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DECEMBER 18, 2010 - DECEMBER 24, 2010
Morgan Sends 18 Qualifiers Curry says: ‘Used Up’ Michael Steele
to MEAC Championships B8 to Seek 2nd Term as GOP Head
Black Caucus Says ‘No’
to Obama Tax Deal
By Zenitha Prince the recent financial stimulus
Washington Bureau Chief measures-adding to an already
towering debt. And to reduce
The Congressional Black that balance, Republicans will
Caucus on Dec. 10 said its likely impose “draconian” cuts on
members overwhelmingly oppose programs important to minority
the tax cuts compromise reached
between the White House and
congressional Republicans, “You can’t give tax
saying it is “bad for African
Americans” and other vulnerable
cuts away like you’re
communities. Oprah Winfrey or
“You can’t give tax cuts away
like you’re Oprah Winfrey or Santa Claus.”
Santa Claus,” Virginia Democrat
Rep. Bobby Scott, a member of communities such as Medicare,
the House Budget Committee, Medicaid, Social Security and
said during a Capitol Hill press health care, CBC members said.
conference. “Someone eventually “There are tough choices that
has to pay for it.” will have to be made next year
And traditionally, it’s been [and] we know what will happen-
communities of color that have it’s going to be low-income
had to pay, the Black lawmakers communities, poor communities
said. of color that are going to pay,”
President Obama and the
Republican leadership reached
a deal that would extend Bush-
Caucus Chairwoman Rep.
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) told
reporters.
era tax cuts in exchange for also The Caucus offered its own
extending unemployment benefits plan, which is built on some
and other programs favored by elements of the existing deal:
Obama. • A 13-month extension of
According to the unemployment insurance benefits
Congressional Budget Office, the plus additional assistance for the
tax deal is projected to increase chronically unemployed.
the national deficit by almost • A payroll tax holiday with a
$900 billion-a figure larger than Continued on A4
INSERT
• Black Pak Steele to Seek Re-election
By Zenitha Prince
Listen to “First Edition” Washington Bureau Chief
In a move that seemed to surprise
Join Host Sean Yoes
Washington insiders, beleaguered
Republican Party Chairman Michael
Steele announced his intention to run
 Sunday @ 8 p.m. on
88.9 WEAA FM, the for re-election despite a rocky first
term.
Voice of the Community. After weeks of silence – and a
growing clamor for his ouster among
allegations of financial mismanagement
and frequent verbal gaffes over the
past two years – Steele alerted the
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168-member Republican National
Committee during an evening
conference call Dec. 13 that he would
run, according to an Associated Press
report.
“Yes, I have stumbled along the
way, but have always accounted to you
for such shortcomings. No excuses. No
lies. No hidden agenda,” Steele told the
committee, according to a text of his
remarks he e-mailed to RNC members
Michael Steele surprised the Republican Party establishment with his
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A Dec. 14 fire in the 2300 block of Homewood Avenue left six dead – grandparents, a granddaughter and
three great-grandchildren ages 9, 3 and 1 – and over 30 people displaced. The neighborhood has already
started a memorial in their memory at the devastating scene.
Friends Remember Victims
of East Baltimore Fire
By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
Six people died in a two-alarm
house fire in East Baltimore early
Dec. 14. The incident continues a
afterward. “Going forward, I ask for
your support and your vote for a second
term.”
Republican strategist and pollster
David E. Johnson, who worked for
the Bob Dole campaign, said he was
puzzled by the decision given the
waning support for the RNC’s first
African-American chairman, who
was chosen almost three months after
Barack Obama was elected as the first
Black president. “But then nothing
Steele does surprises me,” he said.
Johnson then added about Steele’s
possible motive, “He was angry at the
growing chorus of people who wanted
him to go and he figured this is the way
to get back at everybody.”
Black Republican strategist Raynard
Jackson said he thought the former
Maryland lieutenant governor would
“fade into the sunset,” but said this
re-election bid enlivens the January
Continued on A8
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string of large fires in Baltimore City
over the last eight days.
According to fire officials, the
blaze began just before 5 a.m. in the
2300 block of Homewood Avenue.
Three children and three adults, all
family members, succumbed to the
fire.
Linda Smith, the grandmother
of 3-year-old Darryon Faulkner,
who died in the fire, said the
family is struggling to grapple with
Impoverished Includes Black
Middle Class and Seniors
By Valencia Mohammed
Special to the AFRO
While the recession continues to
increase its number of casualties, the
new faces of poverty in the region
include the Black middle class, the
elderly and youth.
Ron Moten,
41, cofounder of
Peacoholics, said needy,
desperate and homeless
youth have been around
for over a decade. “They
just didn’t come under
the radar until now,” he
said.
When it comes to
differences across class,
it was expected that those who were
in the lower class would remain
poor. However, nonprofits and
government agencies are saying
urgent calls for financial assistance
now come from individuals who
have lost their jobs or homes that are
accustomed to a lifestyle of comfort,
even luxury.
Tanya Robinson, 54, was a
successful real estate saleswoman
until the market hit at an all time
low. Accustomed to the middle-class
lifestyle, she lost her northwest
Washington, D.C. home and the
business. Unable to find work that
could accommodate her lifestyle,
eventually, Robinson became
homeless. Too proud to sleep in
shelters, Robinson adapted to a life
B8
Photo by Webster Phillips III
the incident. “Right now ... I am
praying,” she said.
The boy’s great-grandparents,
mother and two sisters – just 9-years-
old and 1-year-old – were also lost
in the fire. Faulkner’s mother would
have celebrated her 28th birthday six
days after the fire, say family friends.
“People are in shock and
saddened for the loss of this entire
family,” said the Rev. Toni Draper,
Continued on A4
of sleeping in abandoned homes and
park benches, yet she still gets her
nails and hair done regularly.
“Do you know what it’s like
to lose everything you own?”
Robinson asked. “Most of my
family members are struggling
themselves and didn’t have room
for me to stay with them. So I’m out
in the street trying to make it,” she
added.
Unable to cope with her losses,
Robinson slipped into a state of
deep depression and began to self
medicate herself by taking illegal
drugs.
Lewis Davis, 43, senior state
director of communications at
AARP, said according to the Capital
Area Food Bank, one in three
District seniors are at risk of or
suffering from hunger. “That is a
strong indicator of poverty in the
D.C. area,” stated Davis.
AARP states there are many
factors contributing to poverty
Continued on A6
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AFRO National Briefs

