Beltway Area Indymedia

Today, Tuesday, July 10, at the Committee of the Whole Meeting of the DC City Council, City Council Members Jack Evans (Ward 2) and Kwame Brown (At-Large) will push emergency legislation to sell the West End Library and Special Operations Division properties in the West End neighborhood. In addition to being a blatant misuse of "emergency legislation", Mr. Evans and Mr. Brown want to sell, without any public input, a library to the notorious developer Anthony Lanier, of Eastbanc (affectionately known as the 'King of Georgetown'). Lanier has sought to buy much of the property, successfully, in the area of Square 37 in the West End Neighborhood.

For such legislation to pass, a super-majority (9 votes) of the Council would be needed. Call all council members today and tell them to stop the giveaway of public property, including these properties and to vote NO to this awful legislation. This comes on the heels of the city's attempts to demolish Benning Library in the face of community opposition, and the city's attempts to sell properties at 6428 Georgia Avenue NW and on Barnaby Road in SE to developers who wish to build yet more condominiums, unaffordable to low-income DC residents.

Contact the Council Today and Tell Them to Vote NO!

Chairman Vincent C. Gray (AT LARGE)
Suite 504 (202)724-8032
vgray@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Carol Schwartz (AT LARGE)
Suite 404 (202)724-8105
schwartzc@dccouncil.us

Councilmember David A. Catania (AT LARGE)
Suite 110 (202)724-7772
dcatania@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Phil Mendelson (AT LARGE)
Suite 402 (202)724-8064
pmendelson@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Kwame R. Brown (AT LARGE)
Suite 506 (202)724-8174
kbrown@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Jim Graham (WARD 1)
Suite 105 (202)724-8181
jgraham@dccouncil.us

Chairman Pro Tempore Jack Evans (WARD 2)
Suite 106 (202)724-8058
jackevans@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Mary M. Cheh (WARD 3)
Suite 108 (202)724-8062
mcheh@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Muriel Bowser (WARD 4)
Suite 406 (202)724-8052
mbowser@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (WARD 5)
Suite 107 (202)724-8028
hthomas@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Tommy Wells (WARD 6)
Suite 408 (202)724-8072
twells@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Yvette Alexander (WARD 7)
Suite 400 (202)724-8068
yalexander@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Marion Barry (WARD 8)
Suite 102 (202)724-8045
mbarry@dccouncil.us