Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

Hi Joel et all,

We used Certified Roofers when we had that leak. They replaced the entire roof because the condition of the raised-seam metal roof (rusted, dented, bent flashing all over the place) was so bad that repairing it just didn't make sense. We now have a seamless rubber roof with two layers of insulation. Definitely makes a difference with heating/cooling the house.

They did a great job, were professional, and the owner actually spent a good amount of time with me, explaining the process and the materials to me.

http://www.certifiedinc.com/

Good luck!
Mike

From: Joel <dc_gay_man@...>
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Columbia List Serv <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] Wind driven rain question

I welcome any roofer recommendations. Flashing is needed here too.

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 31, 2012, at 3:15 PM, "Wendy A." <wendyalexandra@...> wrote:

Has anyone ever experienced wind driven rain come through their homes - especially for those in the older rowhouses, that are typical in CH? If so, who have you called to deal with the issue? What's your experience around this been?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Reply | Messages in this Topic (8)

#38096

From: "Twine, Kevin (DPW)" <kevin.twine@...>
Date: Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:42 pm
Subject: 2012 Leaf Collection Begins Mon., Nov. 5

kevin.twine

2012 Leaf Collection Begins Mon., Nov. 5

Holiday Tree Collections: Dec. 31 – Jan. 12

The DC Department of Public Works announced today that it will begin collecting leaves Monday, November 5 and will continue collections through January 12, 2013. DPW will be in each neighborhood at least twice for two weeks collecting leaves during the season. To ensure leaves are collected, residents are asked to check the schedule for their neighborhood and get their leaves ready for collection the weekend before each collection cycle. Earlier this month, DPW mailed a collection schedule to residents whose trash and recycling are collected by DPW. That schedule also can be found at www.dpw.dc.gov.

“We will collect leaves from every residential street in the District,” said DPW Director William O. Howland, Jr. “This is our most labor-intensive operation, involving more than 200 people working six days a week, including Veterans Day (observed Monday, November 12) and Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 22).”

He advised residents to rake loose leaves into the treeboxes, not into the street, and DPW crews will vacuum the leaves, which will be composted. “We also will collect bagged leaves left in the treeboxes and they, too, will be composted,” he added. Last year DPW composted almost 6,000 tons of leaves. The free compost is available to residents for pick up between March and October at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station.

“Collecting leaves is a public safety function,” said Mr. Howland. “Wet or dry leaves can cause pedestrians to fall and cars to skid. Leaves can block catch basins, which can lead to flooding. Leaves raked into the street, rather than the treebox, reduce available parking spaces. Starting a car parked over dry leaves can cause them to ignite.”

DPW will collect holiday trees between December 31 and January 12. Residents should remove ornaments before placing the trees where their trash and recycling are collected.

Here are some tips for a smooth-running leaf collection season:

· Look up your street’s collection schedule in the leaf collection brochure or at http://leaf.dcgis.dc.gov/.

· Rake leaves into the treebox the weekend before your street’s collection cycles. If you don’t have a treebox, leaves should be placed adjacent to the curb but NOT in the gutter or the street.

· Please – leaves only! Tree limbs, bricks, dirt, rocks, etc., will damage the equipment and delay collections.

· If you choose to bag your leaves, place the bags in the treebox or next to the trash/recycling container(s).

· Drive slowly around our crews’ work area so no one gets hurt.

Leaf collection season coincides with the beginning of snow season. Mr. Howland said, “I want to remind residents that the leaf collection crews are the backbone of the snow removal program. When snow and/or ice are predicted, we stop collecting leaves to convert our leaf equipment to snow plows. No leaves are collected until after the snow event ends. Sometimes predictions don’t result in snow, but we must have our snow equipment on the street regardless.”

Kevin B. Twine

Staff Assistant

Office Of The Director

Department of Public Works

2000 14^th Street, NW

6^th Floor

Washington, DC 20009

Phone: 202-671-2593

DPW Main: 202-673-6833

Fax: 202-671-0642

Kevin.Twine@...

www.dpw.dc.gov

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#38097

From: "GALA" <teatrogala3333@...>
Date: Thu Nov 1, 2012 5:52 pm
Subject: Amarillo by Teatro L�nea de Sombra in the Washington Post

teatrogala3333

"A theatrical meditation on the harsh realities that face undocumented migrants
and their families..."Amarillo" is more than a political piece, it's also a
burst of artistic daring".

See what the Washington Post says about AMARILLO:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/new-funding-program-br\
ings-avant-garde-amarillo-to-us/2012/10/31/8514ea4c-1edc-11e2-9746-908f727990d8_\
story.html

Amarillo, Nov. 2 & 3 @ 8 pm
To purchase tickets call 202 234 7174, click here.
https://www.boxofficetickets.com/go/event?id=193555
GALA Hispanic Theatre

#38098

From: "SYLVIA ROBINSON" <sylvia@...>
Date: Thu Nov 1, 2012 6:12 pm
Subject: Homeless Walk SATURDAY at 12PM

ecac_board

Saturday November 3rd at 12:00 - Georgia Avenue Homeless Walk - The Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place along with the Georgia Avenue Community Development Task Force, College Democrats (Howard University Chapter) NAACP (Howard University Chapter), Ubiquity Inc and the Georgia Avenue Business Alliance invite you to gather with us in support of the services Friendship Place offers those struggling with homelessness.

We will meet in Bruce Monroe Park for a few words from formerly homeless individuals along with leaders from the local community fighting to end homelessness including Councilmember Jim Graham. This will be followed by a collective walk to the park in front of the Howard University Hospital. To register or to become a sponsor please call John Harris at (202)503-2967. The cost is $20 for ages 25 and under and $30 for adults 26 and older. If you cannot provide the suggested amount please still come out to support and bring what you can. We may be able to sponsor you. Every voice, step and contribution counts. We will be registering walkers on-site as well. Questions? Contact John Harris 202.503.2967 or jharris@...

#38099

From: Sarah Pokempner <azepo@...>
Date: Thu Nov 1, 2012 11:18 pm
Subject: Arbitrage arrives; Argo and Searching for Sugar Man continue at the Avalon

azepo2002

"There are few cinematic pleasures as satisfying to behold as an actor in a role that fits him like a Savile Row suit. Richard Gere offers just such gratification in "Arbitrage” a silky, sophisticated Wall Street thriller that finds the actor utterly in his prime, wearing his age and accumulated emotional wisdom with warmth, charisma and nonstop appeal." So says the Washington Post's Ann Hornady about this taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty, and high finance. A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help. The film costars Susan Sarandon.

"Argo" received three and a half stars from the Washington Post, and continues to draw crowds. Ben Affleck directs and stars, along with John Goodman and Alan Arkin, in this tense, exciting, and often darkly comic film. It chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans as it unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis -- the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades.

You're in luck! A wonderful film that might not have caught your attention but definitely deserves a look is being held for another week. "Searching for Sugar Man" is a documentary that tells the story of two South Africans who set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez. The film is a nominee for best documentary feature by the International Documentary Association and receives a 95% rating from Rotten Tomatoes.

On Wednesday, November 7 at 8:00 pm, Panorama of Greek Cinema presents "The Mountain in Front". Holy Saturday and the fireworks for the Resurrection ceremony are the reason an old hostility between Luan and Thymios is rekindled. The foreigner and the local, atheist and religious man, with the story ending in tragedy.

For complete information about show times, online purchases, film trailers and to sign up for the Avalon weekly newsletter, visit http://www.theavalon.org

Sarah Pokempner

#38100

From: "Christie (Ralston) Balch" <christie.ralston@...>
Date: Thu Nov 1, 2012 11:38 pm
Subject: Update on Wangari Gardens Kickstarter Campaign

christiebalch

The Wangari Gardens Kickstarter Campaign (http://kck.st/SYlBl0) has only 12 days left to raise the last $1,443 for the campaign.� The gardeners would love your support if you are able and if you haven�t already pledged!

