Intimidation
Dear Intimidators:
Here’s wonderful news for literature lovers. The first annual World
E-Book Fair (http://www.worldebookfair.com),
which is normally just $8.95 a year anyway, is free to the public until
August 4, and will be free again for one month a year in the future. It
offers free downloads of over a third of a million books and other
documents, and combines the offerings of Project Gutenberg, the World
Public Library, and a number of other publishers. Some of these books
are available free at their sponsors’ sites all the time; others are
free for just this limited period. Online books is an example of how the
world can get better. Anyone who has Internet access can now download
and own a personal library of all the world’s greatest books, or at
least those that are out of copyright. This would be major news, if
anyone still read the world’s greatest books.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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As Gary and I wrote in the last issue of themail (July 5), last
Wednesday I went to the monthly meeting of the DC Board of Elections and
Ethics and told them about the massive violations of the District’s
elections laws being committed by the circulators of the slots
initiative petition. As we reported, the Board refused to send its own
observers to confirm and verify the violations, and said that it was the
burden of any citizens who wanted to challenge the petition to attempt
to prove the violations being by out-of-state petition circulators after
they had finished their work, turned in the petition, and left town. In
her ruling, Board Chairman Wilma Lewis stressed that the Board’s role
was to adjudicate election disputes, not to police and enforce the
District‘s election laws.
At the Board meeting, I strenuously objected, noting that many of the
out-of-state circulators were extremely aggressive, and that citizens
lacked any legal authority to question the circulators regarding their
legal residency. I said that the BOEE had the staff (35-40 employees)
and legal mandate to investigate violations of election laws (DC Code
1-1001.05(e)(2)), and shouldn’t require citizens to jeopardize their
own personal safety. In the past few days, my own experience has proven
that fears about personal safety are well grounded. On Saturday, I left
my house about 9:00 a.m., and noticed three men standing around a
pick-up truck parked in my block. I passed them and walked the few
blocks to the Metro. There I saw two of the men whom I had just seen run
down the stairs as I took the escalator. I ran some errands downtown and
took the Metro a second time to the BOEE office at One Judiciary Square,
where I stayed for about a half hour. When I came out, one of the men
who had been on my block and on the Metro to downtown was waiting
outside. He followed me closely, and by this time I realized that I was
being followed and was somewhat fearful, so I turned around quickly and
took his photograph with my pocket digital camera. Then I decided that I
needed to find a police officer, so I walked to the Municipal Center and
persuaded an officer in the lobby of the building to speak to and
identify the man who had been following me, and who continued to wait at
the curb just outside the door for me to exit. The man admitted to the
officer that he had been following me, but said that he thought I was
someone else whom he knew. The police officer insisted that I exit by
the back entrance of the Municipal Center, where another of the men
following me was waiting for me. As I took his photograph, he got a cell
phone call and left.
Later in the day, the same three men I had identified were back in
our block, parked in their pick-up truck, and a fourth man was parked in
an SUV across the street. Gary and I took still and video photographs of
all of them and got their license plate numbers. Today, one of them was
back on the street again, along with a fifth man whom we had seen walk
through our back yard and stand in front of our house on Thursday. When
we spoke to our neighbors, they said that they had seen some of these
men in our block on several days in the past week, and had asked them
what they were doing — they claimed that they were police officers
doing observations of drug activity. It is clear to me that the only
people who would hire so many men to watch me and my house for days on
end would be the financial backers of the slots initiative, and that
their purpose in stalking me so obviously was not to shadow me and
report on my activities, but to intimidate and threaten me. But I don’t
blame the gambling promoters — this kind of unscrupulous behavior
comes naturally to them. I blame the BOEE, whose refusal to do their job
in investigating and preventing violations of election law subjects
citizens to this kind of intimidation.
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New Power for Chief; Stripping Rights from Employees
Kathryn A. Pearson-West, wkpw3@aol.com
See the Washington Times article, “New Powers Eyed for DC
Fire Chief,” http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20060706-103245-7502r.htm.
This brings up more issues for debate in terms of Emergency Medical
Services. Is there a way to instill effective leadership and the proper
work ethic without stripping employees of their rights? Does one need to
enforce and follow the rules or demolish them? Are employees presumed
guilty first without due process? Is there a way to maintain the rights
of employees and change the culture of government, or specifically EMS?
