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Statement on Elimination of Statehood Funding in Mayor’s Budget
Friday, May 14th, 2010The mayor’s proposed budget eliminates what little funding there was for statehood initiatives. You can read more in this Washington Times article. (link)
I’ve released the following statement on this, which I hope you’ll share:
“For many years Congress mandated that the District couldn’t spend our local tax dollars to lobby for statehood or expanded home rule. [...]
DC Voting Rights Bill Pulled
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010“This deal is getting worse all the time!” – Lando Carlissan, Empire Strikes Back
In case you haven’t heard, the DC Voting Rights bill was pulled today by Delegate Norton. There was talk last week of a compromise on the gun amendment issue, but it looks like the NRA wanted too much from the District when [...]
Statehood Stakeholder’s Meeting on Jan. 19
Friday, January 15th, 2010The Statehood Stakeholder Committee has now has several subcommittees to manage the planning and implementation of several activities in furtherance of our push for full democracy and statehood. I’ll be very active in this process (of course) and I encourage others to get involved as well. There is a lot of renewed energy from the [...]
$250,000 in Competitive Grants Available for Organizations Working on DC Statehood & Voting Rights
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009UPDATE: According to the Office of the Secretary, the details of the grant are not ready for release. Stay tuned for a future update regarding the procedure and timing. In the meantime, get your thinking caps on…
The following grant notice was distributed last week at the Statehood Stakeholders meeting. I don’t have more details beyond [...]
