The Curmudgeon’s Dilemma
Dear DCers:
What does a curmudgeon do when his mood is uncharacteristically
sunny? When for once it didn't rain, and dinner was especially
satisfying, and the day was a lazy one with time for an afternoon nap?
That's right. Keep his mouth shut until things get back to normal.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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To Friends of Michele and Rick
Tingling-Clemmons
Madeleine Fletcher, madeleinefletcher@yahoo.com
Many of us know and love Michele and Rick Tingling-Clemmons,
long-standing community activists. Michele was fired from her job as
director of the food programs for the DC's public, charter and parochial
schools, child care, summer feeding, and commodity programs because of
her refusal to allow federal dollars earmarked for children's meals to
be diverted to other uses. Rick, an adult educator with a masters
degree, had major back surgery to correct a decades-old injury. They
have fallen on hard times. Doors are being shut in their face and they
are unable to find adequate employment. Both are working part-time as
teachers in an employment training program, but it is not enough.
They feel that they are being blacklisted because of their political
and social justice activism in many areas of this community — in
housing, education, literacy, hunger, environment, poverty, seniors,
welfare reform, health care — also exacerbated by Michele's ongoing
whistle blower lawsuit against DC government. As the Health Department
epidemiologist who was fired for doing her job by exposing the
infestation and molding of food being stored in the DC Public Schools
food warehouse, I can attest to the agonizing delay in resolving and
eventually winning my own whistle blower lawsuit.
They are struggling to make ends meet, let alone being able to
continue the lawsuit. First and foremost they need jobs. But they are
now at a critical juncture where they need a little help from their
friends so as not to lose their home of many years. Please send your
donations to Michele or Rick Tingling-Clemmons at 4614 Central Avenue,
NE, Washington, DC 20019. This is a time for us to show our appreciation
and support to Michele and Rick for all their hard work and dedication
to progressive causes. Please pass the hat around and forward this
message to those of your acquaintances who know Michele or Rick. You can
E-mail Michele or Rick at Mirico5@aol.com
or call them at 397-2277.
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Time for Zero Tolerance
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aoldotcom
It sure seems like more and more DC employees are being very
creative. Not in doing their jobs, but in finding ways to steal from the
DC treasury and the taxpayers. It's time for zero tolerance. let's get
an ethics specialist aboard to educate all employees as to what will not
be tolerated in the performance of employee's jobs. Once that line is
breached it's strike three and you're out. In addition all violators
must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Then bring in some very tough auditors to smoke out fraud and abuse.
That alone will cause a huge rush to retirement of the thieves in the
woodpile. Have the independent auditors establish common sense systems
and processes that will preclude abuse of the system. It's time for the
DC Government to get into the 21st century.
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Foot in Mouth Disease
Dorothy Brizill, dorothy@dcwatch.com
Tony Bullock, the mayor's current press secretary and spokesman,
suffers from a perpetual case of foot-in mouth disease, but last week
his unrestrained penchant to spin a story was especially evident. On
June 12, the Washington Post wrote about the most recent
developments in the Office of Property management scandal that is
consuming the Williams administration. It noted that "the DC
government credit card issued to a former official under FBI
investigation [former Office of Policy Management Deputy Director
Michael Lorusso] was used for more than $440,000 in charges, including
shopping trips to the Gap [$119.96] and a Bally shoe outlet [$1276] at
Potomac Mills. . . ."
In a follow-up article on June 28, the Post reported that
Bullock “said criticism of the purchase card program has been
significantly overstated. While acknowledging some examples of misuse,
Bullock said other instances cited by the council and the media are
overstated. Some purchases might appear unusual, but further research
has shown them to be reasonable, Bullock said. For example, he said, one
employee who was criticized for using his card at a Bally shoe store was
actually buying bags to protect government-issued laptop computers.
'There are things that might look questionable, but in many cases there
is a legitimate and appropriate explanation,' Bullock said.” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43431-2003Jun27.html)
How did government employees function before the administration was
thoughtful enough to provide Bally bags for their laptops? Did they have
to make do with mere MCM or, heaven forbid, Samsonite? And when will the
top level of employees be able to move up to Vuitton, to match their
salaries?