For more information on Wangari Gardens and their Kickstarter campaign, please visit:�http://kck.st/SYlBl0.

Many thanks,

Wangari Gardeners

#38101

From: Cecilia Jones <c_jones_2000@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 1:48 am
Subject: All Defendants Pleaded GUILTY to Felony Charges - 'Washington DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Revoke the ABC License of the DC Fish Carryout' on Change.org

caj2020

http://www.change.org/petitions/washington-dc-alcoholic-beverage-control-board-revoke-the-abc-license-of-the-dc-fish-carryout

Quick update: the remaining two co-defendants who were arrested in the DC Fish Carryout case pleaded guilty in court today.

In an unusual turn of events, DC Fish Carryout owner Suk "Bruce" In Hyun decided to plead guilty during his trial. Under the plea bargain, on January 18, 2013 he will face sentencing for one felony count of drug distribution. He remains released on personal recognizance.

Co-defendant Craig McKoy also pleaded guilty today to a felony drug distribution charge. He is still being held in jail.

On October 15 2012, co-defendant Timothy Hill pleaded guilty to two felony charges and was sentenced to serve 30 months in jail.

If you'd like to get more involved in next steps, including writing community impact statements or the revocation process for the DC Fish Carryout's liquor license, please contact me: cecilia.a.jones@... or 202-299-7868.

Petition update: we're still 25 signatures short of our goal of 500 signatures. Please encourage your friends and neighbors, especially those from the immediate area of the DC Fish Carryout, to stand up against drug dealing in our neighborhood and sign. It makes a difference!

Thanks,

Cecilia

#38102

From: Emily Locke <emily.locke@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 3:29 am
Subject: Friendly fun kittens need homes!

noeyessi

Adorable fun friendly kittens need homes. They are playful, purr constantly, and are very oriented towards people.

�2 females: one long haired grey, one short haired tabby

�1�male short haired grey

�Born June 23rd ; friendly and playful

�Healthy: vaccinated against rabies and distemper,�FeLV�and FIV negative

�Contact�eckington.cats@...�for more information, or to come by�and meet them

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#38103

From: Robert Schubert <rschubert@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 10:32 am
Subject: Nov. 3rd Columbia Heights Market update

rschubert2000

Columbia Heights Community Marketplace
www.chfestivus.org

WHEN: Saturday, November 3, from 9:00am to 1:00pm (rain or shine) and
every Saturday through December 15th.

WHERE: Civic plaza at 14th Street and Park Road, NW

WHY: Delicious, local food, live music, local artists? Why not??

NEWS

� Work for the government? Please consider supporting the Columbia
Heights Community Marketplace, your very own CHFestivus, via one of
these charitable giving campaigns!

We thank the City and Federal employees who patronize our market. Your
donations will support programs like Festibucks � our nutrition
assistance program providing thousands of dollars in fresh food to
community members � and our Youth Market Garden.

You can donate to us to strengthen these programs in one of two ways:

- The DC One Fund for City employees (www.dconefund.org)
- The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) -- a yearly charitable giving
drive for Federal employees. Find out how to donate, and designate to
specific charities at www.cfcnca.org. The Columbia Heights Community
Marketplace CFC # is 62317. ......(Not eligible to donate via the CFC
or One Fund? You can still donate to the Marketplace online at
www.chfestivus.org, or with cash or checks at the market�s Information
Table.)

AT MARKET THIS WEEK

PRODUCE GALORE!

� Apples, arugula, baby kale, basil, bell peppers, black-eyed peas,
broccoli, butternut and buttercup squash, carrots, cauliflower, chard,
cheese pumpkins, chives, cilantro, collards, cucumbers, eggplant,
garlic, ginger, gourds, green beans, honey, jalepe�o peppers, kale,
lettuce, lima beans, mushrooms, okra, onion, pea shoots, poblano
peppers, potatoes, radishes, rapini, shallots, spinach, sugar snap
peas, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, winter squash, and zucchini.

AND MORE�

� Cheeses from Chapel�s Country Creamery and Spriggs Delight

� Breads and baked goods from Upper Crust Bakery and Bonaparte Breads

� Pastured chicken eggs from Twin Post Farm

� Stachowski�s fine sausages

� Homemade salsas, tamales, and more from El Sabor del Taco

� Great pickles from Fresh Crunch

� Goldilocks Goodies: taking pie orders for Thanksgiving!

OF NOTE THIS WEEKEND

� Reserve your Thanksgiving turkey with the ladies at Country Vittles
of Critter Hill Farm until November 10th! (Stuffable bone-in breasts
and all other parts available as well.)

� Last week for cherry tomatoes!

COOKING DEMONSTRATION

Stop by the cooking demonstration table between 10am and noon to meet
Jenna Umbriac, who will be preparing a seasonal dish with some of the
market goods and will be holding a produce drive for Manna's FreshGive
campaign.

Jenna is a registered dietitian who believes that eating a healthful,
whole foods diet is possible no matter what your food budget. Jenna
received her Master's degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University in
Kenmore, Washington and completed her dietetic internship at Virginia
Tech. As Manna�s nutrition educator, Jenna teaches weekly classes and
conducts regular cooking demonstrations. She also works to provide
healthier food to Manna�s clients through donor education and
partnerships with local farms. (Read more here.)

Need ideas for what to make with your fresh market goodies? Check out
seasonal recipes from friends, neighbors, and professional chefs on
our BLOG at www.chfestivus.org

ENTERTAINMENT

Local singer/songwriter Olivia Mancini returns to the market,
performing from 10-11am.

FINE ARTS

Four artists will showcase their creations.

THANKS

We thank Wholesome Wave for sponsoring our Festibucks matching
incentives program, which helps recipients of federal nutrition
assistance (SNAP, WIC, and Senior "Get Fresh Checks") to buy more
fresh, local food than they could with just their benefits. Wholesome
Wave also is supporting our Fruit & Vegetable Prescription program.

We thank Giant Food for sponsoring our entertainment this season and
Old School Hardware for its sponsorship of the market.

We appreciate both Minuteman Press (14th and Meridian) and The UPS
Store (14th and Monroe) for offering us discounts on a range of
printing and copying services.

And a big thank you to our market volunteers and Board members. We
could NOT do this without you. (Want to become one of our superstar
volunteers or Board members? Learn more about volunteering here; learn
more about joining the CHCM Board here.)

_____________________________________________________________

Saturday, November 3rd from 9 AM to 1 PM (rain or shine)
Civic plaza @ 14th Street and Kenyon Street, NW
www.chfestivus.org
_____________________________________________________________

Keep up with the latest on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CHFestivus or
on Twitter @CHFestivus.

Mailing address:
1380 Monroe Street, NW #605 Washington, DC 20010

#38104

From: "riordananne" <riordananne@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 4:26 pm
Subject: REMINDER: YARD SALE-Saturday 11/3, 9am-1pm 1361 IRVING ST NW

riordananne

> Condo building holding a yard sale. Description of items: furniture, clothes,
kitchen appliances, housewares, free books and magazines. 1361 Irving St NW (on
Irving between 13th and 14th. Close to the Target). We are an eclectic bunch, so
there is no telling what treasures you may find! Stop by and see what we have!
>

#38105

From: "SYLVIA ROBINSON" <sylvia@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 5:09 pm
Subject: Lease Space at the ECAC for Non Profit

ecac_board

Greetings,

Office Space is available for lease at The Emergence Community Arts Collective (www.ecacollective.org) at 733 Euclid St. NW for a non-profit organization. The building is on Euclid between Georgia and Sherman Avenues near Howard University. The space is 325 square feet (25ft X 13ft) on the second floor of the building. There is space for at least three workstations. There is an elevator lift to the 2^nd floor, accessible from the parking lot at the rear of the building. The lease includes access to a full bath, a small non-commercial kitchen and wifi. There is also a large meeting room (seats 40) available for daytime use that can be scheduled hourly. The rent is $900/month + utilities (less than $100 per month). Preference will be given to an established organization willing to commit to a 2-3 year lease. For more information contact Sylvia Robinson at (202) 462-2285 or sylvia@....