Is there already a way to document employees to bring out the proper
dismissal, reprimands, or punishment? How do you deal with apathy and
leadership issues? Is the city opening up doors and setting a precedent
to move to other agencies? Were the current employment rules set up to
curb potential abuse and are there any ramifications if they are
changed? Sometimes “lead, follow, or get out of the way” is the best
policy. A little food for thought as we consider changing the rules in
this political climate. But then this may be an issue for union leaders.
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A Golden Opportunity
Ed T. Barron, edtb1@macdotcom
With the dismissals of 370 uncertified public school teachers and the
expected retirement of many more teachers with questionable credentials
before the next school year begins, there will be as many as 750 teacher
openings. That’s a golden opportunity to bring in some very qualified
and experienced teachers into the DC public schools. To get the best
teachers aboard, though, will take some creative recruiting. It is
essential that recruitment bonuses and other perks be put into packages
that will encourage as many qualified candidates to apply as possible.
It’s time to put a bonus system into practice that will reward
exceptional teachers and to attract good teachers who have opted to
teach outside the District in Virginia and Maryland.
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Everyday Mathematics
in DCPS
Barry Garelick, barryg99@yahoo.com
Last year the DC Public School system adopted the textbook Everyday
Mathematics for K-5. I, and others, prepared testimony that we
submitted to the DCPS Board of Education. We presented arguments against
the adoption of this program, which is inferior for a number of reasons.
The Board responded at the hearing that such testimony was long on
opinion and short on fact. They then brought forth their witnesses (a
teacher, a professor of who-knows-what at Georgetown, and another
teacher) all saying they thought the program was good. I didn’t hear
Ms. Ortiz claim that such testimony was long on opinion and short on
fact. Rather, she thanked them for such informative testimony. The board
then voted to adopt the textbooks.
I have written various articles about the crisis in math education,
and wish to write about what has happened during the first year of
implementation of Everyday Mathematics in DC public schools. If
anyone has any direct experience, good or bad, with this program, either
as a parent, teacher, or from other means, could you please let me know?
I need to gather information on what, if anything, has happened with the
program, how parents/students have done with it, how teachers are coping
with it, do they supplement it, have they received professional
development, and if so, what kind. Contact me at the E-mail address
above.
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On June 30, I attended a committee meeting chaired by At-Large DC
City Councilman Phil Mendelson, where the official results of the
Rosenbaum autopsy were released to the public. First of all, they say
these meetings are open to the public, and they are, but if you’re
going there expecting to ask any questions, you may as well forget it.
It’s not that kind of party. The public is welcome as observers only.
That being the case, it literally made no sense for Mendelson to ask
that the public introduce themselves, because those were the last words
we spoke. The other thing you’ll notice right away is that you won’t
be able to follow much of the meeting, because the committee members won’t
speak into their microphones. So there we sat, for two hours, eight
concerned citizens straining to hear. Watching Mendelson chair that
meeting reminded me that his seat on the council was up for grabs; and
that this time he only faces one challenger, A. Scott Bolden — no hope
on splitting the vote east of the park this time around.
This is what I got out of their second meeting. Committee member Dr.
David Milzman, of Washington Hospital Center, was asked what he thought
the problems with Emergency Medical Services were, and he said, “This
problem began in June of 2001 (with the closing of DC General Hospital).
DC’s EMS system has been in trouble ever since.” At that point I
wanted to lean over and ask George Clark, President of the DC Federation
of Citizens Association and seated in the gallery with me, “So why is
it again that your organization hasn’t come out in support of the
National Capital Medical Center?” Before the meeting started, he told
me with a smug expression on his face that his group “hasn’t taken a
vote on that.” In other words, that’s your problem east of North
Capital Street, not ours. Tell that to the family of David Rosenbaum. It
didn’t matter that Rosenbaum was white, had a distinguished career,
and lived in a nice community west of the park. It didn’t matter that
he had insurance, because his wallet was stolen. But there he was,
caught up in the system, lying on a stretcher in a hospital on the other
side of town. I’d be willing to bet that his primary care physician
didn’t see patients at Howard University Hospital, but none of that
mattered when he was left lying on a gurney in that hallway for hours
waiting to be treated. How long are his neighbors west of the park going
to play DC roulette, the Rosenbaum gamble, and act as though this
problem will never affect them? How many more people have to die before
the National Capital Medical Center begins to make sense? Just ask any
first responder in the District, and they will tell you that when it
came to blunt or penetrating trauma, DC General was where they would’ve
wanted to be taken, because it was the best in the mid-Atlantic region.
