Enforcing Clean Hands
Dear Hand Washers:
Yesterday's press release from the Mayor's office shows that another
old joke is true: you can get even a stubborn mule's attention if you
hit him across the nose with a 2'x4'. Mayor Williams and Department of
Motor Vehicles Director Sherryl Hobbs Newman have agreed to fix two DMV
problems that they say don't exist. Instead of forcing people to conduct
DMV business online by deliberately making it difficult to deal with the
agency in person, the administration will hire additional personnel to
work DMV's windows (although it is unclear how long those new employees
will be kept past the primary election). The Mayor will also announce
tomorrow (Thursday) that he has reached a compromise with Councilmember
Carol Schwartz to forgive at least some of the highly questionable,
years-old “unpaid tickets” that the city recently “discovered,”
and not to require citizens to pay at least the very oldest of these
tickets before renewing their licenses. Two other problems will not be
addressed. The administration still insists that DMV's new computer
system, Destiny, is working perfectly; and it also insists that DMV's
employees do not display any abruptness, rudeness, or bruqueness toward
DC's citizens.
A third serious problem will continue to plague DC's citizens for
years, since not even the City Council recognizes it as a problem. That
is the Williams administration's reinvention of the Department of Motor
Vehicles into what Director Newman calls “a premier enforcement and
collection agency.” The door to this was opened in 1996, when the City
Council passed the “Clean Hands” Act. As you may recall, there had
been several reports of companies that owed significant amounts in
fines, back taxes, or other obligations continuing to do business with
the city and to get city contracts. In response, the City Council passed
a law that essentially said that you couldn't get a license or permit if
you owed more than $100 to the city. The intention was that deadbeat
businesses would have to pay up in order to renew their business
licenses. But the law didn't place any limitation on which obligations
or which licenses were affected. So the Williams administration has now
decided — without any public debate or even prior notification —
that it will use the Clean Hands Act to deny driver's licenses,
non-driver's identifications, and automobile registrations to ordinary
citizens if the city claims that they owe money.
That makes the DMV the primary collection agency for the whole
government, eclipsing the Office of Tax and Revenue and all other
departments. After all, even if you're not a driver, you are a
non-person if you don't have a DMV license. Have you ever tried to open
a bank account or cash a check without a driver's license or
state-issued ID? The only appeal at DMV, if you don't owe what they
claim, is to a DMV employee whose attitude is that citizens are always
wrong and what the computer shows is always right. The amount of money
that the government will be able to extort from its citizens would blind
any politician. But do we really want the DMV to enforce all laws,
rather than just traffic laws? Do we really want it to collect all city
taxes, fines, and fees, instead of just driving and parking fines?
Should the Department of Motor Vehicles be the 21st century equivalent
of debtor's prison? And shouldn't someone have asked us first?
A personal note: thanks to the many people who sent encouraging
messages to Dorothy and me, but I'm not going to publish them here; as I
wrote, this isn't about us.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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Help! DMV Inspection
LaTanya D. Wright, latanya7@juno.com
My auto inspection sticker expired in April 2002. Unfortunately, I
was taking my last law school exams at that time at Rutgers in New
Jersey. The first time I was in DC again was Wednesday, May 29, 2002. I
waited patiently it the long lines only to find that my CV joint was
damaged, so I did not pass the inspection. I received a temporary
sticker giving me twenty days to either repair the joint and have the
car reinspected or to return for another twenty-day sticker. Knowing
that in the next twenty days after May 29th I would be going back to NJ,
packing to return back home to DC, graduating, hosting family in NJ,
driving and moving back to DC, unpacking once I arrived, starting bar
review classes, and studying for the bar, I knew I would not have the
car fixed. So I asked the inspector what I should I do. He told me to
return by the date, pay $25.00, and get another twenty-day sticker.
