Who’s on First
Dear Players:
Here’s what to watch for in this Tuesday’s legislative session of
the city council. As everyone knows by now, Friday at 12:30 Council
Chairman Linda Cropp held a press conference at which she announced her
decision to offer a substitute ballpark financing bill under which the
city would publicly finance and build a new stadium for Major League
Baseball on the grounds of Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, rather than at
Mayor Williams’s preferred site at the base of South Capitol Street (http://www.dcwatch.com/govern/sports041105.htm).
Then Mayor Williams held a press conference at which he claimed the sky
would fall if Linda’s bill were passed (http://www.dcwatch.com/mayor/041105.htm).
Both Cropp’s and Williams’s bills are hugely expensive giveaways of
public funds for corporate welfare, but Cropp’s plan would be between
one and three hundred million dollars less expensive.
The bill submitted by the mayor (http://www.dcwatch.com/council15/15-1028b.htm),
which reflects the agreement the mayor and the Sports and Entertainment
Commission reached with MLB, designates the site of the ballpark as
“the site bounded by N Street, SE, Potomac Avenue, SE, South Capitol
Street, SE, and 1st Street, SE, or any designated alternative site in
the District of Columbia if this primary site shall be unavailable. . .
.” The site criteria specified by the Office of Planning (http://www.dcwatch.com/govern/sports041025ppt)
— availability of land at the site, access to transportation,
economically viable for MLB, ability for the ballpark to have a broader
neighborhood impact, and fit with District planning and economic
development goals — fit the RFK site as well as, or better than, the
South Capitol Street site. But the mayor and his allies have now gone
ballistic, insisting that the vastly more expensive South Capitol site
is the only possible place a ballpark could be built. The mayor’s
threat, not a very credible one, is that if the council doesn’t pass
the mayor’s bill without alteration MLB will leave DC, will find some
other city that’s as big a sucker as DC that will completely finance a
half-billion-dollar baseball stadium and give it to baseball’s
multimillionaire owners, and will get that deal done in time for the
opening of the next baseball season in April 2005.
On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., after one of their regular illegal
closed-door breakfast meetings, the council’s Committee of the Whole
will meet in the council chamber. Jack Evans and Harold Brazil, chairs
of the Finance Committee and the Committee on Economic Development, will
submit the mayor’s revised bill that was passed in their committees on
November 3, and will seek the Committee of the Whole’s approval to
have the bill placed on the agenda for the Council’s legislative
session. There will not be any debate on the merits of the bill in the
Committee of the Whole. Immediately following the Committee of the Whole
meeting, the council will reconvene for its legislative session. Evans
and Brazil will introduce the mayor’s bill. Following their opening
statements, Mrs. Cropp will move her bill as an “amendment in the form
of a substitute bill.” Evans and Brazil won’t accept the Cropp bill
as a “friendly amendment,” so the council will have to vote on
whether to accept the Cropp substitute. If Mrs. Cropp has seven votes
for her substitute, the mayor’s bill will be defeated, and all further
debate will be on her bill. Whichever bill survives, it is very likely
that a series of amendments will be offered by Councilmembers David
Catania, Adrian Fenty, Jim Graham, Carol Schwartz, and perhaps others,
and at least some those amendments will have a much better chance of
being passed in the entire council than they did in the Finance and
Economic Development Committees, which were dominated by advocates of
the mayor’s ballpark plan. After amendments are offered and voted on,
the amended bill will be voted on by the entire council. Assuming that
there are seven votes for that version of the bill, the council will
have a second reading and vote on the bill on December 7, and there will
be frantic activity by all sides to amend the bill further in the weeks
between Tuesday and December 7.
Gary Imhoff, themail@dcwatch.com
Dorothy Brizill, dorothy@dcwatch.com
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I’d like to share a bit of post election news about the bill,
sponsored by Congressman Tom Davis, to provide DC a voting seat in the
US House of Representatives. I recently met one of the House Republican
leaders (I won’t quote him by name because I didn’t say I might
report the conversation) and told him I oppose the Davis bill because
such an action requires a constitutional amendment. His reply was that
he opposed the bill on principle and was confident that the GOP House
leadership would not permit it to reach the floor for a vote. With
President Bush reelected, and with the GOP apparently in control of
Congress for the foreseeable future, legislation on DC voting rights
appears to be dead.
