Shortest Issue Yet
Dear Writers:
Issues of themail always get short at the end of summer, but I think
that this issue takes the prize as the shortest issue yet. I suspect
that a number of you are off of E-mail, either because of vacations or
of discouragement over the number of virus- and worm-infected E-mails
you are getting. I had a call today from Kathy Sinzinger, publisher of
the Common Denominator, who is not only getting swamped with
Sobig.f-infected messages, but also with automated and personal messages
claiming that she is spreading Sobig.f because her address is being
spoofed as a sending address. In the good old days of viruses and worms,
a few months ago, it made sense to alert someone who sent you an
infected message that his or her computer may have been infected. Now,
however, virus writers have learned how to fake sending addresses based
on the addresses their viruses and worms find on E-mails in the
computers they do infect, and the warning messages themselves now do
nothing more than add to the spam.
And now sending, and certainly receiving, E-mail takes patience and
hard work, like the rest of living in the city.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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Jack Evans Hasn’t Ruled Out Raising Taxes
for a New Stadium
Ed Delaney, profeddel@yahoo.com
Evans saves that gem for an out of town paper, and talks like he's Al
Haig or something while trying to inflate his importance to Major League
Baseball on deal making: “I just built an $800 million convention
center. I can certainly build a baseball stadium.” http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/sports/1062245258237360.xml?oregonian?spb
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Does the Second Amendment Apply in DC?
Elliott Teel, eteel@yahoo.com
I came across an interesting court opinion from the DC Court of
Appeals in which the judge seems to say he does not think the Second
Amendment even applies to the District. I wonder if this has been
explored further? In Sandridge v. United States, 520 A.2d 1057
(1987), Judge Nebeker writes (in his concurring opinion): “. . . I
write separately to state my conclusion that the second amendment does
not apply to the seat of national government. This amendment is to
ensure 'the security of a free State.' State militias were essential to
that end — hence, the amendment. Nothing suggests that the founders
were concerned about 'free territories,' 'free protectorates' or a 'free
Seat of Government of the United States.' . . . It may fairly be said
that a federal militia is available in such places. Therefore, whatever
may be said for the second amendment and its reach within the several
states, I conclude first that it does not apply to the Seat of
Government of the United States.”
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Voucher Debate Hosted by DC Bar, September 12
Bell Clement, bellclement@msn.com
The DC Affairs Legislative Committee of the DC Bar will host Rosalind
Parker, Chief Counsel and Legislative Director to Congresswoman Eleanor
Holmes Norton, and Gregory McCarthy, Director of the Mayor's Office of
Policy and Evaluation, on September 12, at 12:30 p.m., at Arent Fox,
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW (5th Floor Board Room). The topic of
discussion is the pending DC school vouchers legislation, which the
Congress is scheduled to consider in September. Congresswoman Norton and
Mayor Williams are on opposite sides of the vouchers debate, which
should make for a lively (and timely) conversation. Don't miss a rare
opportunity to discuss this important legislation (and any other issues
you would like to raise) with the top policy advisors to the city's two
top elected officials. All welcome. Please RSVP to Jon Bouker at
857-6183.
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CLASSIFIEDS — WANTED
I want to buy a used video camera — or even better, get one for
free. Please E-mail me.
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Southeast DC Computer Training Lab Needs
Software, Projector
Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com
A friend of mine from Bolivia is setting up a computer and English
language training lab in a church in southeast DC, near Benning Rd.
David Marquez is on the lookout for donated educational software
(especially software that teaches English language and typing skills)
and a used projector for this lab. If you'd like to be in touch with
him, here is contact information: David Marquez, Project Interactive
Communities, 4412 Texas Ave. SE #102, Washington DC 20019. His E-mail is
davidmar2002@yahoo.com.
David happens to be a big Macintosh fan, although the computer lab he
has set up is a Windows lab. A national organization unifying projects
and organizations of this kind is Community Technology Centers' Network
(http://www.ctcnet.org). Last week
CTCNet announced it is cosponsoring an exciting new annual, national
award for Outstanding Community Technology Leaders. See http://www.ctcnet.org/outstanding/about.htm
in case you're interested in such things. Thirty outstanding leaders in
the community technology center movement will be recognized at a
ceremony on September 26 at a Congressional Black Caucus event. This is
a great step forward for the community technology centers' movement and
for community heroes like David Marquez.
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