D.C. Wire: September 13, 2009 - September 19, 2009
Lanier Announces Appeal Filed in "All Hands" Ruling
Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said that the Metropolitan Police Department filed legal papers today asking a federal arbitrator to reconsider the decision that the "All Hands on Deck" program must cease. Arbitrator John C. Truesdale ruled Sept. 9 that the program violated the police union contract and city law,...
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September 18, 2009; 6:21 PM ET |
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Fenty Gears Up for Fight With Gray Over School Board Funding
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said he and schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee are lobbying D.C. Council members to prevent council Chairman Vincent C. Gray's effort to override his veto of funding to the State Board of Education. The council approved $950,000 in the fiscal 2010 budget -- a move that...
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September 18, 2009; 3:30 PM ET |
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Utility Discount Day Draws Thousands
The District's Joint Utility Discount Day drew 6,001 applicants looking for financial assistance and discounts on their bills to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Thursday, said Alan Heymann, a spokesman for the District Department of the Environment. The 2009 fiscal year ends Sept. 30, and city officials estimate that...
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September 18, 2009; 8:17 AM ET |
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Fenty Takes Steps against Masonic Lodge in Northeast
As expected, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) Thursday announced steps the city is taking to shut down activities at the Masonic lodge in Ward 5 that residents and city officials say are leading to violence and other disturbances in the Woodridge neighborhood. Fenty postponed his announcement to Thursday after a...
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September 17, 2009; 2:03 PM ET |
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Cuts Mean Fewer Library Hours, No Bookmobile
The bookmobile will be parked and hours at all D.C. libraries will be reduced starting in October because of budget cuts. The fiscal 2010 budget slashed the library budget by $4.8 million, and residents will feel the impact next month. All libraries will continue to be open every day but...
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September 17, 2009; 11:22 AM ET |
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Community Activists Protest Earmark Cuts
Ronald Moten, co-founder of Peaceoholics, and nearly a dozen other community activists staked out Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray's (D) office this afternoon demanding to meet with him regarding recent budget cuts. The protest follows a series of events at the John A. Wilson Building on Wednesday where activists could...
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September 16, 2009; 5:15 PM ET |
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At Cleveland Elementary, "SWBAT" Is The Word
Walk into just about any classroom in this handsomely restored, 98-year-old Shaw neighborhood school and you find signs of the Michelle Rhee era writ large. Virtually every available wall or board space is thick with directives from the "Teaching and Learning Framework" she introduced to District educators last month. The...
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September 16, 2009; 12:52 PM ET |
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Closed School Site to Be Reborn as Apartments, Shops
Hine Junior High School, shuttered last year by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's school closure plan, will be transformed into 150 apartments, restaurants, shops and office space for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Fenty (D) announced Tuesday that the city has picked Stanton-Eastbanc, a District-based team of architects and developers, to redevelop...
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September 15, 2009; 11:41 AM ET |
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Former TV Reporter Switches to Politics
Leo Alexander, a former television reporter-turned-insurance sales executive, kicked off his uphill campaign for D.C. mayor Monday night. Though the venue was small -- Pier 7 restaurant in Southwest -- the room filled with friends, old acquaintances and community activists anxious to see whether Alexander could be an alternative to...
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September 15, 2009; 11:37 AM ET |
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D.C. Council Talking Ethics Today
D.C. Council members are discussing what could become its ethics policy in a 3 1/2-hour meeting Tuesday. The work session began at 9:30 a.m., although council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), whose hiring of a girlfriend and issues surrounding earmarks prompted a new focus on council ethics, was not there...
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September 15, 2009; 11:27 AM ET |
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DCPS Report: Little Opening Day Drama
Compared to the fiascoes of year's past, most of D.C.'s 127 public schools had uncommonly quiet openings last month, according to a report released this evening by Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's office. There were no major scheduling snafus and just a smattering of teacher vacancies when classes began on Aug....
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September 14, 2009; 7:40 PM ET |
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Cora Barry Taking Her Case to Court
Former D.C. first lady Cora Masters Barry will take her case to court Tuesday when she asks a judge to prohibit the city from evicting her Recreation Wish List Committee from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. But young people who use the Ward 8 tennis center took her case...
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September 14, 2009; 5:47 PM ET |
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D.C. Housing Authority Director Resigns
Michael Kelly, executive director of the D.C. Housing Authority, is resigning his post at the end of the month, the Board of Commissioners announced Monday. Bill Slover, board chairman, credited Kelly with transforming the agency into a "national model." "His legacy is the creation of a strong, innovative, and skilled...
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September 14, 2009; 2:35 PM ET |
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