Just think about that the next time you’re driving your family
around in the District, or taking an after dinner stroll. You may as
well bet with your life, and watch that DC roulette wheel spin, because
the law of averages says that ball could stop on your number and make
you the next winner of the Rosenbaum EMS prize — a one-way ticket to
the other side of town, because your neighborhood ER is overcrowded. So
when you or your loved one is lying there unattended and misdiagnosed
waiting for treatment, don’t say you didn’t know. Just remember the
community organization which is supposed to look out for your best
interests didn’t take a vote on that issue.
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Apologies and Compromises to No One
Timothy Cooper, worldright@aol.com
DC Votes’ newly articulated position regarding the DC
First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary, which seems to embrace the
distinct possibility of retreating from existing DC law in favor of a
“nominating primary or caucus to be among the first in the nation”
(emphasis added), as potentially sanctioned by the Democratic National
Committee, requires examination on strategic grounds.
Even if the DNC were to acquiesce to the lamentations of the DC
Democratic State Committee (which is highly unlikely, but not
impossible), the placement of DC as a second caucus after Iowa would not
carry the same substantive weight that a DC First-in-the-Nation
presidential primary would. Other than Iowa’s, state caucuses in
general have never garnered much significant national attention. At
least nowhere near the rapt attention showered on Iowa. It’s simply
wishful thinking to believe that a DC “second-in-the-nation caucus”
will generate the same level of interest as DC’s First-in-the-Nation
Primary, controversial though it may be.
In any event, in the distinct likelihood that the DNC will fail to
grant DC a prime spot “before the window” primary, the mayor, DC
council and the DC Democratic State Committee should have the courage of
their convictions and fully align themselves with the DC
First-in-the-Nation primary, and elect delegates to the Democratic
National Convention, notwithstanding the fact that it would break DNC
party rules. Controversy is a very, very good thing for the District’s
centuries-old political struggle. To turn away from controversy, for the
sake of political etiquette and sweet conformity, is meekness clothed as
activism. After all, Fannie Lou Hammer was the embodiment of
controversy, as was Dr. Martin Luther King, and the deeply courageous
and combative US civil rights movement. Controversy is the father of
history. DC should stick to its law and maintain its position of primary
supremacy. If nothing else, it will demonstrate our seriousness of
purpose and unflinching desire to turn history on its side — our side
— and win fundamental political rights with apologies and compromises
to no one.
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Milloy Comes A-Knockin’
Malcolm Wiseman, mal@wiseman.ws
Thanks to Mr. Barron, for the hands we find so at arm’s length in
DC! If, as he writes [themail, July 5], “DC is not a charitable case
compared to many third world countries,? then I ask, is it so when
compared to what? Some other capital in a second-world country? Wherever
be our comparative, make sure to weigh in balance another capital which
also denies to its residents basic human and political rights. It won’t
be that easy to find, since few so-called “third-world” democracies
colonize their capital city.
As the senior Mr. Barron admonishes us to discover, yes we have
“hands” at the end of our arms, yet compared to a first-class
citizen anywhere else in the world, our hands don’t have all the
fingers. Those fingers are the human rights that free people use to
buttress and motivate themselves forward. If one thinks that being
denied the "finger-right" to self-govern autonomously, for two
centuries surrounded in a sea-country of full-fingered Americans, has
not done severe and lasting damage to the populace of Washington City,
then he must be ignorant of the facts and realities. He’s ignoring
recent reports and decisions of international bodies, not heeding our
history, not walking in our DC shoes. Most people in this country, in
the world even, are ignorant of the absolute and peculiar authoritarian
power that Congress wields over its capital residents. Everyone outside
a hundred mile radius believes (they don’t think about it) that we are
free, just like them. It’s those people close-by who know the
situation whom I call to task. Instead of waving the flag and urging
Congress to right the original wrong done to their neighbors, many do
nothing but carp about us and rationalize the policy. (Yeh, Happy
Independence Day to you, too!)