Obama Nominates a community for a very long United States Colored Troops of “Queen of Soul” Aretha
Judge Bernice Bouie time.” of the Civil War and their Franklin recently confirmed
Donald to U.S. Court of Meanwhile, David Yassky, descendants on the front steps that she is suffering from
Appeals head of New York’s Taxi of the capitol in Harrisburg. pancreatic cancer. According
President Barack Obama and Limousine Commission, In a letter to Rendell, to Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK,
recently nominated Judge blasted Mateo’s remarks, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen Franklin’s family confirmed
Bernice Bouie Donald, who calling them “illegal, wrote, “This event, which reports of her illness to
serves as a Western District downright wrong and simply recognizes the United States reporters on Dec. 8, adding
judge in Tennessee, for a seat unacceptable.” Colored Troops and that she is
on the United States Court of their families, serves “okay,” but
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. U.S. Colored Troops as a vivid reminder the family
“Judge Donald has shown Represented in of the role these men is still “very
an outstanding commitment to Commemorative played in such a concerned.”
public service throughout her Ceremony significant event in After
career and as a District Judge The 1865 Grand Review our country.” receiving
in Tennessee,” President of United States Colored As history surgery last
Obama said in a prepared
Courtesy Photo
Troops was commemorated notes, there were week, reports
Bernice Bouie Donald approximately circulated
statement. “I am proud to recently in Harrisburg, Pa.,
nominate her today for a seat in 1979 she received her law where more than 100 re- 180,000 members of that Franklin,
on the United States Court of degree from the Cecil C. enactors participated in a the Colored Troops 68, was
Appeals and I am confident Humphreys School of Law re-enactment ceremony. The who fought in the Courtesy Photo recovering.