This provokes a question. DC voting rights advocates have refused for
over two decades to ask for a constitutional amendment after the states
wouldn’t ratify one that included two Senate votes. Since all of the
unconstitutional means (the statehood bill; the House Committee of the
Whole vote that could never affect the outcome of a bill; the lawsuits
seeking statehood or votes in Congress by court order; and the attempt
to get congressional votes by a straight House or Senate vote) have
failed, and victory seems far off, why not try the real solution and ask
for a constitutional amendment providing DC a single voting member in
the US House? This would bypass all the critics, including this one, who
insist an amendment is required and so would reduce the issue to a
simple appeal to the democratic sentiments of Americans. If it succeeds,
there’s always the option of seeking seats in the Senate or statehood
later. Opting for an amendment for a House vote won’t disqualify
arguments for statehood anymore than the 23rd Amendment, which awards DC
the three votes in the Electoral College it would be entitled to “if
it were a State.”
To be blunt, the refusal of DC voting rights advocates to seek such
an amendment makes me suspect that some of them prefer to undermine our
written Constitution rather than win a legitimate and permanent victory.
A constitutional amendment is unlikely to be repealed, while a
congressional majority vote, or even a court ruling, could be
overturned. It’s time for candor: are DC voting rights advocates
seeking constitutional reform or left-wing agitprop?
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I Got Your Per Capita
Ed Dixon, Georgetown Reservoir, jedxn@erols.com
The Bureau of Economic Statistics branch of the Department of
Commerce puts DC’s per capita disposable income ahead of the 50 states
with $41,143 in 2003 (http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/spi/).
According to the BEA, disposable income is current personal income minus
current personal taxes. Midyear population figures are used to derive
the per capita rate. These are the demographic figures that current DC
developers are drooling over. And with 40,000 DC kids and their parents
living in poverty in this city, that leaves the per capita of the haves
just a little bit higher and a little more disposable. Of course those
thousands of homeless in the city don’t even pay property taxes, so
that does put a burden on us home dwellers. But then if Caesar doesn’t
want his due, I guess we better just be on our way and ignore the
municipal passing of the plate, even though others are suffering.
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Where Have All the Acorns Gone?
Ed T. Barron, edtb@aol.com
In past years it was a real challenge to walk on the sidewalks of
northwest D.C. with the leaves and all the acorns — a real ankle
turning nightmare. This year I have seen but a handful of acorns.
Perhaps the seven-year locusts ate all the budding acorns last summer.
In any event, it looks like a harsh winter for the squirrel population.
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Wouldn’t it be great if metro had a system to send you an e-mail
whenever there was a delay on the subway, so that you could make
alternate plans to get to work or back home? Well, they do, although
most people probably don’t know about it, due to Metro’s failure to
publicize it! To sign up, go to http://www.wmata.com and click on alerts
and advisories. Unfortunately, the alerts are still a little defective.
The morning after the Woodley Park collision (don’t get me started),
the alert said the line was clear, when obviously it wasn’t – the
crashed trains were still in the station, and they were single tracking.
Hardly what I’d call cleared. And just a week or so ago when the rail
split on the Red Line, the alert said that the Red Line was experiencing
delays between a couple stations. Please! If trains can’t make it
through Judiciary Square because the track has just splintered in half,
how is the delay only between the two stations? Obviously the entire
line would be delayed. This is a persistent problem with the alert
system, which continues to purport that delays exist only between
certain stations.
Meanwhile, after learning about the Woodley crash, I decided to take
the Orange/Blue Line (and then the pitiful bus system) as an alternate
route to get home. I took special note of the LED alert screen at the
station entrance. Any indication of the delay? Nope — just some
elevator outages, as usual.
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Volunteer Traffic Cop in Georgetown
Amy Hubbard, ahubbarddc@yahoo.com
I had been so pleased to see that the city finally put a police
officer at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. to direct
traffic during rush hour. Other cities have done this for years. I
couldn’t understand why it took DC so long to figure it out. But I
just read in the District section this morning that this young man
directs traffic on his own time as a volunteer!