In any political system, even a colony, first-world DC and its rich
and powerful will manage just fine. It’s the middle-class and poor who
need DC statehood. So, while I thought Mr. Milloy’s article on Mr.
Gates’ charitable giving was excellent, instead of spreading around
billions of dollars to the usual programs, the greater gift would be
that Bill buy us statehood. Some, especially among the poor, might say
take the money, but in the long run they’d be wrong. Our playing
field, still stateless and tilted, will eventually sap the sudden
individual gifts. It would be like giving the money to a third-world
dictatorship, or maybe second-world. And I’ll bet Bill could get it
for a lot less than $34 billion!
My rant here is not original. It sounds like an echo to me of the
sort that comes from us DC statehood supporters whenever we hear elitist
remarks about our colonial hometown and the rotten bootstraps with the
arms and hands and stuff. Perhaps Gary should have a Usual Complaints
section below the Classifieds to put rants like mine and the other post
from Mr. Barron about "typical bureaucrats without a clue."
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DC Estate Tax and Drivers License Renewal
John Henry Wheeler, wheels-dc@att.net
I read Ed Barron’s complaint about DC’s estate tax [themail, June
25] on the same day Warren Buffet announced that he was giving billions
of dollars to the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation. Ed suggested moving
to Virginia to avoid estate taxes. I suggest leaving your money to the
charity of your choice. You can create a charitable remainder trust and
enjoy income from your donation without having to pay capital gains
taxes on the sale of assets. That beats moving to Virginia!
[Re: Ed Barron’s posting about doctor’s letter being required for
renewal of driver’s license for people over sixty, themail, July 5]
Two weeks ago I renewed my drivers license on-line and wasn’t required
to provide any documentation from a doctor. I had to answer some
questions about my health. I received the license about three days
later.
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Who Played that Latin Polka?
Dave Bosserman, orilla@comcast.net
Josh Gibson asked who played the Latin Polka at the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival on the National Mall. I worked the “Chicago
Latino” part of the festival and can tell you that many polkas and
waltzes were played by several groups, but called “Latin Polka.”
Latin is an older term outsiders used for things Latin American and now
generally has been replaced by Latino. Secondly, the many polkas and
other dances all have their own names. You probably heard a polka played
in the popular Chicago style called “Pasita Duranguense,” or Durango
Steps in English. Chicago invented this newest style based on the drum
and brass town band music of Durango and other northern states. They
threw in other styles popular in Mexico and in Chicago to satisfy a
larger audience, laying down a steady hot beat as the base for their
reinterpretations of many existing styles.
Glad you liked it; the Festival rides again Friday through Tuesday,
July 7-11, from 11-5:30. An all-new roster of Chicago Latino artists and
performers will show more of Latino culture in Chicago.
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Fenty’s Test
Larry Seftor, larry underscore seftor .the555 at
zoemail.net
Many, many years ago I entered the Air Force by going though a period
of basic training. The emphasis of a lot of it seemed off the mark to
me. After all, I didn’t see how my ability to defend the country was
tied to my ability to perfectly polish a pair of boots, make a bed, or
wax a floor. But it was explained to me that the ability to assimilate a
set of instructions and then complete a task to perfection was what
being an airman was about. Before they trusted me to complete tasks in a
missile silo (or a laboratory in my case) they wanted to make sure I
could reliably complete tasks in a more mundane setting.
The election campaign is the mundane setting in which we assess the
ability and character of candidates. What happens in a campaign is
really not important except for what it tells us about what we can
expect if a candidate is elected. So it really doesn’t matter whether
Adrian Fenty keeps Mr. Skinner on his campaign, except for what it tells
us about how Fenty will operate if elected mayor. Mr. Fenty should make
a decision based on what is best for his campaign and not out of loyalty
to Skinner, just as our new mayor should make staffing decisions on the
basis of what is best for DC and not personal relationships. Fenty is
badly flunking his test.