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Steve Aupperle and I tend to a triangle park garden east of Dupont
Circle. Last night, Steve was driving by and saw a man pulling up
plants. Steve parked and followed the man on foot. Steve called me on
his cell phone and I ran out with my camera. When I took a flash photo,
the man decided to give up, came over, and apologized. He offered to
replant the flowers, but that would require days of watering. He offered
to donate to buy new plants. We declined the offer. He said that he
lives in the neighborhood and . . . whatever. We accepted his apology
and left it at that.
Steve and I have spent lots of time, effort and money in transforming
that triangle park into a place of beauty for everyone. We ask only that
you leave the flowers there for all to enjoy.
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From Tombouctou to Washington
Mark David Richards, Dupont East, mark@bisconti.com
One of the pleasures of living in DC is the international cultural
interchange. Few areas in the US can match the sheer range of peoples
who traverse these crossroads. This weekend and next, the Smithsonian is
celebrating its summer Folklife Festival on the National Mall. This
year, the festival features Scotland, Appalachia, and Mali (“From
Timbuktu to Washington” http://www.folklife.si.edu/CFCH/festival2003/mali_ed_resources.htm).
The small village of Tombouctou (“Timbuktu” in English) began in
1080 on the Niger River and was an active trade route. As I understand
it, the word Tombouctou is derived from a word meaning “the place of
Bouctou.” Bouctou was a woman with a well who looked after the baggage
of nomads. The history of the area is rich, the music is wonderful, and
the people are warm, beautiful, and kind. The Sonrai people are a
prominent ethnic group in that region, along with the Alfa, Arab, Aram,
Bella, Berberes, Gabibi, Haratin, Berabich, Kalan, Kel Tamachek, Maures,
Peul, Sorko, Touareg Imghad). The main languages are Sonrai, Tamachek,
Arabic, and French — the official administrative language of Mali. I
highly recommend visiting the festival.
Malian artisans tried to build a typical house of mud bricks on the
Mall, but thanks to the wet DC climate the task was rather difficult.
(See “That Sinking Feeling,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17932-2003Jun20.html.)
In the dry desert climate the adobe structures last centuries. The
Tombouctou University of Sankoré, for example, has been an important
center of Islamic culture (mosque-school) since the 15-16th centuries.
(See “From the Desert, a Wellspring of Ancient Manuscripts,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28888-2003Jun24.html?nav=hptoc_c.)
My parents lived in Tombouctou and Dire in Mali for a couple of decades
(and they retained their US voting rights through their state). My
parents and brother and sister speak fluent Sonrai (the kids were raised
with the language; they now live in the DC region). By the way, there is
a Sonrai African Night Club and Restaurant at 1211 U Street, NW. It is
owned by a Nigerian, as I understand.
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Polling the Electorate
Mark Eckenwiler, themale@ingot.org
This past week I found myself on the business end of a telephone
survey about “school choice” (read: vouchers) that gave new meaning
to the term “loaded question.” Half the questions were along the
lines of, “Would the fact that school choice has worked in Milwaukee
incline you to support it in DC?” and “Do you agree or disagree that
every child has the right to attend any school of his or her choice —
public or private — without regard to economic status?” Everything
about it was designed to produce a predetermined result supporting
vouchers (which I, in my pain-in-the-arse-lawyer-father-of-two-DCPS-kids
fashion, did my best to skew). I half suspect that this was a classic
“push” poll (i.e., one designed less to gather information than to
promote one view of an issue). Alas, the pollster could not or would not
tell me who was buying the survey.
And for the record, I labor under no illusion about DCPS being
perfect or close to it. But I also am not buying the notion that sucking
money out of DCPS — along with a few kids with talent and/or
motivated, engaged parents — is any way to solve the bigger problems
that beset the education of all of DC's children.
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I wish to differ with Michael Binder's statement, “the city of
Washington is no longer, and hasn't been for over 100 years.” The city
of Washington still exist in reality and in the US Constitution. In
September 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison met with the
commissioners of the Federal City at the request of George Washington,
then President, to name the Federal Territory. The name arrived at was
the City of Washington and the Territory of the District of Columbia.