#38106

From: Mt Pleasant Far Mar Newsletter <newsletter@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 6:38 pm
Subject: MtP Farmers' Market: Nov 3 - Spinach

mrsrebbiehig...

Dear Mt Pleasant Far Mar Friends,

New: Plenty of water and wind, a hi-tunnel mangled, a door unscrewed itself, a few carrot tops broken off, but nothing worthy of the name Hurricane – honestly the thunderstorms of the summer caused more flooding and the hail more damage. Our region squeaked by the hurricane season yet again.

Comfort food of the week: spinach and eggs. Saute a generous amount of spinach, then scoop out a well to crack an egg into and sorta fry/poach it. Add Parmesan or feta cheese and serve over leftover rice, on a slice of toast, an English muffin, or with hash brown potatoes. Worried about the bio-availability of calcium in spinach? Yes, the oxalates interfere with calcium uptake, but cooking spinach breaks a lot of those down (you know that kinda harsh mouthfeel spinach sometimes has? that’s the oxalic acid binding calcium in your saliva).

Events:

Mt P Market Buskers: Cosita Seria is back for a little set before the Día de los
Muertes festivities on Saturday. Altars and traditional arts from 12-5 at The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW – bring a photograph of a loved one to honor and remember. Then from 6-8, a Noche de Ofrendas with bands in Lamont Park!
Farmers’ Market Bike Clinic: Neighbors with skills gather on the bandstand to help each other out with their bikes. Ask for an Rx for 10% off all your bike needs at Old School Hardware across the street – they’re stocked up on all the essentials like inner tubes, pumps, tools, lights, and more!

Local Foods:
V Picnic Club: Jill’s serving up lovely little Pancakes with Cinnamon Apple Topping, a Cream of Broccoli Soup to take home, yummm, and Cider Punch.

People’s Bao: Chinese steamed buns with tender, slow roasted heirloom Berkshire pork shoulder or duck confit or savory mushrooms and market fresh greens.

Earth Spring Farm: Last of the hot and sweet peppers that survived by hiding under other plants: Krimzon Lee, Carmen, Poblano and jalapeño. Cylindrical red and striped chioggia beets. Sweet potatoes. Daikon, Black Nero Tondo and Watermelon radishes. Japanese Tokyo salad turnips. Big scarlet turnips and purple top turnips. Clean, bagged spinach, braising greens mix, red and green bok choi, broccoli rabe, butterhead and red leaf lettuce heads, wrinkly, tender Chinese cabbage, regular cabbage, mizuna and mustard greens, Toscano, Winter Bor, Dwarf Siberian kale, Swiss chard, arugula. Fennel bulbs with their fronds, dill and parsley. Butternut and acorn squash. A few mushrooms, but it’s just getting too cold for much production. Vegetable-rennet based Amish cheese: havarti, cheddars and jacks, in plain and herb flavors.

Quaker Valley Orchards: All the delicious and beautiful winter squashes: Long Island Cheese, Peanut, Baby Pam, Cinderella and Jarrahdale pumpkins. Plus, acorn, butternut and spaghetti squash. Bosc Pears. Granny Smith, Fuji, Pink, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Mutsu, Rome, York, Cameo, Stayman, Candy Crisp and Golden Delicious apples. Orange and white sweet potatoes and potato potatoes. Cider! Peach, blackberry and Fredi’s amazing Strawberry jam, apple butter and sauce, honey. Delicious, fresh tasting tomato sauce.

Reid Orchard: Asian, Bosc and Seckle pears. Apple and Grape Apple cider. Apples: Gala, Honeycrisp, Ginger Gold, Fuji, Haralson, Cortland, McIntosh, Macoun, Pinova, Jonathan, Cox Orange, Bramley, Fameuse Snow Apple, Paradise, Smokehouse, Empire, Jonagold, Golden Delicious, Virginia Beauty, Esopus Spitzenburg, Mutsu, Cameo, Black Twig, Albermarle Pippin, Brayburn, Granny Smith and Pink Lady.

Truck Patch Farms: Orange and purple carrots! Cheddar, romanesco and white cauliflower. Winter squash. Potatoes. Green and purple broccoli. Red beets with greens on. Arugula, kale, collards, mesclun, baby spinach, loose leaf lettuce, bunched red Swiss chard. Italian parsley, cilantro, rosemary, mint and sage.

Truck Patch Farms Meat Department: All cuts of pork, like loins and chops, plus ham, bacon, jowl, salt pork, lard and scrapple. Eggs. Whole chickens and fresh chickens parts and ground turkey and cut up turkey. Time to place turkey orders!

Groff’s Content Farm: Beef: steaks, short ribs, roasts, jerky, ground beef. Lamb. Most pork cuts. Eggs. Complete raw meat dog food. Tallow soaps.

Richfield Farm: Indian corn, gourds, mini pumpkins and Jack-o’-lanterns for decoration, Fairy tale, Long Island Cheese pumpkins and Blue Hubbard squash for eating. Brussels sprouts on the stalk. Potatoes and sweet potatoes. Purple and green broccoli, purple, green, white and orange cauliflower, romanesco. Butternut and acorn squash. Tomatoes still coming from the greenhouse. Autumn greens like curly kale, dino kale, Swiss chard, red and Savoy cabbages, tatsoi, collards, turnip greens. Varicolored beets, Purple Top turnips. Dried flower bouquets. Dark golden brown honey.

Atwater’s Bread: Naturally leavened, hand shaped loaves like Peasant Wheat, Caraway Rye, Cranberry Pecan, Kalamata Olive, traditional San Francisco Sourdough, Ciabatta, Country White, Chili Cheddar, Spelt, Sunflower Flax, more. Ned Atwater does slow fermentation with carefully tended starters and wild yeast, organic stone ground flour from a family mill in North Carolina. Also yeasted breads like the slightly sweet, traditional Irish Struan bread. Great scones, muffins, cookies, brownies, granola, bagels and delicious soups to take home!

Please bring your own bags for shopping.

Yours Truly, Mrs. Higgins
Market Director
Mount Pleasant Farmers' Market
www.MtPFM.org
between 17th Mount Pleasant and Park Lamont Streets
Saturdays May 5 - Dec 22 (NEW end date!!), 9 am - 1 pm, rain or shine
Sign up and hang out: Volunteer Calendar!
facebook.com/MtPFarMar
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#38107

From: "Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05)" <1a05@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 7:17 pm
Subject: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

lh3991a

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

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#38108

From: "Turner, James (ANC 1B08)" <1b08@...>
Date: Fri Nov 2, 2012 10:54 pm
Subject: FW: [southcolumbiaheights] Pepco Harvard Conversion Project

anc1b00

Good Evening,

As a reminder, Pepco crews will be working tomorrow on the Harvard Conversion project. Crews lost two days due to Hurricane Sandy and are making up a day tomorrow. The Emergency No Parking Signs were updated to reflect no parking during construction hours. For additional information, please visit the Harvard Substation Fact Sheet on the Pepco website at http://www.pepco.com/energy/reliability/reliabilityprojects/.

Have a good weekend!

