2008-07-24T20:52:30Z tag:blog.washingtonpost.com,2008:/dc/377 Copyright (c) 2008, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2008-07-24T20:52:30Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-24:/dc2008/07/childrens_group_pressing_city.html

Children's Rights Inc., the group behind a nearly 20-year-old class action lawsuit that forced the District's child welfare system into receivership, said today it will ask a federal judge to hold the city in contempt for continuing to fail children....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marcia Davis 2008-07-24T20:00:35Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-24:/dc2008/07/dc_delegation_convention_agend.html

One month left until Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Democratic State Committee Chair Anita Bonds lead the city's delegation to Denver for the Democratic National Convention. They'll set up headquarters at the Crowne Plaza (and a few overflow hotels for the roughly 100 delegates, staff, voluteers and other hangers-on). For the most part, the week will be filled with delegation meetings, breakfast buffets, caucus meetings, luncheons, committee meetings, parties and, oh yeah, the business...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A Nakamura 2008-07-24T18:19:49Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-24:/dc2008/07/log_cabin_republicans_support.html

District Council member Carol Schwartz (R-At Large) picked up the endorsement of the DC Log Cabin Republicans last night, the group announced this afternoon. It also endorsed Christina Culver, candidate for Ward 2 DC Council for the November General Election. "Our members made a good choice by endorsing Carol and Christina. They share a desire to want to move our City forward with common sense reforms while protecting and expanding rights for the gay and...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marcia Davis 2008-07-24T12:42:30Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-24:/dc2008/07/_in_todays_district_extra.html

D.C. officials plan a renovation of the plaza in front of Union Station to make it easier for pedestrians to navigate the area.... Three council members attend the National Conference of State Legislatures to make the case for District voting rights in Congress.... Local woman traces her great-grandfather's Civil War history and blazes a trail in research about black soldiers in white regiments.... Also, as always, get home sales, crime reports and upcoming community events....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marcia Davis 2008-07-23T19:36:41Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-23:/dc2008/07/moneme_gets_40000_pay_increase.html

Amid rumors that he was frustrated by long hours and micromanaging by the Fenty administration, here's one good reason why Emeka Moneme is leaving for Metro: He will earn $185,000 a year in his new gig, according to sources, up from the $145,000 he earned at DDOT. Moneme, 35, has four kids. "Any talk of bad blood is some hyperbole," said Erik Linden, Moneme's former spokesman who now works in the private sector in New...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A Nakamura 2008-07-23T20:02:55Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-23:/dc2008/07/pendleton_brown_withdraw_chall.html

It was anti-climatic but filled with drama. Shadow Sen. Michael D. Brown and former shadow Sen. Florence Pendleton withdrew their challenges today to the nominating petitions of Philip Pannell in his effort to become an official candidate for shadow senator. Pannell is trying to unseat Paul Strauss, a 12-year incumbent. Though Strauss did not challenge Pannell himself, Richard Bianco, his campaign treasurer and associate in his law firm, represented Pendleton and Brown before the Board...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Nikita R Stewart 2008-07-23T18:19:51Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-23:/dc2008/07/lawyer_seales_named_interim_tr.html

Frank Seales Jr., general counsel for the D.C. Department of Transportation, was named today as interim director of that agency to replace Emeka Moneme, who is leaving for Metro. Seales has worked there since 2001, after serving as chief counsel for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to a release from Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's office. Seales also served from 1989 to 1998 as the chief and senior assistant attorney general for antitrust and...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A Nakamura 2008-07-23T17:01:38Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-23:/dc2008/07/dc_transportation_director_dep.html

D.C. Department of Transportation Director Emeka C. Moneme is heading back to Metro. (Photo courtesy of District of Columbia Department of Transportation) He was among a young group of new leaders that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty touted as the "best and the brightest" when he created his cabinet, but now D.C. Department of Transportation Director Emeka C. Moneme is leaving the city government. Moneme, sources said, is taking a new job at Metro as...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A Nakamura 2008-07-23T14:38:06Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-23:/dc2008/07/hotel_association_endorses_cou.html

The Hotel Association of Washington has endorsed a clean sweep of incumbents in the D.C. Council races, putting its clout behind Carol Schwartz (R-At Large) and Democrats Kwame R. Brown (At Large), Jack Evans (Ward 2), Muriel Bowser (Ward 4), Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) and Marion Barry (Ward 8). The endorsement is particularly sweet for Schwartz, who saw the Greater Washington Board of Trade endorse rival Republican Patrick Mara earlier this week. A Schwartz aide...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A Nakamura 2008-07-22T23:38:10Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-22:/dc2008/07/for_pannell_its_getting_person.html

Now, it's personal, said Philip Pannell, wannabe candidate for shadow senator. "It's very personal," he said. The longtime Democrat, who wants to unseat shadow Sen. Paul Strauss, will go before the Board of Elections and Ethics at a public hearing tomorrow to fend off challenges to his nominating petitions. He needs 2,000 signatures of registered Democrats to become an official candidate on the ballot for the Sept. 9 Democratic primary. Both shadow Rep. Michael D....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Nikita R Stewart 2008-07-22T15:37:18Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-22:/dc2008/07/another_road_trip_for_voting_r.html

D.C. Council members are in New Orleans this week for the 34th annual legislative summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan group that, according to its website, was founded "to improve the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures." Well, the organization serves all 50 states, plus territories and the District, which wants the privileges of a state. That's voting rights, folks. Taxation with representation in Congress. Council member David A. Catania (I-At...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Nikita R Stewart 2008-07-22T12:09:39Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-22:/dc2008/07/barry_demanding_answers_on_pay.html

District youth are getting a tough lesson about the working world, thanks to the District government. Hundreds of young workers in the city's summer jobs program are frustrated because they have been underpaid, and worst, not paid at all. (Some have actually been overpaid, too, and that, of course, is a teachable moment about honesty.) Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) has been leading the charge against the District's Department of Employment Services and demanding that...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marcia Davis 2008-07-21T20:59:26Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-21:/dc2008/07/dc_board_of_trade_endorses_mar.html

Republican D.C. Council hopeful Patrick Mara, a government relations consultant who lives in Columbia Heights, got a boost today when the Greater Washington Board of Trade endorsed him in his campaign to unseat four-term incumbent Carol Schwartz in the September primary. The board's Political Action Committee cited Mara's support for Mayor Fenty's takeover of the public school system, specifically, noting that Schwartz, a former school board member, opposed the move. The board was also angered...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David A Nakamura 2008-07-21T20:18:27Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-21:/dc2008/07/_the_civil_war_inside.html

The civil war inside the leadership of the Washington Teachers Union continues to rage. WTU general vice president Nathan A. Saunders told the D.C. Wire today to "expect civil disobedience" at this evening's union executive board meeting when it takes up president George Parker's plan for membership to hear from him and Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee about contract negotiations in a series of sessions this week. The board will meet from 6 p.m. to 7...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marcia Davis 2008-07-21T12:37:17Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2008-07-21:/dc2008/07/roque_gerald_interim_director.html

Roque Gerald, interim director of the troubled Child and Family Services Agency, has arrived face to face with his past. As Post reporter Ian Shapira reports, it seems that in 1989, Gerald had sex with a suicidal and depressed patient who ended up suing him for damages. It's a fact that city officials said is overshadowed by his work since the incident. The case ended up going to the Virginia Supreme Court, which ruled in...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Marcia Davis