatch web site as an essay. Second, let us stop
repeating ourselves on Klingle Road or Klingle Valley. It's time to call
a temporary halt to that debate in themail, but let us know when there
is something new on that front.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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Even though DC as a whole has limited self-rule, there is one local
entity that operates as a kingdom unto itself: the DC Sports Commission.
Recent news reports about the upcoming Grand Prix race being sponsored
by the Commission detail how its finances are a closed book and how its
lawyers make their own independent determination as to whether an
environmental impact statement is required for such events. If that
weren't enough, a Close to Home article in Sunday's Post notes
that the Commission is not governed by the city's ABRA (liquor) laws.
What next, diplomatic immunity for its staff?
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Predatory government is just what DC is. I got a tax bill in the mail
a week ago telling me I owe taxes plus interest for 1999, 2000, and 2001
because according to their audit I did not live at the property during
those years. Their audit consisted of income tax records.
I guess because I have a post office box as a mailing address, than
there is no way I could live in a house as well. I am now trying to
prove I lived in the property during that time period.
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Am I foolish or just delusional to still hope that our city
government could show a flicker of logic and integrity, let alone put
the interests of its citizens first? Tuesday morning a police officer
came to my door to ask if any of the cars parked on Columbia Road in
front of our apartment belonged to residents of the building, since they
were about to tow them. I went down to check and discovered a street
full of heavy equipment and newly posted no parking signs. I pointed out
to the officers that the signs had not been posted for the requisite 72
hours, and in fact, I was pretty sure they had not been posted even the
night before. I knew this since I walk my dog up and down the street
twice a day and had been weeding the front yard the evening before.
The officers explained that DPW claimed they had indeed posted the
signs earlier but they had been torn down. These new ones were indeed
just put up that morning. Curious — someone had taken the trouble to
tear down almost twenty signs? And usually when people do tear down the
signs, don't they just rip them off, leaving the tape? There was no
trace of old tape on any tree or lamppost. I pointed out that for the
signs to be legal they had to have been posted no later than Sunday
morning. Even if these sign removers had unpeeled all the duct tape,
wouldn't there at least be some adhesive residue after a couple of days
of 90 degree heat? I had in fact posted signs myself last week and
showed the marks my tape had left. The officer sheepishly agreed with my
Nancy Drew analysis, but gave me one of those “I'm just doing my
job” sighs. Which is more likely, I persisted, that more than a dozen
people chose to ignore posted no parking signs and risk a ticket, or
that the DPW screwed up? They acknowledged that the DPW probably screwed
up. So, isn't it wrong, in fact illegal to tow these cars? Isn't it
actually the same as stealing these cars?
To their credit, the officers were trying to spread the word in
surrounding buildings to locate the car owners before they towed the
cars. My neighborhood is primarily working-class Hispanic families. Do
you really want to make them take a day off work and spend hours on
buses trying to get a car back from the impound lot (if anyone can even
find it there) when you are acknowledging that they were, most likely,
legally parked? The cops were sympathetic, but not however, open to any
better solutions. How about towing the cars to the nearby Cardozo Health
center parking lot? “We don't do that.” I offered space for at least
three of them behind my building. “We don't do that.” If the
objective was to clear the street for traffic flow around the
construction, wouldn't it make sense to spend one hour towing cars to a
nearby parking lot than eight hours towing them one by one to the
distant Brentwood lot? “We don't do that.” Could you at least start
the towing with the Maryland and Virginia cars (this one block of
Columbia Road between 14th and 15th is inexplicably unzoned)? “We
don't discriminate.” “I'm not asking you to discriminate,” I
replied, “but unless you're bringing out a dozen tow-trucks, you have
to start with someone don't you?” Why not leave the 1985 Toyota that
probably belongs to some poor construction worker for last? Maybe his
wife will get home form her all-night cleaning job in time to get the
news. The entire affair was very polite and civil, if vastly unhelpful.
To add insult to injury, I learned today that the construction is to lay
new underground conduits for cable TV! This was not just another
government screw-up causing frustration. This was the government
actively wronging its people.