Respectfully,

Chris Taylor

From: Chris Taylor <pepcotaylor@...>
To: South Columbia Heights <southcolumbiaheights@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "crtaylor@..." <crtaylor@...>; "dcooper@..." <dcooper@...>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:34 PM
Subject: [southcolumbiaheights] Pepco Harvard Conversion Project

Good Afternoon,

Over the past several months, Pepco has been communicating with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B regarding the project to increase the electrical capacity in your neighborhood with Phase 3 of the Harvard Conversion Project. In order to meet future energy needs, Pepco is converting a 4kV underground feeder to 13kV to increase capacity and to improve system reliability as a whole. For background purposes, a feeder is the electrical lines that provide power to approximately 1,100 customers in a specific geographic area. Currently, crews are constructing the new conduit. Once crews have constructed all of the new conduit, the new 13kV cable will be installed and activated. Crews have made great progress and have completed a substantial amount of the conduit work. Currently we are working on the 1100 block of Clifton St. NW. Starting on Monday, crews will also be working in the 1200 block of Clifton St. NW. Construction hours are from 7:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. Pursuant to the construction and occupancy permit, Pepco is authorized to work from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday. However, Pepco will only be occupying the public space from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. , Monday through Friday. Pepco is committed to only impacting the public space when occupancy is required. As noted, Pepco is also authorized, by permit, to work Saturdays. However, in consideration of residents, the Emergency No Parking signs will not typically designate Saturday for restricted parking. Pepco intends to only work Monday through Friday, except for weeks where construction days are lost due to rain or holidays. Signs will be updated in advance of that Saturday notifying residents of that work. Please note that Hurricane Sandy may cause construction delays next week. We have developed a Fact Sheet that provides additional information concerning the Harvard Conversion Project. You can access the Fact Sheet by going to http://www.pepco.com/energy/reliability/reliabilityprojects/. This Fact Sheet also contains an estimated schedule for the remaining conduit work. If you have any additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at crtaylor@.... I will provide additional updates as we proceed with this project. Respectfully,

Chris Taylor
Public Affairs Manager, DC Region
Pepco Headquarters
701 9th St. NW
Washington, DC 20068
Office- 202.872.3357

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#38109

From: small axe <smallaxe36@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 5:23 am
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

smallaxe36

Is this how it is done? Fund raising on dc.gov email. 25 bucks a head for an anc rep? Representative democracy for a price.
Anyone read about Lenwood Johnson and his ANC paid for cell phone? Does money raised for an anc race have to be reported?

--- On Fri, 11/2/12, Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...> wrote:

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

#38110

From: whj@...
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 1:29 pm
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

whjmela

Laina has been a good commissioner and I support her. Yes, ANC Commissioners can and do raise money usually for signs, flyers and mailings. Yes, they have to file a report.

Do you really thing it a coincidence that the Lenwood Johnson story comes out in the post now, just before the election? While, there is no excuse for that level of personal usage of the ANC phone, politics is politics even at the ANC level.

I don't know the entire lay of the land this year with all the redistricting, but in our Ward its not unusual for CM Graham to use his staff, campaign funds and office to support one candidate against another. Use political favors, offers of jobs and earmarks to control and weaken ANCs and commissioners in the Ward. As controlling the ABC Licensing process and/or permitting an zoning input is key for is pay-to-play machine worth millions. Actually, the same applies to the relation between the CM andcontrol of neighborhood groups and associations. In fact, what do you think for example one of the things Donatelli Development is buy when they give CM Graham 10's thousands of dollars? CM Graham's influence over the ANCs and Neighborhood Associations.

As long as most of money is coming from constituents fundraising is necessary to ensure an independent commissioner and commission.

William

-----Original Message-----
From: "small axe" <smallaxe36@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 1:23am
To: columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

#38111

From: whj@...
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 3:04 pm
Subject: Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

whjmela

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/former-professional-boxer-keely-thompson-indicted-on-fraud-charges/2012/11/02/e4778fd0-2526-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_blog.html

A good portion of this money came via earmarking of funds and contracts made possible by CM Graham, plus the use of a closed school negotiated by CM Graham. A portion of the earmarked money came from Neighborhood Investment Fund, funds. Had the rules been followed groups such as this would come before the ANC and give public accounts of their program's community impact. Then if commissioners did their jobs, they would visit these programs and give community reports. Instead, under Ward 1 Pay-To-Play this program was only accountable to CM Graham. Citizen's probably could FOIA public records to see CM Graham's loose stewardship of this program, except the Council Member uses a private email address for public business, which provides a buffer from FOIA.

This gaming of the system and lost of public investment by this program or Donatelli Development is only possible where ANC Commissions are weak and divided. The result is a power shift and a lack of transparency. One of the KEY jobs of an ANC is to provide the community timely notice of certain public spending, investents and impacts in neighborhoods.

In the end, all charges may or may not be proved true, whether its to procurement of ABC licenses, tax abatements, or grants pay-to-play rules the day in Ward 1. And it is made possible by weak ANCs and a self absorbed citizenry. In our area even blogs get compromised by the same system.

Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

By Del Quentin Wilber

A former professional boxer and his wife were indicted Friday on charges they conspired to spend money meant for his anti-gang youth boxing center on personal goods, entertainment and other services, federal prosecutors said.

Keely E. Thompson Jr., 47, executive director of the District Boxing and Youth Center, and his wife, Bianca Thompson, 42, the center’s deputy director, were charged in a 31-count indictment by a federal grand jury in the District.

Thompson is a well-known D.C. boxer who fought professionally as a lightweight in the late 1980s and early 1990s; he established his nonprofit center to provide at-risk children and teenagers with physical fitness and developmental programs at locations in Northwest and Northeast Washington. From 2004 through 2010, Thompson’s center received more than $1.5 million in D.C. government and private grant funds, federal prosecutors said.

#38112

From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 3:41 pm
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

rlaymandc

FWIW, the poster was right to make the point that official government email addresses aren't to be used for campaigning of any type, and that personal calls--chat lines or anything else--aren't to be made on government-owned and paid for phones.

Bitch all you want about CM Graham, but if you don't treat any and all abuses of the use of government resources, you yourself contribute to the environment that supports corruption.

The email was probably an innocent mistake. Still, it needs to be called out, maybe not with the level of disgust evident in the email but whatever. The phone use, month after month, clearly is an abuse. Etc.

Richard Layman

From: "whj@..." <whj@...>
To: columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

Laina has been a good commissioner and I support her. Yes, ANC Commissioners can and do raise money usually for signs, flyers and mailings. Yes, they have to file a report.

As long as most of money is coming from constituents fundraising is necessary to ensure an independent commissioner and commission.

William

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

#38113

From: whj@...
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 3:52 pm
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

whjmela

Your comment is borderline nonsense, even a little cowardly. It takes little courage to swat at a knat, while ignoring the elephant.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard Layman" <rlaymandc@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 11:41am
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

Laina has been a good commissioner and I support her. Yes, ANC Commissioners can and do raise money usually for signs, flyers and mailings. Yes, they have to file a report.

As long as most of money is coming from constituents fundraising is necessary to ensure an independent commissioner and commission.

William

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

#38114

From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

rlaymandc

fwiw, few people in the city write about this issue as much as me. e.g.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

If you don't know urban political theory, it's likely that you don't understand local land use: St. Louis: DC; etc.

In academia, there are (at least) two competing theories of local politics.

From sociology comes the "Growth Machine," which makes the point that despite seeming intra-elite competition, local political and economic elites are for the most part united on a pro-growth agenda focused on intensification of real estate, since local governments are dependent on property taxes (and sales taxes) for the bulk of their revenues.

Harvey Molotch's paper, City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place, published in 1976, and later expanded into the book Urban Fortunes: Towards a Political Economy of Place, serves as the foundation for this theory.

Political scientists offer the theory of the "Urban Regime," which came to the fore in 1989, with the publication of Regime politics: Governing Atlanta, 1946-1988 by Clarence Stone (until recently he was a professor at the University of Maryland). A good synthesis of the work is in the paper "The Evolution of Urban Regime Theory: The Challenge of Conceptualization by Mossberger and Stoker (2001).