Is this why the city started putting officers at other intersections
— because they were shamed by a volunteer? (Dear readers, please
enlighten me if you know the full story.) Maybe I’ll give him a gift
card or something next time I see him. I’d like to give him roses but
he couldn’t hold those and direct traffic at the same time. What is up
with this place?
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Congress Moved In — There Goes the
Neighborhood
Susan Ousley, westminster nine-thirty-five att ay ohh ell
dott comm
Whether forced by Congress’s sneaky actions or otherwise, when a
public school is closed, sold, or leased 99 years, more is lost than
just classrooms. School facilities in DC were laid out with playgrounds
— and sometimes with gyms and pools — for neighborhood use. They
were intended to be lively centers of community life, in addition to
being local children’s playgrounds.
When a school gets disappeared, there is no requirement to save or
replace its play space. It’s just gone.
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No ANC Coverage in the WP?
Kristen Barden, Ward 4, Kristen@afj.org
I’m really disappointed with the Washington Post. There was
not even a single mention of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner
races in either yesterday’s paper nor today’s. There wasn’t even a
mention in the District section today [Thursday] — which would have
been a perfect place for it! So much for the WP being a
"home-town" newspaper. Seems like the WP can only cover races
where the candidates are paid. I’m angry. ANC Commissioners are
elected, volunteers, nonpartisan, and serve a really important function
providing voice and vote to DC residents who have so little voice and
vote in local and federal government. So I guess I’ll have to go to
BOEE’s web site to find the ANC election results … grrrrrrrr.
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Refurbish RFK. Demolish old DC General. Build a new baseball stadium
on the hospital site, and build a new hospital on the old RFK site. Now,
what is wrong with that?
[This message was sent to themail on November 4, before Chairman
Cropp revealed that she would propose building the stadium on the RFK
site. — Gary Imhoff]
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Baseball in DC: Feh!
Joan Eisenstodt, jeisen@aol.com
I moderate a listserv in the meetings/hospitality industry. There has
been only moderate interest expressed in a baseball team for DC as an
attraction for people who bring meetings to the District/area. More,
there is a great fear among many of us that there will be a tax increase
on hotel rooms and other meetings-related services to fund this effort.
DC has high taxes for meetings; higher taxes (and still no hotel right
at the new convention center) will be a disincentive to bringing
meetings here. I say feh to the idea of a new stadium. If RFK were
refurbished, maybe. If it means more taxes, then I fear it will not do
us any good.
[This message was also sent on November 4, before Mrs. Cropp’s
announcement. — Gary Imhoff]
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Brand New Stadium Not Necessary
Jeff Norman, jeffrey.norman@att.net
Linda Cropp’s proposal to put a new stadium near RFK is less costly
than and thus an improvement over the Mayor’s proposal; but it is
still way too expensive considering the city’s other needs. We should
support Adrian Fenty’s reasonable compromise proposal to do a major
overhaul of RFK instead, which should be much cheaper than building a
brand new stadium at any location in D.C.. RFK was built in 1961 and is
forty-three years old. Here are some other MLB stadiums which are much
older than RFK and doing very well: Fenway Park, Boston, 1912 (92 years
old); Wrigley Field, Chicago, 1914 (90 years old); and Yankee Stadium,
New York, 1923 (81 years old). Why can’t we refurbish a
forty-three-year-old stadium and make it just as good as those much
older stadiums in Boston, Chicago, and New York?
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Mayor: “I will win” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30918-2004Nov6.html).
“‘Yes, I do believe I will win,’ Williams (D) said in a telephone
interview.” Because a personal victory is really what this is about,
right? This quote says it all about the issue, as everything the mayor
has done and now said indicates that this deal is not being forwarded by
him and the Baseball Brigade because of its merits or benefits to the
city and its citizens, but is all about his personal pride and
vindication (which would be fine if it didn‘t require half a billion
dollars and rising of public dollars to achieve that). That alone shows
why Cropp is on the right track and why the Brigade must be stopped
Tuesday (or thereafter, because you have to know the Brigade isn‘t
going to stop there), since their sweetheart deal is all about their own
personal interests and no one else‘s. There is no “I” in team, but
there are most definitely two “I”s in Williams.