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DMV Quotes to Remember and Two News Items
Dorothy Brizill, dorothy@dcwatch.com
“Fellow citizens, we need to free ourselves from the tyranny of
those DMV lines,” Mayor Anthony A. Williams, inaugural address,
January 2, 1999. “DC's [new computer] system is the very same system
-- tweaked a little to meet the need of District laws — that caused
utter chaos and turmoil in Nevada for almost 3 years. Turmoil that
resulted in the replacing of the DMV Director, and the State Legislature
conducting hearing after hearing, culminating in an October 2000
Post-Implementation Review of the system that confirmed the failures of
the Project Genesis design. Failures — I might add — that are eerily
similar to those being seen in our Destiny system. . . . However, what
concerns me most — and no doubt my colleagues as well — is the fact
that the District Government procured a system known at the time to be a
colossal failure,” Councilmember Carol Schwartz, June 11, 2002. “If
you take a poll, a significant number of people will say that they
waited a long time, but their actual transaction time was short,”
“DMV is now positioned to be a premier enforcement and collection
agency,” and “This process of rebirth for DMV will take time, and
not just a few years,” Sherryl Hobbs Newman, June 11, 2002.
Last Friday, Charles F. Holman, III, was fired as the Director of the
DC Office of Human Rights. The action was taken by Carolyn Graham,
Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families, and Elders following
meetings with the office's disgruntled staff and a report from a
psychiatrist. Nadine Wilburn, from the Corporation Counsel's Office, is
currently serving as the interim director of the OHR.
On Tuesday, Mayor Williams and Office of Planning Director Andrew
Altman testified before the DC Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations
Committee on the Districts' Anacostia Waterfront Initiative. In his
presentation, Altman suggested that the District may prepare a new
independent commission, similar to the old Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation, be created to oversee the development and
management of the waterfront. The commission would likely consist of the
eighteen federal and District agencies that currently control or have
direct jurisdiction over the banks of the Anacostia River.
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Auto Registration Renewal
Tom Whitley, Tom9754@aol.com
It is very unfortunate that so many people have had real trouble
renewing auto registration. My report is not the same. I was told that
registration renewal forms were no longer being mailed and that I should
go down to Indiana Avenue with my present registration, current
insurance certificate, and valid driver's license, and my check book. I
did that and got in line, a fairly long one, to be assigned a number,
and waited about twenty minutes when an officer came up to several of us
and said, “If you are seeking auto registration renewal (and zone
permit renewal) leave this line and down the hall to room ---.” I did
that and waited two minutes to have my turn. I submitted my papers and
in two minutes I was out the door, all done, for two years. The new
registration sticker goes inside the windshield and included any zone
parking right.
By the way, it is a good idea to cover up your month and year
stickers on the plates since some people have be ticketed out of state
for expired registration. I understand the big hang up is prior debt to
the city in excess of $100 as recorded in the computer.
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Recently two civic associations for other neighborhoods posted
notices in our neighborhood’s public space. If the good guys don’t
respect DC’s littering laws and other neighborhoods; can we expect
anyone to?
Last weekend, political posters for Eleanor Holmes Norton went up in
our neighborhood. Three months before the primary and five months before
the general election! Can Eleanor be so scared of not being reelected
that she fails to understand the only way she can lose is to die or be
caught in an open air drug market being “counseled” by Barry? Yet
she is so panicked over the election that she has to post campaign
posters five months early. Please pray for Eleanor.
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Parking on a School Playground, Chapter 2
Leila Afzal, Leila.Afzal@noaa.gov
A few issues back, I wrote to themail readers for help regarding a
dangerous situation on a public school playground (school staff have
been parking on the playground, moving cars on and off the playground
while children are present, etc.). I had written to an talked with the
principal, the deputy superintendent, and spoke with our school board
representative with no results. I asked for suggestions on what else I
could do now, before a child was hurt or worse. Nataki Goodall, of Phil
Mendelson's staff, did get in touch with me. Both she and the Councilman
went to the school to see the situation first hand (which the deputy
superintendent couldn't be bothered to do.) They are writing to Mr.
Vance to address the problem. We all recognize that this school year has
come to an end. But it is important that the matter be resolved before
September.
I wanted to publicly acknowledge Ms. Goodall's proactive attention to
this issue. No other public official has shown an interest in protecting
our children on the playground. Thank you Ms. Goodall and Mr. Mendelson.