she will serve the American
people with distinction.”
Donald is a distinguished
jurist with over 28 years of
judicial experience and has
served in her current position
for 15 years.
Born and raised in Desoto
County, Miss., Donald was
one of the first students
to integrate Olive Branch
High School. In 1974, she
graduated from Memphis
State University (now the
University of Memphis) and
at Memphis State University. 13th U.S. Colored Troops Civil War and by the Aretha Franklin According to
Donald currently serves as the of Murfreesboro and the end of the war, 24,000 Reuters, civil
secretary of the American Bar 44th U.S. Colored Troops of them were Tennesseans. rights leader Jesse Jackson
Association and is a member of Chattanooga comprised a visited the singer in the
of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. group of 25 Tennesseans who ‘Queen of Soul’ Battling hospital. “She’s doing very
represented the Volunteer Cancer well. She’s prayerful. She’s a
State in grand military style. After undergoing surgery woman full of deep religious
New York Taxi Advocate faith,” Jackson told WJBK.
Promotes Racial Pennsylvania Gov. Edward for a mystery illness in
G. Rendell honored the early December, relatives Franklin released a
Profiling statement on Dec. 2 detailing
Fernando Mateo, head the success of the procedure.
of the New York State “The surgery was highly
Federation of Taxi Drivers successful. God is still in
and of advocacy group control. I had superb doctors
Hispanics Across America, and nurses whom were
Courtesy Photo
has come under fire for telling Fernando Mateo blessed by all the prayers
cab drivers they should of the city and the country.
use racial profiling when reality that the people God bless you all for your
considering African-American committing most of the prayers!—The Queen of Soul,
and Latino passengers, crimes against drivers are Ms. Aretha Franklin,” the
Reuters reported. According Hispanics and Blacks,” statement read.
to news reports, Mateo told said Mateo, who was born The past year has been
the drivers racial profiling in the Dominican Republic a turbulent one for the soul
may help prevent an attack and identifies as Black and icon. According to Fox
similar to the one suffered by Hispanic. “It’s very hard to News, her adult son Eddie
Trevor Bell, 53, who was shot admit the truth when the truth was beaten up by three men
repeatedly by a man police affects your own community. Courtesy Photo at a Detroit gas station in
describe as Latino. What I’m trying to do is Military re-enactors from Tennessee and Pennsylvania September. Just a month
“Racial profiling expose a very serious problem pose with Gov. Edward G. Rendell (second from right). earlier, Franklin broke several
addresses a controversial that we have been facing as ribs after experiencing a fall.

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Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain NephewA3

A2 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 18, 2010 December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American
By Alan King sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspi- posted fliers bearing his photo-

New Year Brings New MD Traffic Ticket Laws

AFRO Staff Writer connection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed graph around the city. On
Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked
Jennifer Hudson and other The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago for the public’s help in finding
relatives positively identified Suburban with Illinois license Tribune, the boy had been shot her nephew. In her MySpace
multiple times in the back seat blog, she thanked fans and sup-
By Shernay Williams the new law effective Jan. 1, will receive a court notice or offenses such as driving requires ticketing officers to scheduled to appear in court
of the vehicle. The SUV, regis- porters for their prayers and
AFRO Staff Writer drivers must request a trial, summoning them, the under the influence or on a show in court if the traffic and it was too late to notify
tered to Hudson’s murdered offered a $100,000 reward to
ask to explain the situation ticketing
brother, waspolice
towed officer
with and
the suspended license that may violator does not pay fines by him or her
anyone whothat they were
returned the boynot
Effective Jan. 1, 2011, a to a judge or simply pay the any witnesses to appear
boy’s body inside and is being and lead to jail time. Those with the trial date. needed
alive. to appear.”
new state law will change fine. testify.
processed by evidence techni- “must appear” citations will But in half of all Maryland Alongthe
Since with optimizing
investigation,
how drivers with traffic Traffic violators must Drivers
cians who optThe
and workers. forbody
a Hudson – who gained stardom
tickets handle the violations. choose one of the three “waiver” hearing can appear
Today drivers who receive options within 30 days or risk
was later removed and taken to
before
the Cook a judge
County to Medical
state their “Often, people waited until the day before, or even the day of after appearing on “American
Idol,” and then won an
tickets for minor offenses,
such as speeding or running
a suspended driver’s license.
Tickets issued after the
case and
penalties.
ask
HudsonThe
for
Examiner’s office. reduced
and hearing is not
other family
trial to pay the fine. This meant the police officer who issued the Academy Award for her role in
the movie Dreamgirls – has
a red light, are issued a fine New Year will clearly list considered
members arriveda trialatand
the officers
Medical citation was already scheduled to appear in court and it was too stayed out of the public eye.
and an automatic trial date the new options. If drivers Examiner’s
and witnesses office
need mid-after-
not The Chicago Tribune report-
to dispute the ticket. Under elect to have a trial, they noon to identify
appear. “The waiverthe body.
hearing late
Julianto notify
King, himHudson’s
Jennnifer or her that they were not needed to appear.”
nephew. ed that a parade of cars moved
Given
is the choice
for citizens between look-
in Maryland slowly past her family’s home
ing directly at therecords
body orand A spokesman for the office the murders but is being held in Monday morning, past the
who have good continue to receivethat
told the newspaper automatic
Hudson cases
jail forscheduled for trial,
parole violation the
after time, Russo says the
viewing
may haveit been
on a wall-mounted
speeding but court dates. officer is not needed because news vans, reporters
new system will save andthecuri-
Courtesy Photos want to explain themselves The Maryland General the violator does not appear state money by ousreducing
onlookers.
Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who
was killed, as well as her brother, Jason.
“She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.”
in hopes of getting a fine or Assembly passed the new in court, according to the
Neighbors stood
overtime pay accrued by
quietly and
points decreased,” says Elena bill after law enforcement Department of Legislative officers needlessly in court.
reflected on the
Russo, spokeswoman
video screen, the familyfor chose officers
“remained lobbied
strongfor
forit,
hersaid
fami- Services
being documents.
convicted “Often,
of attempted According to fiscal reports,
violence.
the body of her 7-year-old plate X584859 was found on Maryland State
the latter. AccordingPolice.to the Terri Bolling of the State
ly” and was clearly its leader. of people waited until the
murder and vehicular hijack- day theInstate
frontspent
of theapproximately
Hudson’s
nephew Monday, just hours Chicago’s West Side after All trials
Tribune, Hudsonand said,
hearings
“Yes,are Maryland Judiciary.
“She held hands with her fami- before,
ing. Cookor County
even the day show
records home, men inBaltimore
$22,000 for heavy jackets
after his body was found in a police received a 7 a.m. call held in the
that’s him.” District Court of ly,”Supporters
the spokesmanof the new
said. “It of trial
that to pay the
he pleaded fine,”
guilty to both County
and traffic
hooded court costs
sweatshirts came to
the city or county where the was obviously
measure say itawill
veryincrease
emotional charges
Maryland in 1999. He wassaid
State Police alsoin kiss the twin whitemonth
alone during one crossesinbar-