On June 18, the 20th day, I went to the SW reinspection station and
asked the person directing the cars into the lot if I had to get on line
again or just go inside for another sticker, since I had not fixed the
joint. He told me to get in line. I do so. I got in line, waited a
little over an hour, arrived at the checkpoint, and was told that I
would not be able to get another twenty-day sticker because, even though
the sticker says “Reinspect by June 18 2002,” the system won't
generate a new sticker until June 19th. I must return again tomorrow,
get in line again, for an hour or so in my hot car, just to get to the
checkpoint to again tell the inspector I haven't yet fixed the damage.
Then I can receive another sticker giving me twenty days to make the
repair. I was told by three different inspectors that even if I had
fixed the joint, the system would not allow a new sticker to print until
June 19th. I was told that, even though the sticker says, “Reinspect
by: June 18, 2002,” the actual expiration date is midnight, meaning
that the system won't even generate another sticker until after
midnight. Between midnight and the time I go back on June 19 to stand in
line again just to get a sticker, I can get a ticket for failure to have
a valid inspection sticker. And doesn't this mean that on June 19th, I
must pay a late fee?
The sticker really should say “Reinspect on and only on June 19,
2002.” I'm outraged, tired, and frustrated, and not looking forward to
sitting another hour in my car (when I'm supposed to be studying for the
bar) waiting in line just to get a sticker.
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Scam at the DC Office of Tax and Revenue
Anise Jenkins, anise828@aol.com
The DC Office of Tax and Revenue sends out fraudulently worded
delinquent tax notices, consciously creating a situation which will
result in many DC residents unnecessarily losing their homes in the
upcoming July 2002 real property tax sale. I received a “Notice of
Delinquency and Final Bill for Delinquent Real Property Tax Prior to Tax
Sale” which stated that, “We are notifying you that unless all
('all' in bold face letters) taxes in arrears and taxes appearing on the
enclosed notice are paid within 30 days from the date of this notice,
the subject real property will be ('will be' underlined) auctioned at
the July Tax Sale.” The next paragraph reads, “If full payment is
made in the amount appearing on the Final Delinquent Real Property Tax
Bill Prior to Tax Sale, the subject property will not be auctioned at
Tax Sale (bold faced).” This letter was dated May 10. Therefore, a
logical interpretation of the letter meant that if I did not pay the
total amount appearing on the tax bill by June 10, my house would with
no exception be sold in July!
Knowing that at that time I did not have the total amount, I called
the Office of Tax and Revenue and was told by a clerk that I only had to
pay the amount on the bill that read “2001 Unpaid,” which was less
than half the total amount due. When I pointed out to her that letter
stated I had to pay the total amount, she kindly volunteered that,
“they are just trying to make people pay it all, but your house will
not be listed or sold if you just pay the unpaid amount on the bill, not
the total.” I did not want to lose a home that I had struggled to keep
for the past nine years at a tax sale, if I could possibly help it, so I
did something that I never do , which was to borrow what I did not have
from friends. I paid all but $100 of the total appearing on the tax bill
on June 10, because that was all that I had on June 10. On June 14, I
took what I had left of my paycheck down to the Office of Tax and
Revenue to make another partial payment, preparing myself to beg a clerk
to find some way to make an exception for me since I owed so little.
When I was called to speak to the clerk, she pulled up my record and
said, “You are paid up. You don't owe anything until June 30! Your
house will not be auctioned.”
It is completely unethical for the DC government to misrepresent a
tax collection policy. Both times I spoke with a clerk they were kind
and sympathetic and were not surprised that I had interpreted the letter
as I had. My concern that many people may have already given up on even
trying to pay any of the taxes, knowing that they cannot pay the total,
and have instead made arrangements to move or sell their homes before
the July tax sale. How many seniors and single mothers are in their
homes now wondering what they are going to do now that they have missed
the June date (according to the letter) to pay the “total amount”
rather than the lesser amount of “unpaid” category, when perhaps
they could have raised the lesser amount?