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Mendelson Did the Right Thing on Klingle Road
David Culp, Capitol Hill, davidculp@yahoo.com
Paul McKenzie wrote in themail on June 9: “Councilmember Phil
Mendelson's . . . most recent 'flip-flop' decision on Klingle Road . . .
only serves to fuel a 'nimbyism' attitude in some locations west of the
park. . . . along comes a single interest group that wants to close a
public road. It advocates for essentially one small residential area,
taking a narrow position solely in its own interest, to the detriment of
the rest of the city.”
As someone who lives “east of the park” and hikes in Rock Creek
Park, I strongly support Councilmember Mendelson's effort. Protect Rock
Creek Park. Keep Klingle Road closed to cars. See http://www.klinglevalley.org.
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The Klingle Valley Few do only have only a few supporters. Their
neighborhood support comes from two Cleveland Park citizen
organizations, both of which are spearheaded by the same few people who
continue to control the “nimbyism” of that area of Ward 3. As for
the Sierra Club, I know many people who are members who very much
disagree with the direction that seven executive members decided to take
back in 1995, which goes against the main statement for DC “Restore
the Core.” I know people who are no longer Sierra Club members because
of this decision.
The Coalition to Repair and Reopen Klingle Road has an extremely and
overwhelmingly diverse mix of citywide ANCs, businesses, and
neighborhood associations. Their grassroots effort covers the need for
all of us. Believe me; take a look at the picture on the front of http://www.klinglevalley.org.
You'll see what I mean. The Mayor can put a park in the Valley -- but
that valley belongs to the National Park Service. The road belongs to
the people of the District of Columbia and it is the responsibility of
the Mayor to maintain all our roads. Klingle Road is not closed, and
deserves the same. While I agree with Mr. Chudowsky that the lead
abatement is a reflection of the poor record of the city in maintaining
our roads and bridges, I would not let my dog or children in that area.
The lead is in the soil. The soil is in the valley.
And finally, this road must be built with access for utilities and
emergency vehicles, and in order to preserve the public right of way. It
must be engineered to accommodate heavy equipment vehicles, utility
maintenance vehicles, heavy equipment, and fire and emergency vehicles.
So here the Mayor and Councilmember Phil Mendelson want access to
hikers, bikers, and midsize dump trucks pulling trailers with back hoes,
semi-tractor-trailers, fire trucks, ambulances, and emergency transport
vehicles. Surely an average car will be able to use the road. There is
no logical reason to deny access to the driving public.
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Politics and Public Safety
Juan Mendez, Mt. Pleasant, juanmendezx@yahoo.com
The Berger Group spent two years and $250,000 preparing the Klingle
Road Feasibility Study, yet did not consult public safety officials.
Since the Study's release, numerous public safety organizations support
restoring Klingle Road, including DC Fire Battalions 4 and 5. First
Responders and career firefighters such as Battalion Chiefs Johnson and
Drumming, Captain Jeffery, Lt. Conway, Deputy Fire Chief Mauer, and
Assistant Fire Chief Thompson informed Chief Few that Klingle Road
access is needed to fight brush fires in the valley, basement fires in
bordering apartment buildings, and fires under the Taft Bridge.
Chief Few initially backed his rank and file, then bowed to political
pressure from the Mayor and abandoned his troops in favor of the Study's
unsubstantiated conclusions, which Few's officers refute. Not only would
Engines 21 and 28 from Battalions 4 and 5 use Klingle Road, EMS
ambulances also would use Klingle Road 24/7, a way around Cleveland Park
traffic, and the most direct route between the many homes and schools in
Woodley Park and the Washington Hospital Center.
Why are we playing politics with public safety and emergency
preparedness? And for what? So that we taxpayers can spend $2M on a
half-mile jogging path in a lonely, secluded valley for the Klingle
Valley Few? For my money, let's fix the road, put back our street lights
and build a sidewalk. We'd all be that much safer.
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Klingle Roadies Use Innuendo, Ad Hominem
Attacks
Ralph Scott, rscott@aeclp.org
Paul McKenzie's recent posting to themail is a great example of how
the supporters of repaving Klingle Valley substitute name-calling,
innuendo, and red herrings for logic and facts as they wage their
relentless campaign to bring back cars to a sensitive stream valley
where a paved road should never have been built in the first place.
