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27 Mar 10:14 am
STIMULUS! D.C. STYLE: "Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is raiding the Neighborhood Investment Fund for
earmarks for arts groups and other non-neighborhood-investment purposes. 'Under the proposed budget, only $5.4 million of the $17 million will be set aside for neighborhood groups.
About $1.6 million will be transferred to the Commission on Arts and Humanities and distributed through grants of mostly $250,000 to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
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6 Nov, 2007 1:48 am
... By Yolanda Woodlee, Washington Post Staff Writer D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) withdrew
his executive order to purge the majority of city e-mails ... to return to our previous policy of retaining all District Government emails indefinitely," Fenty said in a statement. Earlier yesterday, council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) ... council 45 days to review any other administration recommendations on
public records. Fenty uses three BlackBerrys to communicate with his top aides, residents and the council. ...
24 Mar, 2007 7:43 am
The Washington Post reports: D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is scheduled to meet with a top Bush
administration official Monday to press for congressional representation for the city, a goal that has grown more complicated in recent days as House...
5 Jun, 2008 4:00 am
blank">Bill of Rights (From blank">public domain.) Giddiness seemed to run wide over Adrian Fenty's ascension to the District of Columbia mayoral throne two years ago at age thirty-five. He apparently ... D.C.'s interim attorney general Peter Nickles
as saying: "This is a very targeted program that has been used in other cities... I'm not worried about the constitutionality of it." Fortunately, even a D.C. city councilmember
who tentatively supports this neighborhood safety zone approach said ...
28 May, 2008 11:27 am
... members about introducing legislation that would allow Gist to sever ties with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), having her report to the council or operate independently of both. Last ... the very fact that she is not beholden to a school bureaucracy and
answers only to Fenty. Now the City Council wants to change that by putting someone into a position of oversight. ... they don't. The City
Council bought into, relucatantly in some cases, Fenty's proposal to take over the schools. Now they have some remorse ...
16 Jul, 2007 6:31 am
... officials of the local government in Washington, D.C., have scheduled an announcement at 11 a.m. Monday on their decision about whether to appeal to the Supreme Court in a
major test case ... M. Fenty and Attorney General Linda Singer will announce the District's next move following the 2-1 decision of the
D.C. Circuit's Decision ... District of Columbia, the challenge to the District of Columbia's handgun laws. Who: Mayor Adrian M.
Fenty Attorney General Linda Singer MPD Chief Cathy Lanier When: Monday ...
8 May, 2007 10:31 am
UPDATE 8:30 p.m. District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty told reporters on Tuesday
that an appeal to the Supreme Court is one option being considered as the city seeks to regain full authority to ... "life or death" matter, they are expected to challenge the panel
decision in the Supreme Court. Such an appeal almost certainly would not be reviewed until next Term. (D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is expected to make a statement later Tuesday.) A grant would appear to be quite likely, because there is a ...
3 May, 2007 7:45 am
... Georgetown public library damaged this week in a three-alarm fire, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said yesterday. Mr. Fenty has identified $7.2 million in capital funds for the repair project, which library
officials said will take years to complete. "The administration's No. 1 point ... a press conference in front of the building, in the 3000 block of R Street Northwest. The fire started
about 12:30 p.m. Monday. An electrical short sparked another fire that day, at 1 a.m. at the ...
11 Jan, 2008 9:31 am
... of life in prison if convicted. "I don't think anyone in the city can remember a case involving this many young people who have died in such a tragic way," Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said. The charging documents identify the children as Brittany Jacks, 17; Tatianna Jacks, 11;
N' ... who are paid to look out for the welfare of children, and we will come back with a full report," Fenty said. Nona Richardson, a
spokeswoman for the D.C. Public Charter School Board, said Jacks' three ...
8 Jun, 2008 7:45 am
... to determine if people's rights were violated. Interim D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty have insisted that the checkpoints are a legal and necessary step to stop a spike in violence. "It would be unconscionable, maybe even a dereliction of
our duty, for the police chief and I to not do something different, to not turn up the heat," Fenty said. - Why don't you ask the public if
they agree with it? And if they don't, ...
17 Jan 11:43 am
... . The command center is live as of this writing and will remain in operation until 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on Wednesday. This is, of course, unless something
happens and it needs to remain in ... the inauguration is over. An official press release from Secretary Chertoff, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine on the
inauguration can be seen on the DHS site. I found more information about inauguration security ...
16 Jul, 2007 8:57 am
UPDATE Tuesday a.m. Attorneys for the D.C. citizens who challenged the local handgun control law said Tuesday they will join in urging the Supreme Court to hear the city's
appeal. They will oppose an ... ask Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., for a 30-day extension of time to file the case. Mayor Adrian M.
Fenty and city Attorney General Linda Singer disclosed the appeal plan at a press conference, along with local Police Chief Cathy Lanier. (A
news release announcing the action can be found here ...
14 Jul, 2008 5:01 am
UPDATE Tuesday 8 p.m. The City Council of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday completed passage of the proposed new handgun control legislation. The Council, by unanimous voice vote,
approved the bill largely as outlined in the ... fee from a proposed $13 to $25. It authorized the Police Chief to impose a fee for the required ballistics test. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said in a statement: "None of us wanted this bill to be necessary. But I think we have struck
the right balance between honoring the Supreme ...
1 Oct 10:30 am
... . The Mayor and Chairman Rhea were joined by Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development Dennis M. Walcott in the community center at Brooklyn's Gowanus Houses-a
14-building, 12-acre complex that is ... , dedicated service in public housing for residents of the District of Columbia," said District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. "I applaud his efforts in our city and wish him much success in his future work in New York
City." Kelly has received numerous awards and recognitions including ...
16 Jan, 2007 9:28 pm
From washingtonpost.com: University of Cincinnati Criminal Justice Professor John E. Eck discusses the appeal of foot patrols with regard to the new D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and the acting police chief Cathy L. Lanier new plan to incorporate foot...
20 Feb, 2007 3:02 pm
... Street NW. In 2004, 10 pedestrians were killed in the Washington D.C. area. 16 pedestrians died in 2005. Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian
M. Fenty says that his administration is working on a Pedestrian Master Plan, which will identify the improvements that are necessary to
the District's crosswalks, sidewalks, refuge islands, and countdown signals. While pedestrian error is a common cause of pedestrian injures and fatalities, driver ...
22 Mar, 2007 4:18 am
The Washington Post reports: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty declared in his first State of the District
address yesterday that he is moving fast to make Washington a better place to live, and urged residents to join him for a people's...
29 Jun, 2007 9:08 pm
... on his six-month tenure. Reinoso cited legal advice for the refusal as he appeared before the D.C. Council, which will vote July 10 on whether to confirm his appointment to deputy
mayor for education -- one of several positions created as Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) has taken
the helm of public education. **For IPBiz information on the SIU matter, see http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/01/siu-plagiarism-scandal-takes-another.html ...
3 Sep, 2007 10:10 am
District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and other local officials will discuss the city's
appeal to the Supreme Court to try to revive the District's handgun ban at a press conference Tuesday morning, the Mayor's office announced. Here is the press release about the event.
Under an extension of time granted by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., the District's petition for review in the Second Amendment case is due no later than Wednesday. The D.C.
Circuit ...
4 Sep, 2007 6:22 am
"Fighting for Our Handgun Ban": Today in The Washington Post, Adrian M. Fenty and Linda Singer
have an op-ed that begins, "As mayor and attorney general of the District of Columbia, we were deeply disappointed this year when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declared
that the District's longstanding handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. Today we are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision in that ...
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