The legislature of Maryland in 1791 recognized the names in an Act. The
city of Washington exist today and the boundary is Florida Avenue and on
a line with Florida Avenue. Florida Avenue in bygone days was named
Boundary Avenue. The term District of Columbia or DC is used to describe
the entire city and the territory; it does not presuppose that the city
of Washington no longer exists. In fact the Federal enclave is located
within the city of Washington. Maj. L'Enfant was directed to call it the
“Federal District,” as identified above, while he was in
Philadelphia completing his plans for the area.
As of today the city of Washington still exist for history continues
to support my conclusions and the existence of the Territory of the
District of Columbia.
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Are any other neighborhoods having a problem with the DirecTV
illegally installing its satellite dishes? Or is this just another Ward
5 “trash” problem? I’ve now watched a third dish being installed
on a front porch roof on my block. I hate to think how much those three
dishes have already lowered everyone’s property values. They make
houses look like tenements. I just asked the most recent installer for
the name of his supervisor and was told he didn't need to talk to me. He
acknowledged he receives no training about such matters. No company
names appear on installers' trucks either, making enforcement
impossible.
I have attempted to call the company. After being bounced from
800-number to 800-number, I learned DirecTV is located in California and
hides behind unnamed local installers, thus already having perfected the
Pontius Pilate game. I couldn’t get a Customer Service name or number
and the address is a PO box. I hate to think what this business is going
to dump on this city before someone wakes up to this invasion. Jennifer
Steingasser from the Office of Planning has kindly provided the most
recent regulations on antennas in residential zones. Note the operative
word is roof and here’s the relevant citation for this problem: (f)
One satellite earth station or one microwave terrestrial antenna with a
diameter of no more than four feet (4 ft.), not taller than eight feet
(8 ft.), located on the roof of a principal building, and set back from
the edge of the roof a distance at least equal to its height above the
roof. The principal building shall have a height of no less than fifty
feet (50 ft.). Who should be enforcing these regulations? I’ve also
noticed the satellite folk have illegally posted signs all over the
neighborhood as well.
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Trash Collection Will Begin Early on Code
Red/Code Orange Days
Mary Myers, DPW, mary.myers@dc.gov
As it does almost every summer, the Metropolitan Washington Council
of Governments (COG) will issue several Code Red and Code Orange Alerts
in the coming months. Air quality is considered very poor during these
days, which are hazy, hot, and humid. For the safety of its employees,
the Department of Public Works will begin trash collection one hour
early on Code Red and Code Orange days. The early start will ensure
completion of all trash collection routes, while providing heat relief
to workers. Residents are asked to have trash, as well as recyclables,
set out by 6 a.m.
“Shortness of breath, nausea, heat exhaustion and heat stroke are
serious health concerns on excessively hot days,” according to DPW
Director, Leslie Hotaling. “When Code Red and Code Orange advisories
are issued, it is imperative that we be able to do as much work as
possible before the heat of the day sets in.” A Code Red designation
indicates a hazardous mix of conditions: a heat index in the mid-90s or
above, stagnant air and no precipitation. Code Orange represents a
lesser level of lung-irritating ozone in the air we breathe, but is only
somewhat less dangerous to human health. “We have always asked
residents to have trash out by 6 a.m. because collection normally begins
at 7,” said Ms. Hotaling. “We now plan to have our packer trucks in
the neighborhoods and picking up trash as early as 6 a.m. anytime and
every time a Code Red or a Code Orange Alert is issued by the Council of
Governments.”
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Comparing States, City, and DC
John B. Mahaffie, AU Park, jbmahaffie@starpower.net
Ed Dixon makes some welcome points about DC and how it is compared
with respect to the schools. I’m glad he is so knowledgeable and on
the case re: vouchers and school performance. We can widen the point
about comparisons beyond the DC school system. On all sorts of measures
DC is constantly compared in a lineup of states and large cities. But DC
is only the inner part of a large city. No one should expect an urban
core to outperform whole states on crime, education, income, etc.,
statistics. Ultimately, we don't get the dilution factor that lets a
state balance certain statistics (e.g. crime) by the averaging effect of
combining city, suburb, and rural areas.