I don't think these theories are competing so much as different sides of the same coin. "Growth Machine" theory is best for explaining the motivation and focus of "the land-based elite," and "urban regime" theory explains in detail how the land-based elite operates and functions.

In the paper, "Now What? The continuing evolution of Urban Regime analysis," Stone writes:

An urban regime can be preliminarily defined as the informal arrangements through which a locality is governed (Stone 1989). Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. By agenda I mean the set of challenges which policy makers accord priority. A concern with agendas takes us away from focusing on short-term controversies and instead directs attention to continuing efforts and the level of weight they carry in the political life of a community. Rather than treating issues as if they are disconnected, a governance perspective calls for considering how any given issue fits into a flow of decisions and actions. This approach enlarges the scope of what is being analyzed, looking at the forest not a particular tree here or there. [emphasis added, in this paragraph and below] ...

By looking closely at the policy role of business leaders and how their position in the civic structure of a community enabled that role, he identified connections between Atlanta's governing coalition and the resources it brought to bear, and on to the scheme of cooperation that made this informal system work. In his own way, Hunter had identified the key elements in an urban regime – governing coalition, agenda, resources, and mode of cooperation. These elements could be brought into the next debate about analyzing local politics, a debate about structural determinism.

On the other hand, Urban Fortunes is particularly good on various elements of the land use intensification agenda, from Downtown revitalization to the construction of sports stadiums, arenas, and conference centers, and in particular, the role of local media--fully dependent of the success of the local region for its own success, being dependent on advertising revenues generated primarily from sales to local businesses--in cementing this agenda.

If someone has keen observational and interpretative skills and delves into the academic literature, you can see how this works. Of course, good writing on the local Growth Machine always helps. In DC, the classic book that illustrates these theories, but was written by journalists likely unfamiliar with either, is Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, DC, which covers the first two administrations of former Mayor, Marion Barry, and chapter 4, on land use and development, in particular.

Not only does the media not report the back story, they're part of it

One fault of journalism is that it is published every day and isn't focused on explanation of systems so much as it is reporting the facts of the latest events and exploits and ribbon cuttings.

In any case, the real story is the Growth Machine/Urban Regime and how it operates.

So articles about local corruption tend to miss the point because they look at is as one-off behavior for the most part (cf. Chicago and Illinois generally, Tammany Hall history, Robert Caro's book The Power Broker on Robert Moses, and the Starz network tv show, "The Boss").

It's all about sustained efforts, operating over multi-decade time frames, and intimate interconnections between political and economic elites. Although just like regime change in foreign countries (e.g., Libya, Tunisia, China, Egypt, Syria) there are winners and losers (e.g., "D.C. won't renew Chartered Health Plan contract" from the Post) when the leaders change, and a new crew comes in, even though the general "mode of cooperation" functions identically, just some of the positions have been moved around.

Left: sign up sheet at the Walmart booth at the H Street Festival in September.

I think that's why Walmart continues to do community organizing with regard to their entry into DC as their biggest supporters have left or are leaving the stage--Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. is in jail, Council Chairman Kwame Brown has resigned, and Mayor Gray is under a cloud due to campaign finance violations and isn't likely to run again, even if no charges are filed against him--and they want to maintain their presence and visibility, even though for the most part, zoning regulations allow their entry without significant public involvement.

The blog entry "The Missouri History Museum, Freeman Bosley, Jr. and the Broken Nature of Civic Leadership" from the NextSTL (St. Louis) blog discusses a series of articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on overly intimate financial dealings between local nonprofits and business and political leaders in need of various bailouts. It's got outrage, but misses the deeper point.

Although maybe 8 years ago or so, the Richmond Times-Dispatch did an amazing profile of Richmond's power structure and power brokers, with a spider map showing the various interconnections. This was a surprise, because the Bryan family, owners of the paper, are a part of that structure.

The Washington Post reports on the various corrupt and ethical failings of local politicians (the latest being "Report: Councilman Graham's actions contrary to Metro ethics rules" and the editorials "Jim Graham’s breach of duty" and "Jim Graham investigation to test the D.C. Council’s ethics stance" on Councilman Jim Graham's likely misuse of his dual position as DC City Councilmember and member of the board of the local transit authority and interference in contracts and deals involving parties with business before both) without ever disclosing its role as one of the initial organizers of what Clarence Stone would call the local governing coalition, the Federal City Council.

But this is hardly new. In San Diego, the local newspaper is now owned by a real estate developer. The Los Angeles Times was owned by a key landowning family for decades. DC's Examiner is owned by the same group that owns Anschutz Entertainment Group, a major player in arenas, concert promotion, and entertainment across the globe. Gaylord Entertainment (the company that owns National Harbor and Grand Ole Opry, and is being acquired by Marriott) grew out of the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Although local alternative papers can be good sources of information on Growth Machine politics. The original Washington City Paper Loose Lips columnist (Ken Cummings) and the City Desk news pieces were legendary for providing deep back story on such issues.

Without knowing the back story, too often you fly blind

I'm not sure that knowing the theories helps advocates transform the system, but it does allow you to understand what's happening, and how and why, and it gives you some insights into how to shape the system to function better, in part by introducing citizens as a force for civic engagement, action, and ethics, and also by trying to improve the various processes of "the system."

For example, my writings on community benefits-proffer processes make the point that without clear definition, likely deliberate, the process is designed more to limit the financial impact on developers, and less to monetize some of the economic value created by variances, density bonuses, and other special changes to planning, zoning, and building regulations that would otherwise limit the economic value of projects. See "What community benefits are supposed to be versus what people think they are about."

Similarly, many advocates don't understand that government employees aren't usually independent actors, but are very much constrained by their bosses, who ultimately, are the elected officials.

So it is essential to have checks and balances built into the system, in this case the right planning regulations in place, to provide residents with more control and ability to shape the built environment in their communities, be it having "big box" ordinances, a parks master plan, a robust transportation vision plan, neighborhood and sector planning processes that produce neighborhood and/or sector plans, planning and/or transportation commissions, robust capital improvement planning, etc.--none of which, by the way, are present in DC--although transportation and parks master plans are in the process of being developed.

See "Lessons from Walmart's foray into Washington, DC" and "More on DC ethics and corruption: intrinsic vs. extrinsic behavior," among others

From: "whj@..." <whj@...>
To: columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

Your comment is borderline nonsense, even a little cowardly. It takes little courage to swat at a knat, while ignoring the elephant.

Laina has been a good commissioner and I support her. Yes, ANC Commissioners can and do raise money usually for signs, flyers and mailings. Yes, they have to file a report.

As long as most of money is coming from constituents fundraising is necessary to ensure an independent commissioner and commission.

William

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

#38115

From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 4:50 pm
Subject: Re: Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

rlaymandc

participatory_budgeting_sage.pdf

ANCs could be involved in this, but hardly can be expected to provide proper oversight as they lack the training and are typically pretty parochial (which is how they are set up to be anyway). And many ANCs have gotten over-involved in suggesting how contracts should be let, which would be illegal, had they the power to award contracts.

FWIW, I have written quite a bit suggesting that arts funding, NIF-type funding, and constituent services funds should be allocated using the participatory budgeting method.

A journal article on the topic of participatory budgeting is attached.