“But Williams acknowledged that he is frustrated by the private
meetings because, he said, council members make promises to support him
that are broken in public. Williams had assumed for weeks that Cropp
supported his baseball plan. ‘I’m tired of getting a commitment on
one level and having it changed,’ he said. ‘We should televise [the
meetings] or open them to the public.’” Are you kidding me? You’re
the one who perfected backdoor meetings and subversion of the public
process because you correctly gathered that your machinations and
giveaways would never survive the least amount of outside scrutiny, but
now you’re frustrated by someone else daring to have private meetings?
How hypocritical can you get? “’He doesn’t have the votes,’
Cropp said of Williams. ‘For those who want baseball here, we had to
figure out how to keep baseball. I went to him last week and said,
“Mr. Mayor, let’s do this together.” . . . I could have let it go
until Tuesday and let it fall apart. I met with him three or four times
to get his attention. I’ve got his attention now.’” You sure do.
“Graham said yesterday that he will support the mayor if Williams
can implement a spending cap of about $500 million on the project and
ensure that additional money is given to libraries. If not, Graham said,
‘the other plan looks very attractive to me.’” Since not a single
land deal has been negotiated and since some landowners have promised
not to sell but to sue should the city try to take their land, the mayor
cannot implement a spending cap of $500 million, which needs to be made
clear to all involved.
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Ducking the Issue
Charlie Wellander, B07A11 [@] yahoo.com
Now that we have a couple of competing proposals for a stadium for
Washington baseball, perhaps it’s time to talk about the team name
again. “Mighty Ducks” is a name used for a team in a movie — http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104868/
and for two actual ice hockey teams (Ohio and California) — http://www.cincinnatimightyducks.com/
and http://www.mightyducks.com
— but it does not seem to be in use for any baseball team.
If the three current DC Councilmembers who lost their races for
reelection are responsible for pushing through the Williams stadium
giveaway over the Cropp alternative, I suggest that the Washington
baseball team be named, in their honor, the Mighty Lame Ducks.
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Jack Evans’s initial position was that you cannot negotiate a good
deal with a monopoly unless you are willing to walk away from the table.
Remember his stance? “I won’t begin to negotiate until MLB commits
to coming here?” So they came back with an offer? So what? We have
looked at it, decided that this is a bad deal, and we should walk away.
Look, don’t you think it says something when the Cato Institute, The
Brookings Institute, and the DC Fiscal Policy Institute agree? It says
that baseball stadiums are not good economic development, and you and
the Council should not be fooled.
Even if we are not talking about alternate uses of the money, and
only focusing on the financing of this deal, it is still a bad deal, and
will not reap real economic development or more money in the general
revenue for meeting other city needs. I wish Jack would walk away, and I
wish people like you would encourage him to hold to his original strong
negotiating position. Let us just say no to baseball. Let us use public
financing for better economic development projects, like ensuring that
parents can work and earn enough to support their family.
I work with low-income moms, many of whom are employed. I see DC from
the perspective of the mom who works but can’t make ends meet. She
probably can’t access subsidized day care because of long wait lists
for slots and she probably can’t find affordable housing, and
definitely not in range of a decent public school. In DC working does
not pay, and the ladder out of poverty is missing the bottom rungs.
Until we fix that fundamental problem through social supports, we won’t
be doing the real economic development that needs to happen here.
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Reply from DDOT on Ordway Sidewalk
Construction
Leila Afzal, Leila.Afzal@noaa.gov
Mr. Khalid of DDOT has responded to my missive [themail, November 3]
regarding the missed opportunity in coordinating with WASA to replace
lead lines during our road reconstruction. In short, he admits to the
general premise of my note, but states that the contractor will bear the
cost of repairing any sidewalk damaged by lead water line replacement.
It remains to be seen what the patch job will look like. “Ms. Afzal,
All the lead service work in public space is done by DDOT contractor
(the same contractor who is doing the roadway work including sidewalk).
The testpit will be done in the tree space, not where the sidewalks are
placed. If a section of the sidewalk is damaged during this operation,
the contractor will replace it at no additional cost to the District.
Once the test holes are made, a visual inspection will done by WASA
inspector to determine lead pipes. Thank you. Sincerely, Muhammed Khalid,
Program Manager District Department of Transportation”
It seems to me the order of work could have been such not to pore a
new sidewalk and then "replace" it if it gets damaged by lead
water line replacement. My sidewalk was new as of a few years ago,
ripped up two weeks ago due to this project, replaced, and will be
possibly damaged and replaced again once the lead lines are dealt with.