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I Don’t Exist?
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aol.com
When I called the Board of Elections to find out how to change my
voter registration, I was told that I am not a registered voter in the
computer of the Board of Elections. Yikes!, I said. I have a voter
registration card in my hand and have voted in every election, save one,
in the last fifteen years. How is it possible that I am not in the
computer (and who else has been dropped into the black hole)? I am now
downloading the materials to reregister, this time as a Dem, so that I
can vote for Kathy Patterson in the Dem Primary election in September. I
have, at various times been registered as a Dem, a Republican, and an
Independent, in order to support different candidates in primary
elections. No, I have never been a Greenie or a Commie (does the
Communist Party still exist?).
The message is clear that the computers at the Board of Elections may
be a bit wacky. If you intend to vote in the upcoming elections, you
might check to see if you are a registered voter by calling 727-2525.
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The Stealth Candidate
Dorothy Brizill, dorothy@dcwatch.com
Since May 10, when the DC Board of Elections made petitions available
for all candidates in the September primaries, political observers have
wondered when and where Mayor Williams's petitions would be circulated.
No one has been seen with Williams petitions at Metro stops, community
events, Eastern Market, or even at the annual Democratic Party
Kennedy-King banquet. Even the Mayor's political operatives weren't
certain who in the campaign hierarchy was in charge of getting the 2,000
petition signatures that have to be submitted by July 3.
Rest assured, the Mayor will make a formal announcement of his
candidacy this Saturday at noon at his campaign headquarters at 7th
Street and New York Avenue, NW. As for the petitions, Scott Bishop, the
logistics director in the DC Office of Emergency Management, is
supposedly taking leave from his job in order to oversee their
circulation. At a recent campaign strategy meeting, members of the
campaign committee acknowledged that in the initial roll-out of
petitions in Wards 4 and 5, efforts to secure signatures from black
voters and in black neighborhoods had been especially difficult, with a
third of those approached refusing outright to sign the petitions and
delivering anti-Williams lectures to the circulators.
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Efforts to Pass Constitutional Amendments to
Expand Political Rights for Washington
Mark David Richards, Dupont East, mark@bisconti.com
My paper on efforts to solve DC's “issues” via Constitutional
amendment is at http://www.dcwatch.com/richards/0206.htm.
I've written segments on retrocession, statehood, and amendment. I'll
post statehood next. This paper may contain more detail than most want,
but you can always scan it to get a sense of the past 200-year effort.
Despite its length, for the most part, I do not address race, gender,
and class issues that were associated with each historic period, however
defined, and were certainly a part of the story. For most of the
history, white male property owners established and managed the
priorities and called the shots. I am without doubt, however, interested
in the discussion of identity issues, including gender, race, and class
issues, as related to past and current remedy proposals.
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Wilson HS Graduation Violations Update
Erich Martel, ehmartel@starpower.net
The following may be hard to believe, but true. Please send messages
to Dr. Vance and Dr. Seleznow, et al. (addresses in last Sunday's
posting, http://www.dcwatch.com/themail/2002/02-06-16.htm).
On Monday afternoon, June 17th, I was informed that a DCPS
“Investigation Team” was present at Wilson HS and wished to see me.
I went and met the team members (three retired DCPS administrators and
two current counselors from Cardozo H.S.) The committee head was Mr.
Porter, a former head of the counseling department. Mr. Porter said that
they wanted to hear from me. I was cautiously optimistic. For the first
time since May 10th, when I sent the first packet of graduation
deficiencies to Drs. Vance, Seleznow, Bonner, and Tarason, I was being
asked for verbal input. We discussed procedures and decided that I would
talk to them on Tuesday morning.
Monday evening, I prepared a description of the standards I used for
determining if a student had met a specific graduation requirement. I
appended additional directives from the central administration and a
more efficient analytical form I had developed. Tuesday morning, I went
to the room where the "Investigation Team" was located; Mr.