From: "whj@..." <whj@...>
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>; South Columbia Heights <southcolumbiaheights@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 11:04 AM
Subject: [columbia_heights] Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

By Del Quentin Wilber

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/former-professional-boxer-keely-thompson-indicted-on-fraud-charges/2012/11/02/e4778fd0-2526-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_blog.html

1 of 1 File(s)

#38116

From: "Eric Scharf" <escharf@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 8:23 pm
Subject: RE: All Defendants Pleaded GUILTY to Felony Charges - 'Washington DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Revoke the ABC License of the DC Fish Carryout' on Change.org

ericscharfdc

http://www.change.org/petitions/washington-dc-alcoholic-beverage-control-board-revoke-the-abc-license-of-the-dc-fish-carryout

Does anyone know what the terms of the plea bargain with Bruce is? I would assume that if he gets jail time that he would have to give up the liquor license, making this petition process somewhat moot. Is there any reliable information as to how and why he got involved with this activity?

Eric Scharf

From: columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com [mailto:columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cecilia Jones
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: [columbia_heights] All Defendants Pleaded GUILTY to Felony Charges - 'Washington DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Revoke the ABC License of the DC Fish Carryout' on Change.org

Quick update: the remaining two co-defendants who were arrested in the DC Fish Carryout case pleaded guilty in court today.

Co-defendant Craig McKoy also pleaded guilty today to a felony drug distribution charge. He is still being held in jail.

On October 15 2012, co-defendant Timothy Hill pleaded guilty to two felony charges and was sentenced to serve 30 months in jail.

Thanks,

Cecilia

#38117

From: "Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05)" <1a05@...>
Date: Sat Nov 3, 2012 10:04 pm
Subject: Re: REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aq

lh3991a

Sending this invitation from my ANC account was an accident. I meant to send it
from my personal campaign address. I apologize.

Laina Aquiline
202-390-3247

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#38118

From: whj@...
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:07 am
Subject: Re: Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges [1 Attachment]

whjmela

participatory_budgeting_sage.pdf

You don't get it. Sometimes you curse the darkness, sometimes you just turn on the light. Often, the best antidote to this crap is an engaged community with at least some sense of right and wrong.

There's know special magic or skill needed for oversight, you just ask questions until you understand. You don't need a degree in urban planning or expertise in contracting. You don't need a legal degree or one in crimal justice to know when your community is being pimped. Effectively, there is little difference between this and Dontelli Development's shenanigans around Highland Park and the CH Neighborhood Fund. Basically the same sh$t. When the ANC does its basic job well, it makes it harder to get away with it.

William

-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard Layman" <rlaymandc@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 12:50pm
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges [1 Attachment]

[Attachment(s) from Richard Layman included below]

FWIW, I have written quite a bit suggesting that arts funding, NIF-type funding, and constituent services funds should be allocated using the participatory budgeting method.

A journal article on the topic of participatory budgeting is attached.

Former professional boxer Keely Thompson indicted on fraud charges

By Del Quentin Wilber

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/former-professional-boxer-keely-thompson-indicted-on-fraud-charges/2012/11/02/e4778fd0-2526-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_blog.html

Attachment(s) from Richard Layman

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#38119

From: <elizabeth@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:13 pm
Subject: Missing cat

mailinnercity

GRAY AND WHITE SHORTHAIR CAT MISSING

Text Box: Our
“Silly Little Kitty”
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MISSING!! found kitty (2)

Our sweet, friendly and somewhat shy kitty has gone missing. We hope that he found a good place to spend a night or two…..was that with you??

Or, maybe you’ve seen him wandering around the neighborhood?

We last saw him on Friday morning, 11/2/2012 on Madison Street between 14^th and Colorado. Please call or text if you know his whereabouts.

Molly 315-415-0266 or Darrick 315-558-2572

#38120

From: whj@...
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:46 pm
Subject: Donatelli, Jim Graham, Pay-to-Play and ANCs

whjmela

Richard,

I maintain, that you don't have to be that smart or sophisticated to ensure more equity and fairness in neighborhood/community development. That ANC commissioners and commissions can play a critical role even in the face of the growth machine and pay-to-play politicians. I've chosen to focus on Donatelli Development because they are a classic case study in how to use pay-to-play to basically defraud a community, yet have persons such as yourself make excuses for them while they gain control over 100s of millions in leveraged public assets.

I don't know if you've seen the cartoon, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas", in it there's scene where the Grinch goes to Whoville and begins to steal the trappings of Christmas and even steals the crumbs for the mice and takes the last ornament from Mary Lou Who's tree. While when it comes to Columbia Heights Donatelli Development is much like the Grinch, taking every inch in public resource that they could, even down to sidewalk pavers and nickels & dimes from the CH Neighborhood Fund. In the cartoon eventually the people of Whoville found a way to come together just enough to change the dynamics such that the Grinch is forced to change and returns what he stole. While, I know Donatelli Development will never return what the took, with an active ANC and community, Donatelli Development would have to at slow their rate of taking and fulfill their most basic obligations.

Below are photos of the private parking and bus service Donatelli operates under contract with the Washington Hospital Center(WHC). Donatelli is paid to provide parking and the WHC shuttle uses public space to operate the shuttle. Ironically Donatelli initially lobbied and got WMATA and the city to remove public bus service from in front of Highland Park. Can't easily sell/rent luxury condos/apartments with "those people" waiting in front to catch the bus.

Initially, WHC wanted to do the deal with DC USA where the city owns the garage that was costing the city $2Million per year in losses. Instead, the city gave the deal to Donatelli to protect Donatelli's bottom line instead of the tax payer. Note the DC USA garage deficit was being made up with NIF funds. So in essence the value of Donatelli's WHC parking bus service deal represents the amount that Donatelli was collecting in NIF funding, which normally could only go to nonprofits. Now, you would think that given this parking revenue going to Donatelli/Highland Park that a portion would be used to fund the CH Neighborhood Fund or at least to maintain order in cleanliness in the public space that they use.

So Donatelli Development again, which always proffers its deals as not requiring public financing and speed to market, uses its pay-to-play relationship to access public resources via the back door. While, I can't provide it, I believe this is why the DC Circular does not connect to WHC, which would made sense. Remember Donatelli Development basically claims they don't have to execute the CH Neighborhood Fund ratified in their LDA because Highland Park does not have the cash flow. Yet, the city continued to award them new public land for development based on the same, "no need for public financing" premise.

So, Donatelli Development is using public resources to sell parking spaces(note 25% owned by the public) for private gain, while residents and other businesses in the area are crying for parking relief. This entire arrangement should have come before the ANC with 30day public notice. Do you believe the public would have allowed this without conditions which better serve the public? Commissioners would not have required any special skills to know that this deal takes from the public with no public benefit.

Like the Grinch taking everything he could from Whoville (I would note that in the movie version with Jim Carrey the Grinch benefited from pay-to-play Whoville politicians), Donatelli has done the same to Columbia Heights. The theory around the Growth Machine has to be backed by understanding its mechanics. I wonder if anyone with share with the public the value of the Donatelli/WHC deal, at least 25% of the revenue should be going to the public.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard Layman" <rlaymandc@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 12:17pm
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline

fwiw, few people in the city write about this issue as much as me. e.g.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

If you don't know urban political theory, it's likely that you don't understand local land use: St. Louis: DC; etc.

Left: sign up sheet at the Walmart booth at the H Street Festival in September.

I think that's why Walmart continues to do community organizing with regard to their entry into DC as their biggest supporters have left or are leaving the stage--Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. is in jail, Council Chairman Kwame Brown has resigned, and Mayor Gray is under a cloud due to campaign finance violations and isn't likely to run again, even if no charges are filed against him--and they want to maintain their presence and visibility, even though for the most part, zoning regulations allow their entry without significant public involvement.

The blog entry "The Missouri History Museum, Freeman Bosley, Jr. and the Broken Nature of Civic Leadership" from the NextSTL (St. Louis) blog discusses a series of articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on overly intimate financial dealings between local nonprofits and business and political leaders in need of various bailouts. It's got outrage, but misses the deeper point.