There must be a better way.
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I have no personal interest in what Jack Evans does or does not do.
As you rightly noted [themail, November 3], I no longer work there, but
obviously you must think I’m some sort of chattel or indentured
servant of the Councilmember. Thank you for treating me as less than
having my own opinion. I won’t be bothering to write to themail again.
Secondly, Ward 2 historically has a lower turnout than high turnout
Ward 4. It’s just a fact, go look it up.
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Thumbing Their Noses in Ward 2
Ed Dixon, jedxn@erols.com
Other spin aside, of the three 2004 general election ward
councilmember races, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans got the least
support in his own ward. Not only did Evans get the least support, but
Ward 2 had the most voters who decided to show up at the polls and
comment on the Evans record. Over 5000 voters showed up at the polls in
Ward 2 to vote against Evans or just thumb their noses at the race by
choosing not to choose. Meanwhile, both Marion Barry and Adrian Fenty
reached near consensus in their respective wards’ final tally. On top
of all else, the turnout in Ward 2 was the worst turnout for the ward
since at least 1996.
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It’s Not Just the Money
Jonetta Rose Barras, jrbarras@aol.com
Ed Dixon misses my point [themail, November 3] when I speak about the
money the superintendent and other administrators are being paid. First,
this superintendent comes with less experience dealing with a large
urban school system than the last one, Paul Vance, and the interim that
followed, Elfreda Massie, but he is being paid 100 percent more that
either of them, including benefits. Second, instead of reducing the
administrative, overhead cost of operating the system by streamlining
the bureaucracy, Superintendent Clifford B. Janey’s first action is to
increase it, adding two new positions. Parents and other education
advocates have yet to hear any specific plan for improving the
management of the bureaucracy -- other than outsourcing the work that
the people he hired should be doing — or for enhancing student test
scores. Janey is interested in reducing the number of people who report
directly to him, not the money they are paid. Meanwhile, as Ed Dixon
accurately points out, others — janitors, teachers and special
instructors — go wanting for decent salaries, or at least timely
paychecks.
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
Benjamin Banneker Celebration
Peggy Seats, Seatspc@aol.com
On Tuesday, November 9, at 1:00 p.m., members of the Benjamin
Banneker chapter of Blacks in Government (BIG), and the Washington
Interdependence Council, the nonprofit organization authorized by
Congress to establishment a memorial to Banneker, will co-host a special
luncheon time celebration paying homage to America’s First Black Man
of Science. The theme will be: A Man of Many Firsts.
In a collaborative celebration designed to showcase the many
contributions of perhaps America’s most unsung hero, the two
organizations will offer largely unknown facts about the many
contributions of Banneker as a genius in the areas of math, science,
astronomy, engineering, and the secret sciences. GSA Administrator, Mr.
Stephen Perry, will address the audience, along with Mr. Don Smith, BIG’s
Banneker Chapter President. Ms. Peggy Seats, Founder/CEO of the
Washington Interdependence Council, will serve as Keynote Speaker; and
Dr. Patrick Wilson will talk about the new Benjamin Banneker Institute
of Math and Science. The special event is free and open to the public,
and will take place at the General Services Administration headquarters
located at 18th and F Streets, NW, in the main auditorium.
This event offers an opportunity to learn more about a man for whom
hundreds of professional organizations, parks, buildings, schools, etc.,
are named. There will be exhibits, refreshments and a host of wonderful
Banneker enthusiasts on hand to share their thoughts. For further
information call 387-3380.
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History of the Treasury Building at Dumbarton
House, November 16
Marsha Raj, marsharaj@dumbartonhouse.org
Please join us for “Joseph Nourse and the Melodrama of the Treasury
Office: Religion, Politics and Arson,” a lecture by Pamela Scott,
architectural historian and author of numerous books on historic
buildings. Pamela Scott will focus on the history and construction of
the Treasury Building and the role of Joseph Nourse, first Register of
the Treasury, in the development of the Department. Joseph Nourse, who
served in the Treasury Department for fifty-one years under six
presidents and nine Treasury secretaries, resided at Dumbarton House
from 1804 until 1813.Thursday, November 16, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Admission free. Reservations recommended at 337-2288x450. Sponsored by
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the District of
Columbia.