Porter came to the door and informed me that they had all the
information they needed and I would not have the opportunity to share
information with them. I was dumbfounded. It never occurred to me that I
would be invited to speak and then disinvited when I arrived. I stated
to the group that I had received additional information of violations
from my colleagues since the summaries of violations had been sent. I
was told, in response, that they had all the information they needed.
The casual disrespect shown me in that episode did not reflect a search
for documented accuracy, but something very different. That was a
disappointment.
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Digital Divide Award
Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com
Just wanted to share some happy news with the community here in
themail. Last weekend I flew down to Austin, Texas, to receive an award
for the digital divide work I've been doing; see http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ctcnetaward.gif.
I was humbled and surprised to receive the award, as I know there are
dozens of others doing great things here in DC and elsewhere. The
organization that gave me the award, Community Technology Centers'
Network (CTCNet), is one of the leading national organizations working
to bridge the digital divide; see http://www.ctcnet.org.
CTCNet currently has over 600 affiliate member organizations. Annual
dues are $100/year. CTCNet's annual conference will be in DC next year
in June. I'm happy to chat on the phone with anyone here in the DC area
interested in learning more about CTCNet. There are already a bunch of
CTCNet affiliates in the DC-area. We could always use more, though. The
icing on the cake? Bought myself a way cool new iBook laptop with the
award money.
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Something Smells in Spring Valley
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aol.com
A mere 150 yards north up on Massachusetts Avenue, there was an
armored car heist last week at about 3:30 in the afternoon. The robbery
occurred right in front of the First Union Bank at the Spring Valley
Shopping Center. There was some video coverage that evening on the local
TV channels but nothing in the Post until Saturday. The details were a
bit scarce save to say that a car had forced the armored car off the
road and the armored car stuck a tree. I saw the video pics of the truck
which had sustained very minor damage. The stately five-foot-diameter
oak tree lost a little bark where the big armored car bumper struck the
tree at relatively low speed.
Now here's what smells bad to me. The stolen money, a bag containing
210 grand (lunch money in Spring Valley) was inside the locked up
armored car. One of the perps brandished a .38 caliber revolver. A .38
caliber pistol is not is not an anti-tank weapon and is hardly more
effective against an armored car than a water pistol. And yet, somehow,
the bag containing that money somehow migrated from inside the armored
car and into the hand of the three robbers, outside the armored car.
Very strange, since the armored car drivers are taught to hunker down
and keep the car locked up in any robbery attempt. Did the driver get
out to exchange license plate numbers and registrations with the driver
who had forced him off the road? Or, was there a fourth perp in this
scenario, with the fourth perp being one of those who was inside the
armored car? Maybe it's a four-way split of that loot.
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Statues
Agate J. Tilmanis, atil@loc.gov
What are these colored elephants and donkeys doing around town? Are
they supposed to represent Washington, DC? Washington was named after
our first president, George Washington. Where is there a statue of him
in DC? There will be a statue of Tomas Masayk at Massachusetts and 22nd,
NW. The Ambassador of Argentina has requested that a memorial to Eva
Peron be placed in a pubic space in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. Does
anyone know where there is a statue of George Washington in this city?
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Two weeks ago I also was told the same thing as Ed Barron, that
because I filed on the 15th of April, don't expect quick any quick
action. However, instead of DC owing me money, I owed money to DC. Not
surprisingly, realizing they had a check in the mail, two days after I
called, my check went through. However, not for the $250 amount, but for
$1469.86! Imagine my surprise. Got it worked out in another two days and
a couple of bounced checks later.
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Thanks very much to Len Sullivan who posted an excellent bit on
appropriate response to dirty bomb attacks. Having been one of the
people raised in the suburbs since the early 1960s, I have
understandably given the issue of post-nuke survival a great deal of
thought and research. Unlike the folks downtown, it was quite possible
that I would have survived a direct strike and my primary risk would be
fallout. Sure I'm paranoid, but I'm also prepared for the unthinkable.