Although maybe 8 years ago or so, the Richmond Times-Dispatch did an amazing profile of Richmond's power structure and power brokers, with a spider map showing the various interconnections. This was a surprise, because the Bryan family, owners of the paper, are a part of that structure.

The Washington Post reports on the various corrupt and ethical failings of local politicians (the latest being "Report: Councilman Graham's actions contrary to Metro ethics rules" and the editorials "Jim Graham’s breach of duty" and "Jim Graham investigation to test the D.C. Council’s ethics stance " on Councilman Jim Graham's likely misuse of his dual position as DC City Councilmember and member of the board of the local transit authority and interference in contracts and deals involving parties with business before both) without ever disclosing its role as one of the initial organizers of what Clarence Stone would call the local governing coalition, the Federal City Council.

But this is hardly new. In San Diego, the local newspaper is now owned by a real estate developer. The Los Angeles Times was owned by a key landowning family for decades. DC's Examiner is owned by the same group that owns Anschutz Entertainment Group, a major player in arenas, concert promotion, and entertainment across the globe. Gaylord Entertainment (the company that owns National Harbor and Grand Ole Opry, and is being acquired by Marriott) grew out of the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Although local alternative papers can be good sources of information on Growth Machine politics. The original Washington City Paper Loose Lips columnist (Ken Cummings) and the City Desk news pieces were legendary for providing deep back story on such issues.

Without knowing the back story, too often you fly blind

I'm not sure that knowing the theories helps advocates transform the system, but it does allow you to understand what's happening, and how and why, and it gives you some insights into how to shape the system to function better, in part by introducing citizens as a force for civic engagement, action, and ethics, and also by trying to improve the various processes of "the system."

For example, my writings on community benefits-proffer processes make the point that without clear definition, likely deliberate, the process is designed more to limit the financial impact on developers, and less to monetize some of the economic value created by variances, density bonuses, and other special changes to planning, zoning, and building regulations that would otherwise limit the economic value of projects. See "What community benefits are supposed to be versus what people think they are about."

Similarly, many advocates don't understand that government employees aren't usually independent actors, but are very much constrained by their bosses, who ultimately, are the elected officials.

So it is essential to have checks and balances built into the system, in this case the right planning regulations in place, to provide residents with more control and ability to shape the built environment in their communities, be it having "big box" ordinances, a parks master plan, a robust transportation vision plan, neighborhood and sector planning processes that produce neighborhood and/or sector plans, planning and/or transportation commissions, robust capital improvement planning, etc.--none of which, by the way, are present in DC--although transportation and parks master plans are in the process of being developed.

See "Lessons from Walmart's foray into Washington, DC" and "More on DC ethics and corruption: intrinsic vs. extrinsic behavior," among others

Your comment is borderline nonsense, even a little cowardly. It takes little courage to swat at a knat, while ignoring the elephant.

Laina has been a good commissioner and I support her. Yes, ANC Commissioners can and do raise money usually for signs, flyers and mailings. Yes, they have to file a report.

As long as most of money is coming from constituents fundraising is necessary to ensure an independent commissioner and commission.

William

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

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#38121

From: Richard Layman <rlaymandc@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:32 pm
Subject: Re: Donatelli, Jim Graham, Pay-to-Play and ANCs [2 Attachments]

rlaymandc

of course ANCs are capable of great things, including bringing attention to such issues. So I don't know how your ANC is set up or some of the others in Ward 1 (I do know about W6 and W4).

Why don't you get two ANCs to agree to create a task force on this issue and address it through hearings and a report?

All we can do is work to change the environment. For all your bitching about how things should be and how everyone should do things, I do plenty, even if it appears to you to be mostly analytical and through words (symbolic analysis). Clearly, the way you've been doing it on this list hasn't had much impact, at least the way you'd want it to be, judging by the tenor of your posts. Were I you, I would consider that worthwhile information and take the time to self-reflect and ponder whether or not what you are recommending-imploring is having effect and what potential alternatives are.

I have already resigned myself to the fact that people take "critical analysis" as criticism and after awhile, attempt to negate the points I make consistently and repeatedly, over the years. (E.g., so Councilmembers are big on Greater Greater Washington, and not so much on my blog, because my analysis and recommendations for system-structural improvement are significantly deeper. They prefer accolades to critical analysis.)

However, eventually, many types of positions come around to the point of view I espoused 5-10 years ago. But the big thing I have begun to accept as I move into my mid 50s is that's ok, change takes time.

Now wrt ANC committees, I've served on a few. I would claim that while the ANC4B committee that I co-chaired and served as chief author on the Walmart debacle produced a great report/analysis of gaps in city planning and zoning regulations and laid out a course of action that the city could take to better represent citizen interests on that matter, for the most part, the report was ignored as the OP and DDOT staff were ordered by their ultimate bosses (the elected officials) to make Walmart happen.

So you take that in and ponder next steps. For me, that's changing the planning and zoning regulations accordingly as they relate to the issue of big box review, or how community benefits agreements are negotiated, etc.

And I have written a lot about that too.

And even when I seem to not have much impact here, because I blog (and my other activities) or write articles for trade publications, do class presentations etc., the identification of gaps in practice, at least in other communities, gets addressed.

From: "whj@..." <whj@...>
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 10:46 AM
Subject: [columbia_heights] Donatelli, Jim Graham, Pay-to-Play and ANCs [2 Attachments]

Richard,

fwiw, few people in the city write about this issue as much as me. e.g.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

If you don't know urban political theory, it's likely that you don't understand local land use: St. Louis: DC; etc.

Left: sign up sheet at the Walmart booth at the H Street Festival in September.

I think that's why Walmart continues to do community organizing with regard to their entry into DC as their biggest supporters have left or are leaving the stage--Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. is in jail, Council Chairman Kwame Brown has resigned, and Mayor Gray is under a cloud due to campaign finance violations and isn't likely to run again, even if no charges are filed against him--and they want to maintain their presence and visibility, even though for the most part, zoning regulations allow their entry without significant public involvement.

The blog entry "The Missouri History Museum, Freeman Bosley, Jr. and the Broken Nature of Civic Leadership" from the NextSTL (St. Louis) blog discusses a series of articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on overly intimate financial dealings between local nonprofits and business and political leaders in need of various bailouts. It's got outrage, but misses the deeper point.

Although maybe 8 years ago or so, the Richmond Times-Dispatch did an amazing profile of Richmond's power structure and power brokers, with a spider map showing the various interconnections. This was a surprise, because the Bryan family, owners of the paper, are a part of that structure.

The Washington Post reports on the various corrupt and ethical failings of local politicians (the latest being "Report: Councilman Graham's actions contrary to Metro ethics rules" and the editorials "Jim Graham’s breach of duty" and "Jim Graham investigation to test the D.C. Council’s ethics stance " on Councilman Jim Graham's likely misuse of his dual position as DC City Councilmember and member of the board of the local transit authority and interference in contracts and deals involving parties with business before both) without ever disclosing its role as one of the initial organizers of what Clarence Stone would call the local governing coalition, the Federal City Council.

But this is hardly new. In San Diego, the local newspaper is now owned by a real estate developer. The Los Angeles Times was owned by a key landowning family for decades. DC's Examiner is owned by the same group that owns Anschutz Entertainment Group, a major player in arenas, concert promotion, and entertainment across the globe. Gaylord Entertainment (the company that owns National Harbor and Grand Ole Opry, and is being acquired by Marriott) grew out of the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Although local alternative papers can be good sources of information on Growth Machine politics. The original Washington City Paper Loose Lips columnist (Ken Cummings) and the City Desk news pieces were legendary for providing deep back story on such issues.

Without knowing the back story, too often you fly blind

I'm not sure that knowing the theories helps advocates transform the system, but it does allow you to understand what's happening, and how and why, and it gives you some insights into how to shape the system to function better, in part by introducing citizens as a force for civic engagement, action, and ethics, and also by trying to improve the various processes of "the system."