Even when compared to other cities, DC is a victim of geography. DC
is about 64 square miles taken from the center of an urban area of
several million people. If we compared the inner 64 square miles of
major cities around the country, we would often find places that are
statistically worse off than DC. Thus when we get pegged as a “murder
capital” I wonder how the central core of Detroit, Houston, and other
big cities might rate in comparison. Our per capita ratings don't
account for the fact that just as hundreds of thousands of nonresidents
come into the city to work, they also come into the city to commit
crimes, buy drugs, etc.
I would like at the same time we tackle our local issues to be sure
that people around the country and world realize the what they are
comparing. It affects us in the expectations game and pollutes the
thinking on Capitol Hill that shapes how the Congress governs DC.
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I think more than one of us down here read themail every week. I sent
your concerns (and several others contained in the June 8th issue)
directly to Phil Brand, the head of the Office of Tax and Revenue on the
day that issue came out. Glad it worked out for you!
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Georgetown Community Links
Bob Andrew, rdandrew@erols.com
(This posting is in response to Peter Luger's question posted on June
25). DCWatch readers should note that the Links page has sections for
several categories of web sites as well as E-mail lists and announcement
lists. ANC2E is the advisory neighborhood commission for Georgetown,
Burleith, and Hillandale, and this month it is launching redesigned web
site, http://www.anc2e.com. (Note that after redistricting the Foxhall
neighborhood is no longer in ANC2E, but back in Ward 3 after ten years
of having been in Ward 2; it is now within ANC3D).
Citizens of Georgetown has a web site, http://www.cagtown.org,
as does the Burleith Citizens Association, http://www.burleith.org;
http://www.GeorgetownDC.com
hosts both the Georgetown Business and Professional Association and the
Georgetown BID (Business Improvement District). Each Monday they put out
a “Georgetown Business Weekly” announcement.
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Gary Imhoff's examples of how to make constructive suggestions —
more cops on the beat, reduce property taxes — dance around the
essential problem, the budget constraint. To be fair, Gary was just
trying to be illustrative. Problem is, the government — Council and
Mayor — are continually being asked to solve problems that require
more spending and also to hold the line on taxes or reduce them. If
contributors to DCWatch want to be constructive, let them recognize the
budget constraint that binds the Council and specify where they would
reduce spending, or drop entire programs, to fund the additional
spending — more cops, more snow plows, more subsidized housing —
that they want.
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Complaint: On a recent weekday morning, arriving at the DC DMV
inspection station just after 6 a.m. when it opened, the waits already
were 1.5 hours, while no fewer than eight employees already were on
their break, in agonizing plain view of the more than forty cars idling
exhaust fumes into the summer air. This was on the day after the DMV
closed for an all staff meeting, where one hopes customer service was
discussed, at least a bit. The morning highlight: when the employee
"organizing" the line of cars left us wondering where to go,
then returned with a Coke and bag of chips.
Suggestion: Hire several hardass managers who actually and actively
supervise the employees. If it's not time for a break, tell them to get
back to work or fire them. And presumably, our tax dollars were spent to
install the overhead “go to lane” electronic signs, but I've never
seen them functioning. How about turning that on since the employees who
work there either don't know what to tell customers or just don't care.
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Problem and Solution: Probate Court
Tolu Tolu, tolu2books@aol.com
Now that the Washington Post has documented that the DC Probate Court
officials are holding citizens of DC who are wards as hostages to loot
their estates (the problem), the Federal or DC Mafia-busting agencies
must investigate and bring criminal charges against every one of these
vicious and dangerous outlaws (the solution).
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Solutions in themail: A Response
Anne Heutte, heuttea@earthlink.net
A thoughtful response to "solutions" might include the
long-range notion that DC is a city increasingly divided between what
serves those elements that use this city for convenience and profit, and
those who regard this city as home. Of course, these are overlapping
categories that will, I hope, always coexist, or I am outta here.
In some way, there are no "solutions:" In another way,
every cranky response in themail is a nail in the coffin of ennui and
servitude.