Let's take a closer look at his arguments. McKenzie, like his other
roadie letter writing cohorts, accuses the people who support replacing
the old road bed with an environmentally friendly recreation trail of
nimbyism. This helps distract attention from the fact that the key
roadie leaders are actually just a few disgruntled drivers who are irate
about losing a favorite shortcut to their children's private schools and
the like. If the trail supporters are just a bunch of NIMBY fanatics who
“want to keep a private park in their back yards” (which they are
not, as Victor Chudowsky's response spells out!), then it's possible to
ignore the real environmental arguments for not reopening the closed
section of Klingle Road to automobiles.
McKenzie also invokes the closing of Klingle as “one of the reasons
we see division in this city,” slyly implying that 1) replacing the
old road bed with a recreational trail somehow divides neighborhoods
(absurd) and 2) those who want to "divide" the city are
probably motivated by racism. This roadie code language has been part of
their dishonest bag of tricks from day one, and it's time people started
calling them on this outrageous, inflammatory, and nonsensical
accusation. A new theme in the roadies' campaign of late is to try to
appeal to people dissatisfied with any of Mayor Williams' policies, and
to suggest that a pro-environment position on Klingle Valley is somehow
wrong-by-association with the Mayor. McKenzie's artful phrasing is that
“a substantial number of people in Washington feel the city is headed
in the wrong direction,” implying that the Mayor's position on Klingle
is a case of us suffering from “a lack of citywide leadership.”
Actually, the Mayor's courageous position on protecting Klingle Valley
from environmental damage is an example of true leadership: taking a
controversial but correct position based on real principle rather than
political considerations.
So what are the real issues that the roadies are trying to distract
us from discussing? First, the road really does cause serious
environmental problems, funneling harmful pollution into Rock Creek
(oil, antifreeze, settled exhaust, etc., that leaks out of cars onto the
road surface). The road abuts a stream that feeds directly into Rock
Creek at the end of the closed portion of Klingle Road. The road bed
acts as a funnel for runoff from the road itself, as well as runoff from
other roads that connect to Klingle Road upstream. Removing the road
along the creek would create an absorbent green buffer for storm runoff
from the entire valley, and remove a “sink” for automobile
pollution. Furthermore, in summer months, the hot road bed sends warm
water into the creek, which depletes oxygen and harms marine and plant
life. Without the road, the pollution content of the runoff will be
significantly diminished and won't go directly into the water. It will
be filtered through soil and vegetation, and the temperature of the
water that goes into the creek will be significantly lower. Also, a lot
of large, old trees would be killed rebuilding the road.
Contrary to the roadie assertions, the Berger Report (Feasibility
Study) goes into a lot of detail about the environmentally harmful
impact of the existing road bed and describes significant damage from
any reconstruction that might happen. The roadies have been shamelessly
distorting the conclusions of this report for several months now,
largely unchallenged. Moreover, the money required to rebuild this half
mile stretch of little used road (average 1.1 cars per minute in each
direction) is huge. It would cost more still to maintain a road that's
regularly exposed to flash floods and washouts. The Berger report says
it'll cost about $4 million more to rebuild the road than it will cost
to build an environmentally sound rec trail. That's money that should be
spent in other wards on needed transportation infrastructure. It's
unfair for Ward 3 to hog so much of DC's road construction budget. This
is true whether District or federal funds are used.
The people campaigning to protect Klingle Valley have spent a lot of
time and effort taking our arguments directly to people living in the
neighborhoods all around a very wide radius of Klingle valley. We always
find overwhelming support for our position wherever we go — Mount
Pleasant, Woodley Park, Adams Morgan, Cleveland Park, Columbia Heights,
Dupont Circle, Capitol Hill, and Glover Park, just to name a few places
we've been doing informational tabling during the past few months. We
have collected something like 5,000 petition signatures to date. We
don't see any evidence that the pro road side has enough public support
to consistently come out in public and try to get signatures or discuss
this issue on its merits. None of them wants to endure the opposition
their cause would stir up or be forced to defend their cause to the
public. So instead, the roadies resort to writing and posting on
listservs all over town their nasty, dishonest diatribes full of ad
hominem attacks on their adversaries. Shame on them! Every time you
read another one of their postings, I hope it reminds you of their
desperation and willingness to say anything to smear their opponents.