Things to do to prepare: 1) If possible, have someone on your block
obtain and learn how to use a Geiger counter. 2) Stock cans of both
clear acrylic, and blaze orange, spray paint. 3) Stock toilet-paper and
save some old coffee cans of a size that will accommodate a roll of
toilet-paper with a relatively tight fit, as well as plastic sheeting
and weatherproof duct-tape. 4) As with the Y2K preparedness, stock some
canned food and bottled water, but store these in shrink-wrap if
possible. A radio and batteries are a good idea, of course. Step 4,
below, should really be step 5 here.
Response: Don't panic, but get inside. Don't go anywhere even if you
are known to be in the hottest zone. The last thing needed is for people
to spread radioactive particles outside of the predictable fallout
plume. 1) If at home, close all windows. If at work, do the same unless
your building is airtight, in which case get to the engineer's office
and get the A/C turned off. The most dangerous elements of a dirty-bomb
attack will probably be airborne no longer than eight hours. The
greatest danger will be inhalation of particles kept circulating by
high-volume building A/C, especially particles which fallout into the
street-level air-intake grills. 2) If not at home or not in a building,
get home or get into a building, sit tight for eight hours. Thereafter,
if possible, contact someone with a Geiger counter and prepare to
organize to do a sweep. Once the immediate fallout settles, your primary
task is to detect, immobilize, and mark hot spots. These will probably
be barely-visible or microscopic. Sweep with the Geiger counter inside
homes where the windows were left open or the A/C was left on, if you
find a hot spot particle, cover it with clear-acrylic spray paint to
immobilize it, and then paint a blaze-orange X in a circle with the X on
the hot spot. It's most important to mark or clear inhabited
environments. 3) If you're in restaurant work, destroy all food which
was outside of containment at the instant of the blast — don't throw
it away, destroy it so that nothing will think of ingesting it — or
bag it all together and double wrap it and freeze it. Remove no food
from containment for at least twelve hours; get a Geiger counter to
check the prep and containment surfaces before removing the food/drink.
4) If things look really bad, use plastic sheeting to air proof some
small interior room. Then pull the inner cardboard cores half out of
rolls of toilet-paper, punch a hole in the coffee-can plastic lid which
will exactly fit the cardboard core, attach to the roll of toilet paper,
insert toilet paper into coffee can and seal lid into place, punch holes
around the outside of the bottom rim of the coffee can. Instant filter
element! Make a bunch of these. Also make a bellows pump out of a large
cardboard box and some plastic sheeting, and place the filter elements
so that air from outside of the box is drawn in through the side of the
box, through the cardboard cores into the inside of the coffee-can,
through the toilet-paper, through the pump, into your safe airspace.
Those who can afford it can probably buy better systems, but in a pinch
this might do you some good. The overriding motif is “containment,
containment, containment”; contain yourself until things settle, and
then search and contain the particulates. Paper and wood should be all
of the protection you need, since there will be no gamma or X radiation,
as those are products of a nuclear blast. Your biggest worries will be
particles of alpha emitters, and alpha is stopped by paper.
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My Letter to DCRA Director David Clark
Nick Keenan, Shaw, nbk at gsionline dot com
I read recently in the City Paper that your department is now
ticketing vacant properties where the weeds exceed four inches. There
are two vacant properties near my house that we have been trying for
years to get the city to take action against, but for years inspectors
from your department have told us that there is nothing they can do. The
addresses of these properties are 1539 and 1543 7th Street NW. They
currently both have weeds in the front well in excess of four inches, so
I would appreciate it if you could have an inspector visit them and
ticket them. They also have a host of other problems, particularly 1543,
which is not weatherproof, fireproof, or rodent-proof, as the law
requires, is an active rat harborage, is strewn with garbage, has loose
bricks on the facade, and has non-exterior-grade live electrical work
exposed to the elements. However, your inspectors have repeatedly told
me over the past four years that they will not ticket any of those
conditions.