For example, my writings on community benefits-proffer processes make the point that without clear definition, likely deliberate, the process is designed more to limit the financial impact on developers, and less to monetize some of the economic value created by variances, density bonuses, and other special changes to planning, zoning, and building regulations that would otherwise limit the economic value of projects. See "What community benefits are supposed to be versus what people think they are about."

Similarly, many advocates don't understand that government employees aren't usually independent actors, but are very much constrained by their bosses, who ultimately, are the elected officials.

So it is essential to have checks and balances built into the system, in this case the right planning regulations in place, to provide residents with more control and ability to shape the built environment in their communities, be it having "big box" ordinances, a parks master plan, a robust transportation vision plan, neighborhood and sector planning processes that produce neighborhood and/or sector plans, planning and/or transportation commissions, robust capital improvement planning, etc.--none of which, by the way, are present in DC--although transportation and parks master plans are in the process of being developed.

See "Lessons from Walmart's foray into Washington, DC" and "More on DC ethics and corruption: intrinsic vs. extrinsic behavior," among others

Your comment is borderline nonsense, even a little cowardly. It takes little courage to swat at a knat, while ignoring the elephant.

Laina has been a good commissioner and I support her. Yes, ANC Commissioners can and do raise money usually for signs, flyers and mailings. Yes, they have to file a report.

As long as most of money is coming from constituents fundraising is necessary to ensure an independent commissioner and commission.

William

From: Aquiline, Laina (ANC 1A05) <1a05@...>
Subject: [columbia_heights] REMINDER: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: "columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com" <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012, 3:17 PM

A reminder for Sat. evening's neighborhood meet & greet in Columbia Heights, 7-10pm. Please come out! It's going to be a fun night in a fabulous house. See the invitation below and RSVP.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>
Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Neighborhood Meet and Greet with Commissioner Laina Aquiline
To: Bradley Van Waus <bvanwaus@...>

Please join us for a

Neighborhood Meet and Greet in support of

Laina Aquiline's re-election campaign for

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (1A04)
Sat. Nov 3, 7-10pm

Hosted by
Sam Huang & Bradley Van Waus
3427 Holmead Place NW

Come enjoy a lovely "post Hurricane Sandy" evening, meet more of your neighbors, and our next commissioner.
RSVP to Sam <samson.huang@...> or Bradley bvanwaus@... by Friday, November 2.

Requested contribution of $25 (max.) per person. If you have already made a $25 contribution, there is no need to make another one.
You do not have to be a constituent of Laina's or even a DC voter.
You can contribute in advance via PayPal by clicking here, check made payable to:

Friends of Laina
1338 Meridian Place NW
Washington DC 20010
Or at the door.

All are welcome!

See the new ANC 1A map.

Find your ANC via DC Citizen Atlas.
"Like" Laina's page on Facebook or visit her website.

Grade.DC.gov has expanded!
Now you can grade the DC Public Library, Police, Fire and EMS, the Office of Unified Communications (311/911) and the Office on Aging.
Check out www.grade.dc.gov today.

#38122

From: "caj2020" <c_jones_2000@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 6:02 pm
Subject: Re: All Defendants Pleaded GUILTY to Felony Charges - 'Washington DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Revoke the ABC License of the DC Fish Carryout' on Change.org

caj2020

Thanks for your interest Eric,

Public information from the DC Superior Court docket is available online:
http://www.dccourts.gov/internet/CCO.jsf.

"Defendant pled guilty to count 2. Counts 1, 3, and 4 dismissed as part of the
plea agreement."

Count 2 is one of the two counts of felony distribution of crack cocaine at the
DC Fish Carryout that Bruce was charged with. The charges that were dismissed
were another felony count of distribution of a controlled substance (crack
cocaine), conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance (crack cocaine), and
possession of drug paraphernalia. More information will be known when he is
sentenced in January. Until then, he's free on personal recognizance, as he has
been throughout his prosecution.

The DC Government's process to revoke the store's liquor license is a separate
matter, handled by ABRA. http://abra.dc.gov/DC/ABRA/ and I don't have any more
information about the revocation hearings now, but I'll look into it soon, and
provide an update.

I'm not sure whether ABRA's ABC Board will consider the petition moot as they
decide what to do about DC Fish Carryout owner Suk In Hyun's liquor license. I
would hope that the Board would revoke his liquor license out-of-hand, due to
his felony conviction, but I'm not sure whether or not there are any
"loopholes." It's probably to our advantage that the Board knows that community
members are concerned about drug sales at this address. If no one says anything,
they might think we don't care.

For anyone who hasn't signed the petition, if you'd like to add your voice to
those who say "NO WAY" to drug dealing in Columbia Heights, please do. We've
nearly reached our goal of 500 signatures:
http://www.change.org/petitions/washington-dc-alcoholic-beverage-control-board-r\
evoke-the-abc-license-of-the-dc-fish-carryout

Thanks again & take care,

Cecilia

--- In columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Scharf" <escharf@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know what the terms of the plea bargain with Bruce is?
> I would assume that if he gets jail time that he would have to give
> up the liquor license, making this petition process somewhat moot.
> Is there any reliable information as to how and why he got involved
> with this activity?
>
>
>
> Eric Scharf
>
>
>
> From: columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cecilia
> Jones
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 9:49 PM
> Subject: [columbia_heights] All Defendants Pleaded GUILTY to Felony
> Charges - 'Washington DC Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Revoke
> the ABC License of the DC Fish Carryout' on Change.org
>
>
>
>
>
> Quick update: the remaining two co-defendants who were arrested in
> the DC Fish Carryout case pleaded guilty in court today.
>
>
>
> In an unusual turn of events, DC Fish Carryout owner Suk "Bruce" In
> Hyun decided to plead guilty during his trial. Under the plea
> bargain, on January 18, 2013 he will face sentencing for one felony
> count of drug distribution. He remains released on personal
> recognizance.
>
>
>
> Co-defendant Craig McKoy also pleaded guilty today to a felony drug
> distribution charge. He is still being held in jail.
>
>
>
> On October 15 2012, co-defendant Timothy Hill pleaded guilty to two
> felony charges and was sentenced to serve 30 months in jail.
>
>
>
> If you'd like to get more involved in next steps, including writing
> community impact statements or the revocation process for the DC
> Fish Carryout's liquor license, please contact me:
> cecilia.a.jones@... <mailto:cecilia.a.jones@...>  or
> 202-299-7868.
>
>
>
> Petition update: we're still 25 signatures short of our goal of 500
> signatures. Please encourage your friends and neighbors, especially
> those from the immediate area of the DC Fish Carryout, to stand up
> against drug dealing in our neighborhood and sign. It makes a
> difference!
>
>
>
> http://www.change.org/petitions/washington-dc-alcoholic-beverage-co
> ntrol-board-revoke-the-abc-license-of-the-dc-fish-carryout
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Cecilia
>

#38123

From: Lenwood Johnson <slimwood145@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:00 pm
Subject: FOIA--Usage review of all government-issued ANC email accounts and cell phones

slimwood145

So, let's just check to see who is in compliance.

#38124

From: Bbpair <bbpair@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2012 9:05 pm
Subject: Re: FOIA--Usage review of all government-issued ANC email accounts and cell phones

bbpair@...

Mr. Johnson is clutching at straws and attacking where no attack is warranted. One does not justify improper behavior by attacking someone else. Betty Pair

-----Original Message-----
From: Lenwood Johnson <slimwood145@...>
To: columbia_heights <columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com>; WardOneDC <WardOneDC@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sun, Nov 4, 2012 2:00 pm
Subject: [columbia_heights] FOIA--Usage review of all government-issued ANC email accounts and cell phones

So, let's just check to see who is in compliance.