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DC Democratic Party Becoming the Party of the
Rich and Famous
Arthur H. Jackson, Jr., CCADADC2@aol.com
Growing up in segregated Prince Georges County, Maryland, I faced
discrimination daily, and the older I grew, the more I was determined to
make a difference in the lives of people, with “oh little faith” and
hope “it will get better.” At age 14, I became a volunteer intern
under then Senator Steny Hoyer, now a member of Congress organizing
communities of African American voters for the Democratic Ticket. Our
party was the party of hope and opportunity, for the working people, for
African Americans, Women and Young People. Standing up for education and
not cutting budgets of educational services and programs.
Today, the DC Democratic Party has become a party controlled by the
rich and famous and there is no room for the single mother trying to get
off of welfare, no room for the senior citizen beaten daily in her
nursing home, not by intruders, but by staff. The DC Democratic Party
rejects those who speak up and stand up for that which is right and fair
for the people, and reward those who bow and serve the Mayor and his
campaign contributors. We can not allow this party to become “The
Party of the Rich and Famous.” Progressive Democrats throughout this
city, must organize and challenge “weak self-serving leadership in our
party, serving only their own personal employment or contract
interest.” And I call upon The People not to stay home this election,
but to get involved by researching the campaign funding sources of these
wealthy Democratic candidates, who can find money to party at the
Democratic Convention, but can't find enough money to pay for summer
lunches and summer school for our children.
On June 15th, 2002 I will announce a comprehensive Plan to provide a
Progressive Agenda to restore “democracy to our party, unite labor
workers with small business, and defend the general welfare of all of
the people of the District of Columbia.” The event will be the Ward 8
Democrats Meeting at Ketcham School.. All residents are invited to hear
my announcement. Meeting begins at 12 noon.
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Atlanta Mayor Issues Proclamation Calling for
DC Votes in Congress
Patrick Pellerin, pellerin@verizon.net
At the request of US Representative Ray Browne (D-Shadow), Mayor
Shirley Franklin of Atlanta, GA has signed a proclamation that
"calls upon every official across the nation, including members of
Congress, to fully support full voting rights for the residents of the
District of Columbia. The denial of full voting rights in the US House
of Representatives and of any representation in the US Senate has placed
an unacceptable burden on the citizenship rights of the residents of the
District of Columbia." This proclamation is a continuation of
Representative Browne's outreach program designed to bring constituent
pressure on members of Congress. To date the city councils of Chicago,
Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and San Francisco have passed
similar resolutions and the mayors of Baltimore and New Orleans have
issued similar proclamations.
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[In answer to Stew Reuter] "What's next" is not New York
City, Chicago or others who already have "state-ness" vying to
be their own state. They don't suffer violations of their human and
civil rights the way we here in Washington do, being roped inside the DC
Line. They may have internal problems, economic, etc. within their
states, but their problem is NOT with their federal government. Many in
California, for example, often discuss dividing that elongated state
into N-CA and S-CA to solve issues of diverse geography. Perhaps they
should do so. After all, stately boundaries have been drawn and redrawn
throughout US history to accommodate and embellish the growth of the
country. Why do we tarry when it comes to fixing the District clause
flaw?
You hit the nail pointing to our one-party predicament. I've long
suggested to anyone who listens to register according to their driver
license or SS#. If the number is even, remain Democrat, and if it's odd,
register Republican. And if you disagree with me, register Independent.
Continue to vote any way you want. It is shortsighted to assume
Democratic credentials of future congressional representatives of
Washington residents. We will discover the strength in participating in
the two-party system when we get there. Until that time we need to play
games. Methinks it is not “pride” and “reluctance” to be
overcome, but prejudice and pompous disregard for the rights of a
people, most of whom are dark and descendants of the humans who were
made impotent by the slave-conscious US Constitution. Its design has
kept us weak, and following its system of amendment, it's near
impossible for weaklings to change.
Nobody in this country or its possessions has as little power as we.