[To understand who Mr. Skinner is, and what Larry Seftor’s issue
with him is, see Seftor’s posting in themail on July 2. — Gary
Imhoff]
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The Ward 3 City Council Race Is a Major Mystery
Jonathan R. Rees, jrrees2006@verizon.net
Ask the Ward 3 candidates and they will tell you that they are still
confronted every day with voters who still believe that Kathy Patterson
is seeking reelection to her Ward 3 seat, and when we tell them that she
is not, we get the same response, "Since when"! This is
happening in about one of every three voters we talk to. Of course, each
of the candidates is certain he or she has the best shot at winning and
is the best qualified, but still there is a frustration over facing
voters who believe that on September 12 Kathy Patterson will be a choice
for Ward 3 city council. Do not take my word for it; ask the other Ward
3 candidates if this is not a frustration.
Some of the candidates believe this fact could impact on the outcome
of the Ward 3 race when voters on September 12 go to the polls and see
that Kathy Patterson not on the ballot, and that may force a third of
voters to scramble to pick a name ad hoc. I harp on this issue because I
have never before confronted voters who were so in the dark about a
sitting councilmember who is not seeking reelection, but who has failed
to let her constituents know this in a way where there is no confusion
about it. I think Kathy Patterson owes the voters some word that she is
not seeking reelection to her Ward 3 seat.
Again, this is failure of Eric Marshall to let voters know what his
candidate is running for. Do all the Ward 3 candidates have to take out
a full-page ad in the Washington Post to announce that Kathy Patterson
is not running?
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I thought I would let you know about what happens to somebody who
criticizes Jonathan Rees in themail. This is a blog that Rees created
about Bob Summersgill, who posted about Rees in themail: http://bob-summersgill.blogspot.com/
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Rantings from an ANC Commissioner
Tom Smith, Tmfsmith@starpower.net
For the last several weeks, readers have been treated to a series of
rants from ANC 3D05 Commissioner Alma Gates about problems with flooding
in the Palisades. For those of us who live in that ANC, we hear the
rantings more often and over a variety of issues — the latest being
plans by Sibley Hospital to expand health care services in the area.
Whether her concerns about Palisades flooding are legitimate or not,
there is a better way to deal with problems than resorting to the types
of rantings that have characterized her tenure on the ANC. Instead of
rolling up her sleeves and trying to work effectively with people,
including Councilmember Patterson’s office, Ms. Gates instead always
seems first to want to criticize or condemn — or even worse to act
unilaterally without considering all the ramifications of her actions.
We need leaders at all levels of government who are committed to working
together cooperatively to solve problems instead of always throwing
darts, like children playing "gotcha."
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
With the recent discovery that 13,000 District employees may have
their identities compromised because of a stolen ING-owned laptop, the
Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) has doubled its
efforts in its continuing fight against fraud. DISB has joined the
worldwide effort spearheaded by the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners -- a global association of members in more than one hundred
countries dedicated to fighting fraud -- as it supports National Fraud
Awareness Week, July 9-14. This information-driven campaign is committed
to increasing fraud awareness and promoting the fight against various
types of fraud, whether it is insurance, security or banking fraud.
According to a 2004 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and
Abuse, US entities lose more than $600 billion annually to fraud and
abuse.
DISB launched its local campaign with a proclamation to declare the
fight against fraud by increasing consumer awareness and reducing risk.
During the week, DISB will send out daily information and tips on
different types of fraud, how to recognize fraud and how to fight
against it. District residents needing more information on Fraud
Awareness Week or to report suspected fraud, should contact DISB at
727-8000 or its Enforcement and Investigation Bureau at 727-1563. Also,
visit DISB’s Web site at http://www.disb.dc.gov
for more information on fighting fraud.
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Community Schools Through the Arts, July 13
Dorothy Marschak, dmarschak@chime-dc.org
You are invited to a workshop on forming collaborative music and arts
projects between different DC schools or after-school programs. CHIME
volunteer Claire Davis will report on, and show video clips from, her
Choral Connections project this year between Stoddert and Amidon
Elementary schools, and then participants will share ideas about forming
other such projects. These projects not only bring students together
from different neighborhoods and backgrounds, but also serve to bring
their parents together and strengthen parent organizations. July 13, 4-6
p.m.; please contact CHIME for location and to RSVP.