I applaud the decision to have your department now ticket for weeds
so that some enforcement action can be taken against long-standing
neighborhood nuisances like these. I would like to encourage you to go
further. Weeds are a purely cosmetic problem. The reason that vacant
buildings are a nuisance is not that they are ugly, it is that they
endanger the health and safety of their neighbors. They harbor rodents
and criminals. If they are not secure against the elements they
undermine the structural integrity of neighboring properties. About once
a year, a building in my neighborhood will collapse. Then there is fire.
In the past four years, there have been four fires in nuisance
properties on my block, resulting in damage to ten houses. I am
withholding my address from this letter, because in the past when I
included my address in letters to your department it led to confusion,
with my property becoming the subject of enforcement rather than the
properties described in my letter. If you have questions I can be
reached via E-mail or at 667-1946. Please let me know if you have any
questions.
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In response to the writer whose rent is increasing at alarming rates,
my understanding of DC rent control law is this: landlords with fewer
than four units may get an annual (fee) permit to opt out of DC rent
control. Others are under the law. I believe the current rent increase
cap, under law, is 3.3 percent for this year. It changes each year.
Contact the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Housing
Regulation Administration 941 N. Capitol Street, NW, 7th Floor, 442-9505
for specific information. They are very helpful both on the phone and in
person. If your landlord is outside of the law and refuses to bow, you
may file a Tenant Petition/Complaint with this agency at no charge under
Section 216, DC Law 6-10.
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Conversations With Newsmakers
Kathy Sinzinger, NewsDC@aol.com
Join us this Friday after work to chat with this month's special
guest — Patricia Elwood, vice chairman of the powerful National
Capital Planning Commission — at The Common Denominator's
“Conversations With Newsmakers.”
Conversations With Newsmakers is a free, monthly networking
opportunity for both unstructured and loosely structured conversation
about local public affairs. This month's event is Friday, June 21, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ellis Island Restaurant and Pub, 3908 12th Street,
NE, in Brookland (about half a block off Michigan Avenue and within
walking distance of the Brookland/CUA stop on Metro's Red Line). Free
parking is available on and off the street. No reservations are required
for this free event. Cash bar, and Ellis Island will have its full
dinner menu available for anyone who arrives hungry. For questions or
directions, call Kathy Sinzinger at The Common Denominator at
635-6397.
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Upcoming Washingtoniana Division Slide
Lecture!
Jerry A. McCoy, sshistory@yahoo.com
The following illustrated slide lecture will be held in the program
room of the Washingtoniana Division, Room #307, Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library. The lecture is scheduled for Monday, June 24, from
noon-1:00 p.m. We hope to see you there! “Theaters of Washington, DC:
From Airdomes to Palaces.” Lee H. Rogers will present an illustrated
slide lecture on the history of Washington, DC, theaters utilizing
images from the Robert A. Truax collection. Sponsored by the Staff of
the Washingtoniana Division and the Washington Star Collection, Martin
Luther King, Jr., Memorial Library, Room #307901, G Street, NW,
727.1213.
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Graduate/Professional School Workshop for
Interns, Hill Staffers and Others
Steve Goodman, steve@topcolleges.com
If you are thinking about applying to graduate school, then you
should attend Steve Goodman’s summer 2002 Capitol Hill workshop:
Successful Strategies for Applying to Graduate School, The Capitol, Room
HC-7, Friday, June 21, 2002, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., $10.
You will learn about how to make the most of your past
accomplishments, how to create a winning admissions portfolio, and how
to separate yourself from others in the applicant pool. We only offer
this on the Hill once per summer, so don’t miss it. Please call
986-9431 or E-mail steve@topcolleges.com
to reserve a space.
