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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010This is an exciting time for DC Statehood, and I know I speak for many when I say how pleased I am to see all the renewed efforts and energy surrounding the goal of making the District of Columbia the 51st state.
If there ever was a time to move forward on this issue, that time [...]
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 [...]
DC Statehood Fund Holiday Gifts
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Order by midnight, December 17th for standard shipping delivery by the 24th!
I have three questions for you:
1) Are you still looking for the perfect holiday gift?
2) Do you like snarky T-shirts?
3) Do you want to support the DC Statehood Fund?
If the the answer was “yes” to any of the above, then look no further as [...]
$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 [...]
District Appropriation Bill Clears Conference Committee
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Good news from the Capitol, the District’s annual appropriation bill has cleared the conference committee with many of the egregious riders being stripped off. The District’s long-standing prohibitions on spending city funds on medical marijuana, needle-exchange programs and abortion will finally be lifted.
Directly from the Senate Appropriation Committee’s web site:
Removing Special Restrictions on the [...]