How is it that in the eyes and minds of our government we are required
to continue in this status? Why would we accept this third-class
citizenship? Lyndon Johnson would say this an American problem to be
solved by Americans. And I would say moreover, that it needs to be
solved to the satisfaction of Washington residents and not to
expedience. It's about self-determination and self-government, period.
Many of us are blinded by attainment of “voting rights,” which is to
ask for a promotion from third-class to second-class citizenship. As
long as the US possessions keep their tax dollars and govern themselves,
they are superior US Citizens to us. But they are second-class, with no
vote. With voting rights we would become second-class, with the vote. I
don't think we should aspire to that. Like some of the folks on themail
who oft sound the hue and cry about potholes, etc., if America doesn't
fix this one, I'm outta' here. Or I'll just consider myself an illegal
immigrant. I wouldn't move to Maryland to get my rights, and I don't
want Maryland to move to me! But, that's just my vote.
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Republican Candidate for Ward 3 Councilmember
Cristina Kelly, Cristina.Kelly@turner.com
Eric Rojo, decorated veteran and Vietnam helicopter pilot, currently
an international business consultant and resident of Ward 3 since 1988,
will formally announce his candidacy for the Ward 3 DC Council seat on
Flag Day, Friday, June 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Friendship Park, popularly
known as Turtle Park (45th and Van Ness Street, NW, off Massachusetts
Avenue).
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Mayor’s Ward 1 Town Meeting
Clyde E. Howard, Jr., ceohoward@hotmail.com
The Mayor will be at Tubman Elementary School on 13th Street, NW, on
June 17, at 6:00 p.m. The purpose will be a town hall meeting for Ward
1. Discussion items will focus on the Tivoli Square, streetscape, other
development projects, education, abandoned vehicles, litter, crime, and
parking restrictions.
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CLASSIFIEDS — FOR SALE
New Farmers’ and Artists’ Market in Shaw
Alexander Padro, padroanc2c@aol.com
A new farmers' market and artists' market, sponsored by Manna
Community Development Corporation, is now open at Temperance Row (behind
the Public Welfare Foundation/True Reformers' Building at 1200 U Street,
NW). The market features fresh produce (organic and conventional) from
local farmers, as well as artisan wares from local artists and
craftspeople. Adjacent to the U Street/Cardozo Green Line Metro station
at 13th and U Streets, the Temperance Row Farmers' and Artists' Market
will be open every Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., through October 30,
2002. Special events are being scheduled for the first Wednesday of each
month.
Applications are still being accepted from local artists interested
in setting up at the market. Volunteers interested in helping the market
grow are also welcome. For more information on the market, contact David
Haiman at Manna CDC at 232-2915 or dhaiman@mannadc.org.
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CLASSIFIEDS — HOUSING AND OFFICE SPACE
Home sweet home in partially furnished, Wardman-built northwest row
house. Quiet neighborhood; 1/2 block to 16th Street; short walk to
Carter Barron tennis courts, Rock Creek Park. Spacious and elegant 1st
and 2nd floors: 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA, LR with FPL, large front porch, two sun
rooms, huge DR. Perfect for quiet, nonsmoking grad students,
professionals or family group. (Separate basement already rented.)
$2100, negotiable for right tenants. Serious inquiries call 726-4896 for
more info.
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Silver Spring office sublet available: 1400 Spring Street. One to two
offices with beautiful park side view. Share conference room with
on-site law firm. Our staff accepts your deliveries and greets your
visitors. Walk to Metro and District Court. Starting from $500 month to
month. Contact Jon Katz, 301-495-4300, jon@markskatz.com.
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CLASSIFIEDS — RECOMMENDATIONS
Which Handyman Can?
John Whiteside, john at logancircle dot net
Funny timing -- the Post ran a story on the resurgence of the
handyman, just as I was thinking I needed just that - someone to do
small jobs around the house. Does anyone have recommendations for
someone who can do this in Logan Circle? I'm talking small jobs, not any
major electrical or plumbing stuff, the kinds of things you keep meaning
to do yourself but never quite get to.
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and should be about life, government, or politics in the District of
Columbia in one way or another. All postings must be signed in order to
be printed, and messages should be reasonably short — one or two brief
paragraphs would be ideal — so that as many messages as possible can
be put into each mailing.
