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Mack B. Thompson, III


 
> From: deepakindc@...
> To: princeofpetworth@...
> CC: cwhitaker579@...; mackt3@...
> Subject: Columbia Heights Community Votes to Rename Park at 14th and Girard St. NW ‘Obama Park’
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:02:38 -0400
>
> Charlie and Mack - please feel free to add any quotes for the below
> story. The 'Prince of Petworth' is Dan Silverman, a local blogger.
>
> Columbia Heights Community Votes to Rename Park at 14th and Girard St.
> NW ‘Obama Park’
>
> The ‘Friends of 14th and Girard Park’ today announced the results of a
> community vote held on July 11th to designate the park at 14th and
> Girard St. NW as "Obama Park” in honor of the President Obama’s family
> name. The park, recently renovated, is located in the Columbia Heights
> neighborhood in Northwest, Washington D.C. The results of the community
> survey were: Obama Park, 66 votes, Jim Graham Park, 25 votes, Capitol
> City Park, 18 votes, Girard Park, 14 votes, Other Miscellaneous
> Write-ins, 17 votes. The District of Columbia City Council will need to
> pass legislation to officially rename the park.
>
> “Naming the park would be a fitting tribute to the president and his
> family who have actively engaged the District, specifically in Columbia
> Heights,” said Deepak Marwah, a Columbia Heights resident. “The
> community driven process to design and develop the park was in line with
> the sentiment of this presidency.”
>
> Deepak Marwah
>
> What is Taxation without Representation?: Currently, more than half a million Americans living in DC pay the second highest amount of Federal taxes per capita in the nation but they have no congressional voting rights. They have no vote for jobs, no vote for health care, no vote for education or any issue debated and voted on by the U.S. Congress.*
>
> *http://www.dcvote.org
>

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