[This ad is reprinted from the last issue because the time and place
were inadvertently omitted. — Gary Imhoff]
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Does the anti-worker, antifamily, anti-environmental agenda being
pushed by the Bush Administration and the conservatives who control
Congress got you down? You’re not alone. This agenda has angered
hundreds of thousands of people across the United States, and they are
speaking out and supporting candidates who will stand up to the
Administration and the House Leadership. Gloria Totten, Executive
Director of the Progressive Majority, will speak to DNG members about
the Progressive Movement in America, the outlook for the 2002 mid-term
elections, and what is at stake for the Democratic Party in November on
Tuesday, June 25, 6:30 p.m., Democratic National Committee (DNC), 1st
floor Board Room. The DNC is located at 430 South Capitol Street, SE.
(Metro: Orange or Blue line to Capitol South)
This event is free. Please RSVP to membership@dngonline.org
or call DNG, 907-9088 by June 24th. RSVP not necessary but appreciated.
Democrats of a New Generation (DNG) is Washington’s premier networking
group for young Democratic professionals. Composed of a diverse group of
young Democrats, DNG members have the opportunity to learn about
Washington's political culture through participation and contact with
leaders in the political community. DNG is dedicated to developing our
members professionally, serving our community, and opening a dialogue
between members and established leaders of the Democratic Party. As an
all-volunteer run organization, DNG works in collaboration with
like-minded member organizations that represent an array of professional
and political interests. Join today! We are seeking members who want to
become active participants in DNG. Visit us online at http://www.dngonline.org.
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2002 Congressional Baseball Game
Karen A. Szulgit, kaszulgit@ilsr.org
Thursday, June 20th (game time 7:05 p.m., gates open 5:30 p.m.).
Prince George's (Bowie Baysox) Stadium, Bowie, Maryland. Tickets $8.
Available from Coach Sabo's Office (5-4755) or Coach
Oxley's Office (5-2676). Directions: From Capitol Hill, take
Independence Avenue to 295 North. Take 295N to 50 East to US 301 South.
The stadium is 1/2 mile south on US 301. Free bus service to and from
the game, departing and returning to the Rayburn Horseshoe on South
Capitol Street. First bus leaves at 5 p.m., last bus leave at 6:30 p.m.
Buses leave for the Rayburn Horseshoe immediately after the game.
Tentative Roster: Democrat Roster, Martin Olav Sabo (MN), Manager;
Joe Baca (CA), Brian Baird (WA), Sherrod Brown (OH), Lacy Clay (MO),
Michael Doyle (PA), Tim Holden (PA), Jay Inslee (WA), William Jefferson
(LA), Christopher John (LA), Mike McIntyre (NC), William Pascrell (NJ),
Adam Smith (WA), Bart Stupak (MI), Mark Udall (CO), Mel Watt (NC),
Anthony Weiner (NY). Republican Roster: Michael Oxley (OH), Manager; Joe
Barton (TX), Kevin Brady (TX), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Tom Davis
(VA), Jeff Flake (AZ), Virgil Goode (VA), Melissa Hart (PA), Kenny
Hulshof (MO), Ernest Istook (OK), Mark Kennedy (MN), Jack Kingston (GA),
John McHugh (NY), Jim Nussle (IA), Chip Pickering (MS), Richard Pombo
(CA), Adam Putnam (FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL), Jim Ryun (KS), Bob
Schaffer (CO), Pete Sessions (TX), John Shimkus (IL), Bill Shuster (PA),
Chris Smith (NJ), John Sununu (NH), John Sweeney (NY), Todd Tiahrt (KS),
James Walsh (NY), Zach Wamp (TN), Heather Wilson (NM), and Senator John
Ensign (NV).
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CLASSIFIEDS — LOST AND FOUND
In front of Janney School, gold medal on red, white and blue ribbon.
Looks like it was awarded in one of the youth leagues in the area.
Contact: Paul Fekete, 686-1759.