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Little Tavern Information Needed
Jerry A. McCoy, Silver Spring Historical Society, sshistory@yahoo.com
The Silver Spring Historical Society is seeking sources of
information on the history of the Little Tavern Hamburger Shop chain in
the metro Washington, DC area from its first appearance in 1927-28 to
date. Information will assist the society in nominating Silver Spring's
ca. 1935 Little Tavern (8230 Georgia Avenue) to Montgomery County's
Locational Atlas and Index of Historic Sites.
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Please, if community policing is failing it's not because not enough
officers are assigned to the beat. It is in part that officers are
expected, in order to deal with issues that create crime, to perform
duties for which they are neither trained nor experienced, activities
that go beyond normal policing. Officers are not given enough time to
mature to a beat, nor instructed on how to read the demography of an
area. There is no training on how to develop appropriate relationships
with community leaders. Community policing depends on building trust;
that's not easy. It takes dedication from the bottom to the top. Good
community policing depends on giving the police who do it a sense of
pride in their assignments, a feeling of professionalism, and reward in
compensation and resources commensurate with the importance attached to
the goal. Notwithstanding this there are officers in community policing
in DC doing outstanding work yet they are not identified nor rewarded.
The solution to community policing is an unrelenting driving effort to
make it work. It goes on for years not weeks or months and it starts at
the top and works down.
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The Moan Zone
Larry Seftor, Larry underscore Seftor at compuserve dot
com
Anyone who has read this list for a while will recognize Ruth
Holder's complaint, that writers to themail have a negative attitude,
crops up every few years. The nub of the issue is a disagreement about
who is responsible for solving problems. I believe that being a
professional in our society means that one is a problem solver. People
at my company get paid for solving problems for our clients, people at
my wife's employer get paid for solving problems her clients, and
professionals in the DC Government, such as Chief Ramsey, are getting
paid to solve problems for their clients, the citizens of the District.
Make no mistake, the essence of the job for these civil servants is to
solve problems. If they cannot solve problems then they should be
replaced by those who can. A key element of our society are those who
monitor and publicize problems — that is the whole point of the free
press. Citizens who care enough to publicize failures in DC are doing
their part. It is for the civil servants to do theirs.
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I'm with you. A huge part of our problem is the obsequious passivity
of the citizens here — and of the media. I hail originally from
London, and I can tell you worms like these DC government “leaders”
would have been wriggling on a media-fed, satire-seasoned spit years
ago! Had the unpleasant experience of being in the Palm yesterday and
watching Ramsey and some other three star goat literally gorging
themselves. Paid with a credit card. But what was truly sickening was
the way he held court: entertaining fat cats that came up to praise him
“Great job, Chief,” and so on. Quite a show.
Tammany Hall lives.
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Gary is too humble. I can “feel your pain” about ranting and
raving, as I rant and rave about DC government my own self. before I got
into reform as an actual job, I had no concept of the level of
mismanagement, malfeasance, bureaucratic obtuseness, and incompetence
that permeates many DC agencies. Notice, I said many and not all. There
are some stellar DC agencies and, even in the worst of them, there are
good people who want to do good work. And that is so sad for those good
hearted, committed employees.
Like many of your readers, I love DC. it may be a little bit whacky
to be emotional over a place, but hey, that's human nature to be whacky.
I love my peach-colored row house with its long skinny back yard, its
sun porch, and the way it snuggles together with other long skinny
houses. I like to stand in the window of my three-story high window and
gaze down on my garden filled with flowers. I love the fact that on one
side I have a South Carolina farm family that abandons its cars in the
backyard (there are two), cause that's what people in the country do,
and on the other side, I have three upwardly mobile African American
professionals sharing a home. They paved their back yard to fit in
three, count em, three SUV's. I don't own a car, being a lefty who takes
that “think global act local” a little bit too seriously for some.
So I get a big kick out of DC's economic and cultural diversity, and how
we are on the front lines of the future of the world, mixing it up each
day! I love the fact my neighbor, Miss Tiffany, who lives three doors
down, called me this morning at 7:30 am to see if I was OK, cause she
hadn't seen me for three days.