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National Building Museum Events, July 16-17
Lauren Searl, lsearl@nbm.org
Sunday, July 16, 1:00-2:00 p.m. Film: Louis I. Kahn: An Offering to
Architecture. The 20th century American architect Louis I. Kahn was
known for his monumental forms that used the simple geometry of squares,
circles, and triangles. This film (1992, 58 minutes) focuses on Kahn’s
mature work and his talent and character that created his famous
architecture. The film is narrated by Kahn himself, using audio
recordings of the many talks he gave around the world. Free.
Registration not required.
Monday, July 17, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Lecture: The Amazing Brick. Brick has
been used in vast amounts of construction projects for centuries and has
withstood the test of time. Dr. James Campbell, fellow in architecture
and the history of art at Queens’ College in Cambridge, England, and
the author of Brick: A World History, will discuss the evolution of this
simple material in the fields of architecture and engineering. This
lecture complements the exhibition Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from
the Collection, which will be open for viewing and material exploration.
$10 Members and students; $15 Nonmembers. Registration required. Both
events at the National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Judiciary
Square stop, Metro Red Line. Register for events at http://www.nbm.org.
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Mayoral Candidates’ Forum on Statehood, July 21
Karen Szulgit, thirdpartygirl@juno.com
The Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition and the League of Women
Voters/DC will cosponsor a forum focusing on the state of DC democracy
and what specific plans the candidates have to transform The Last Colony
into a Free DC. Friday, July 21st, 6:30, 8:30 p.m., second floor
community room, The Reeves Center, 2000 14th Street, NW. For more info,
call Stand Up!’s Events Hotline at 232-2500, ext. 1, or visit http://www.FreeDC.org.
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Seventh Annual Dog Days of August Sidewalk Sale and Festival, August
5-6
Scott Pomeroy, info@dogdaysdc.com
The MidCity Business Association (http://www.midcitylife.org)
will hold its Seventh Annual Dog Days of August Sidewalk Sale and
Festival on 14th Street, U Street, and P Street, NW, and in the
surrounding community, on August 5, 10-7, and August 6, 11-5. The
festival showcases the unique, vibrant, exciting businesses,
experiences, and living opportunities available in the MidCity by
featuring shopping specials, sidewalk cafes, and cultural attractions.
On Saturday from 12-5 p.m. visit the MidCity Development Showcase at
the Reeves Building at 14th and U produced by the Cardozo Shaw
Neighborhood Association (http://www.csnadc.org)
in partnership with the MidCity Business Association For information
regarding the Development Showcase please contact Jon Kardon at 302-3665
or business@csnadc.org.
We are anticipating well over one hundred participating MidCity
businesses and organizations and a weekend that will be featuring
shopping specials of up to 75 percent off; the third annual "Best
in Show" dog contest; cool drinks, lemonade stands, and bbq’s;
the MidCity Development Showcase; dog rescue adoptions; sidewalk cafés
with lunch specials; the DC tax-free holiday on individual clothing
under $100; MidCity artists displays and gallery showings; and walking
tours and museum visits. As you wind down from your day after hours of
bargain shopping and lot’s of good fun, continue your exploration of
everything there is to experience on U Street, 14th Street, P Street,
9th Street and in the entirety of MidCity. Enjoy live music at 9:30
Club, Twins Jazz, or the Black Cat, dine at dozens of MidCity
restaurants, or have coffee at Sparkys, 24-7, or Mocha Hut before a
night out in MidCity. Find out about all the options MidCity has to
offer at our event web site: http://www.midcitylive.com.
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Argumentation Academy, August 7-11
Colin B. Touhey, colin2e@dcdebate.org
The DC Urban Debate League (DCUDL) will conduct its free
Argumentation Academy for high school students at the University of the
District of Columbia from August 7 through 11, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
daily. Participants will receive training in the art of debate from an
outstanding faculty as well as free breakfast and lunch. Call Carlos
Varela, DCUDL Program Director, at 341-5083 or carlos@dcdebate.org
for more information.
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