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CLASSIFIEDS — VOLUNTEERS
Hope you have a few hours free on Saturday, June 22. Pediatric
AIDS/HIV Care, Inc., an after school facility located at 450 M Street,
NW, is having a work day from noon to 3 p.m. The stairwell (five
stories) has been primed as has the sitting room. We want to cover both
areas with one coat of paint. (The second coat can be applied at our
next work day, Saturday, July 27th.) If you'd rather not paint, Gerri
Graves, the Executive Director, is always in need of help with research,
writing grant proposals and/or other administrative tasks. The play room
closets can be cleaned out and rearranged. The windows can be washed.
Vacuuming from the art therapist's room down the stairs is a great upper
body exercise! Less exercise and very helpful is vacuuming the play
room, the class room, kitchen, administrative offices, etc. Our computer
guru will be in the computer room and happy for any assistance. There
are several groups of people (interns, junior high/high school students
and others) who need to put in hours of volunteer time. Pediatric Care
is a wonderful place to do just that on our work days. It is a 501(c)(3)
organization. If you know others who need or want to volunteer their
time, please bring them along on Saturday. We welcome new faces. The
Executive Director delights in showing newcomers around, explaining what
the staff is accomplishing. If you would like more information, please
telephone Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care, Inc. at 347-5366.
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CLASSIFIEDS — PLEASE RECONTACT
Would the people who live near the cathedral and who told me they
want my two old bikes please contact me again.
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CLASSIFIEDS — FOR SALE
Key Strength Trainer 2000 Weight Bench, Bar,
Mat and 255 LB, Weights
Kate Zimmer, kzimmer@resolv.org
Key Strength Trainer 2000 Weight Bench, Bar, Mat and weights. Heavy
duty oversized tubing. Sturdy no tip front and rear stabilizer. Scratch
and chip resistant electrostatic finish. Comfortable high density foam
pads. Weight bar safety hooks and retainer spring clips. Exercises: leg
extension/curl, crunch, chest press. $200.00.
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Samsonite Garment Bag for Sale at $125
Paul Brown, pmb@his.com
This is the top-of-the-line model from Samsonite's 700 Series,
Silhouette 7 collection, featuring the "Soft Spin" wheels, a
telescoping aluminum handle and a retractable strap to attach your
laptop or briefcase. (A shoulder strap is also included.) It opens like
a book and the huge interior (42 x 23 x 4) has lots of compartments and
a spring-loaded rod that will accept any type of hanger. There are also
giant zippered pockets on the outside of the bag. Indestructible black
ballistic nylon exterior. This is a seriously heavy duty garment bag for
the hard core road warrior who needs to carry lots of stuff. Used about
three times, then I upgraded to a Halliburton Zero hard side. Luggage
stores on the web offer this bag for $260. See: http://www.luggagesource.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product/asp/product-id/316233.html.
My price is less than half and I'll deliver it anywhere in the
Washington Metro area. Sorry, not interested in shipping it.
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CLASSIFIEDS — HOUSING
Telecommuter’s Dream
Barbara Potter, BarbPotter@aol.com
Tired of city living? Thinking about moving to the peace and quiet of
the country? 4BR, 3BA brick home with view of the mountains near
Charlottesville, VA. Easy access to airports and services. House is
wired, has hot tub, garage and workshop, fabulous gardens and great,
efficient space. Wired. Look at http://www.montaguemiller.com/php-bin/search/search.php?type=home&id=795
or call Barbara Potter at 540-832-3368.
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CLASSIFIEDS — SERVICES
Small, Minority, Women, and Veteran Owned
Business Wanted
Theodore Swan, Jr., ahjgroup@earthlink.net
The AHJ Group will assist your business in becoming certified to bid
on government contracts with the federal, District, regional governments
and Maryland state government. Our services include certification
package development and submission. For information, contact The AHJ
Group at 271-5522, Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
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