Dumbarton House is located in Georgetown at 2715 Q Street, NW.
Limited parking is available on site. Dumbarton House is Metro
accessible at the Dupont Circle Station on the Red Line or on the D2 and
D4 buses. For more information please call 337-2288 x230 or visit
http://www.dumbartonhouse.org.
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UDC Law Library Dedication, November 16
Joe Libertelli, jlibertelli@udc.edu
Please join with us in celebrating the dedication of the newly
renovated UDC David A. Clarke School of Law Library in honor of our
great benefactors, Charles N. and Hilda H.M. Mason! In addition to
honoring the Masons, we urge friends of the School of Law to attend to
show their support to the American Bar Association site evaluation team.
The Team will be present and will be evaluating community support, which
we hope will help serve as the basis for a positive recommendation for
full accreditation! Tuesday, November 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. University of
the District of Columbia, Mason Law Library, David A. Clarke School of
Law, Building 39, Connecticut Avenue Level, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW.
Parking off Van Ness Street, Metro Red Line: UDC/Van Ness station. Live
music, food and drink served. No charge. RSVP to 274-7349 or Djackson@udc.edu.
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2004 Elections: Lessons for the Left, November
17
Bill Mosley, billmosley@comcast.net
Join DC/MD/NOVA Democratic Socialists of America for "The 2004
Elections: Lessons for the Left." A discussion with Harold Meyerson,
Editor-at-large, The American Prospect; Washington Post
columnist; and National Vice-Chair, Democratic Socialists of America.
Wednesday, November 17, 7:00 p.m., Stewart Mott House, 122 Maryland
Avenue, NE (Metrorail: Union Station/Capitol South; Metrobus: X6/X8).
Suggested donation $5 ($2 student/low income). Contact Bill Mosley,
232-2500, ext. 2, or billmosley@comcast.net
for more information.
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Spotlight on Design Lecture, November 18
Brie Hensold, brie.helsold@nbm.org
The buildings of Mexico City’s TEN Arquitectos exemplify the range
of cosmopolitan influences in architecture. Principal Enrique Norten
will present the firm’s projects, which include the Chopo Museum of
Contemporary Art and Brooklyn’s Library for the Visual and Performing
Arts. Thursday, November 18, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $12 members; $17
nonmembers; $10 students. Prepaid registration required. At the National
Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line.
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CLASSIFIEDS — FOR SALE
Keyboard, Telephone, Kneeling Chair
Laurie A. Ferreri, lferreri@starpower.net
Macintosh USB keyboard - $10. AT&T cordless integrated phone
system (three phones), 2.4 megahertz with base station and two handsets
- $40. Halogen wire mount low voltage overhead light system (five
lights) - $20. Balans original kneeling chair, black wood with black
fabric upholstery - $20. G.E. 900 megahertz cordless phone, like new,
free with any other item. Please call Laurie or Jim at 686-3436.
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Wooden File Cabinet
Don Squires, dsquires(at)erols(dot)com
1940’s (probably government issue) wooden file cabinet (four
letter-sized drawers) in fair to good condition. One of the drawers
needs some mechanical fixing and the top could use refinishing. It was
meant to be side-by-side with other file cabinets so the sides do not
have raised panels. But it may have contained some interesting top
secret documents at one time! We’re asking $150 or best offer over
$100. I can E-mail you a couple of pictures if you’re interested.
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I need to get rid of two computers that are taking up space in my
efficiency apartment. One is an IBM clone, a Pentium 2, with a 3 gig
hard drive. It has a 14-inch color monitor. The other is a Mac, an
ultraplex, with a 14-inch color monitor. I am selling these really
cheap. Make me an offer.
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CLASSIFIEDS — PETS
Two adult cats seek permanent home with nice person or family. Mr.
Boots and Matthew were homeless as a result of their owner’s
difficulties with the US Marshall. The cats are now living in a foster
home but seek a home with a wonderful person or family that will
appreciate all that these guys have to offer. For more information and
to see photos of these two felines go to http://www.mrgeoffreys.com
or call their foster parents at 249.0041.
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