By: KaTysha Foreman
This past week marked the first 100 Days of Mayor Adrian Fenty’s term in office. Fenty, the current Washington, D.C. Mayor, came in to office with a vengeance and a plan to reshape the District; making it as prosperous as it once was.
Mayor Fenty’s 100 Days and Beyond Initiative set in to motion seven agendas to improve the status of our nation’s capital. These agendas include Education, Human Services, Public Safety Infrastructure & Environment, Government Operations, Healthcare, and Economic Development & Affordable Housing.
Although all these agendas have been very successful, the most important and moving the fastest is the Reformation of the Education System in the District. The Mayor proposed taking on the School System and the overseeing of the schools will be done directly from the Mayor’s office.
This purposed agenda had to be approved by the City Council and was approved to move forward. Fenty has taken on the D.C. School System to give the students in the District a fighting chance.
The ailing school system has been a topic for years in the District. With the rise of the drop out rate and the increase of violence in the schools, many believe this just another campaign initiative that will go away in 6 months, just like the others.
Well, until that happens we will never know if this will be true. The public schools in the District are not preparing the students for the career world or even preparing them for higher education.
The new mayor has accomplished so much, but has a long way to go. The future and success of the district is on the hands of this administration.
For more of Mayor Fenty’s 100 Days and Beyond, go to http://dc.gov/mayor/100dayPlan
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Thousands March For D.C. Voting Rights
By: KaTysha Foreman
"Free D.C., Free D.C." These were the words that rang out in the street of the District yesterday by the thousand plus activists demanding full representation in the U.S. Congress.
This week started with a optimistic bill that was on the House floor to give the District equal representation in the U.S. Congress. The efforts of the bill's supports were overseen and the bill was not passed.
Although, this would be a remarkable and monumental occasion, voting-rights activists are seeing great opposition from the Republicans in Congress and most importantly, the President. The bill, that did not get through the House of Representatives, would have had a harder time making it through the Senate floor; even harder time getting it signed by the president who has openly stated that he would veto it.
March leader and activist Mayor Adrian Fenty was at the forefront of this movement. Fenty, reportedly told the Washington Post, stated that "the White House is next." Getting into the hearts of D.C. residences, firing them up for the continued movement.
The march was held on the of D.C.'s Emancipation Day; the day in history when the slaves where freed in the District. Mayor Fenty draws a unique parallel to the Emancipation of slaves to the Emancipation of D.C. voters.
The fight is no where near over and the solution will unfold for D.C. voters.
"Free D.C., Free D.C." These were the words that rang out in the street of the District yesterday by the thousand plus activists demanding full representation in the U.S. Congress.
This week started with a optimistic bill that was on the House floor to give the District equal representation in the U.S. Congress. The efforts of the bill's supports were overseen and the bill was not passed.
Although, this would be a remarkable and monumental occasion, voting-rights activists are seeing great opposition from the Republicans in Congress and most importantly, the President. The bill, that did not get through the House of Representatives, would have had a harder time making it through the Senate floor; even harder time getting it signed by the president who has openly stated that he would veto it.
March leader and activist Mayor Adrian Fenty was at the forefront of this movement. Fenty, reportedly told the Washington Post, stated that "the White House is next." Getting into the hearts of D.C. residences, firing them up for the continued movement.
The march was held on the of D.C.'s Emancipation Day; the day in history when the slaves where freed in the District. Mayor Fenty draws a unique parallel to the Emancipation of slaves to the Emancipation of D.C. voters.
The fight is no where near over and the solution will unfold for D.C. voters.
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