So it is maddening to see DC's agencies waste millions of dollars, to
want so much for this city, and to run into the brick wall of
incompetence and the lowest performance standards possible when asking a
reasonable question, like, what are you doing with that $105 million
budget for health care for the poor. I have been working on health care
reform for five years, and I watch aghast, year after year, as DC
government fails to set performance standards for itself and people
continue to suffer. A crummy government hurts people — particularly
the poor, of whom the number and intensity in poverty is increasing in
the District. I love living in a city that cares about the poor. I hate
the fact our government doesn't help the poor get up and out of poverty.
So rail away in themail. DCWatch has been at it a long long time, and
I have serious respect that you can still keep it up. I certainly don't
agree with everyone DCWatch thinks; I was in favor of the closure of the
PBC, for example. But I respect you enormously, and don't agree you are
too critical. I used to think all we gotta do is suggest solutions,
offer to help make them happen, and things will get better. I was wrong.
Change requires conflict. I don't know why that is — the psychology
folks on the list can weigh in -- but women didn't get the right to vote
without a fight, slaves were freed by a war, and kings gave up their
“divine right” because millions died to force them. People
responsible for the chaos and mismanagement aren't going to wake up
tomorrow and say, “Hey, you know what, I think I'll stop being
incompetent and sliding contracts to my buddies and treating the
taxpayers with disrespect. I think I'll do my part to create a
transparent well functioning government cause its the right thing to
do.” Williams has done a lot of good things for DC, but he is also
willing to look the other way when it comes to agency leaders that
simply do a bad job. I don't know why, but check out the daily scandals
featured in the Post. So, Gary, keep up the hard work, and, I hope those
who think themail is whiny will consider the impact of being a watchdog.
It can make someone pretty mad.
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Our Lightning Reenactment, July 1
Paul K. Williams, dchousehistory@aol.com
Humans! Two years later to the actual day, the Weather Channel will
air our cheesy lightning encounter and full fledged reenactment story on
a show coined “Surviving Disaster.” It will air next Tuesday, July
1, at 5 p.m. EST. CBS news was the producer; they interviewed several
friends, and even a young boy scout was found to portray me as an
eleven-year-old. We shot the reenactment in January, laying on a dock
under three hoses, when it was about 40 degrees, so the whole thing
should prove entertaining!
Their web page should provide air times for you west cost humans. And
stay indoors when you hear lightning! http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormstories/?from=homepage?from=track1.
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As of Tuesday, when I contacted Ms. Grant she didn't think enough
people had signed up to speak for the hearing to run past noon. This is
appalling. We need to support legislation that will provide some relief
from escalating property taxes. I am including a message from Peter
Craig, swedecraig@aol.com:
“Councilmember Jack Evans, Chairman of the Committee on Finance and
Revenue, announces a public hearing on Bill 15-188, the 'Homestead
Exemption Amendment Act of 2003'' Bill 15-210, the 'Equity in Real
Property Tax Assessment Act of 2003'; and Bill 15-303, the
'Owner-Occupant Residential Tax Credit Act of 2003.' The hearing will be
held on Thursday, July 10, 2003 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in room 412
of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20004.
“Bill 15-188, the 'Homestead Exemption Amendment Act of 2003,'
would amend Title 47 of the DC Code to increase the homestead property
tax exemption from the current $30,000 to $100,000. Bill 15-210, the
'Equity in Real Property Tax Assessment Act of 2003,' would amend Title
47 of the DC Code to require that any real property tax assessment that
is revised by the Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals shall
be the basis for subsequent assessments of a property. Bill 15-303, the
'Owner-Occupant Residential Tax Credit Act of 2003,' would replace the
current 25 percent cap on rising property tax bills with a cap set at 10
percent.
“The Committee invites the public to testify at the hearing. Those
who wish to testify should contact Schannette Grant at 724-8058, or
sgrant@dccouncil.washington.dc.us, and provide your name and
organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business on Tuesday,
July 8, 2003. Witnesses should bring 15 copies of their written
testimony to the roundtable. The Committee allows each witness 3 minutes
to testify. Additional time may be allowed for witnesses representing
organizations or for witnesses appearing as a panel. Written statements
are encouraged and will be made part of the official record. Copies of
written statements should be submitted to Phyllis Jones, Secretary to
the Council, The Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20004. The record for this hearing will remain open until
the close of business on Thursday, July 24, 2003.”
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