ACORN Fights Back

ticket violation occurred. moment.”
court and police efficiency convicted in 1998“This
a news release. for posses-
meant 2009.
ing theThe
namesstate
of expects
Donerson toand
The new rules exclude andThe boy – theneedless
“eliminate son of Julia sion of a stolen
the police motor
officer whovehicle.
issued save
Jason. $500,000 once the new
“must appear” violations, Hudson,
trips Jennifer’s
to court.” sisterlaw
Current – had He
the was released
citation was from prison in
already law“Everybody
is enacted.is sick of going
been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years
Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’
through stuff like this,” Artisha
when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, a former resident of the
grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all
By Alan King and Dallas Cowboys players No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, The boy remained missing have to stick together. All these
AFRO Staff Writer Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, trying to distance him from the Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young children are dying, and
among the names submitted to group, saying, “Barack Obama in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers for what?”
Presidential candidate John election
AP Photo/Theofficials.
Gazette, Laura Schmitt Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale
McCain’sreceiving
Drivers attack on ACORN –
traffic citations Hurd
in said thoseafter
Maryland workers,
Jan.who
1, But Obama’s ties to ACORN run Avenue.
Associated
2011, Community
will have 30 days to select were
an doing
option those
forthings without
resolving long and deep. He taught classes An Amber Alert – a desig-
Organization
the offense.forThe Reform
options Noware: ACORN’s knowledge
– requesting or permis-
a trial, asking for for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing
aconfirms
venue to theexplain
success ofthe thesituationsion, were fired.
or paying the fine. him for President. children – was issued Friday
organization, the head of the “The evidence that has sur- But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian was discovered

SOLID
group says. faced so far shows they faked Reporter: There are at least missing after the murders.
“This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they
we’ve done and success we’ve
had,” Maude Hurd, president of
didn’t do, not to stuff ballot
boxes.” ACORN, she said, is the
11 investigations across the
country involving thousands of
potentially fraudulent ACORN
Police arrested William
PAYS ATTENTION
Balfour, the missing boy’s step-
father and estranged husband
ACORN, said in an interview victim of fraud, not the perpetra- forms. of Julia, at his girlfriend’s
Your History • Your Community
with the AFRO. tor of it. • Your News Announcer: Massive voter
TO PERSONAL ATTENTION
Southside apartment several
“When thisThe Afro-American
attack started, we Newspapers
Hurd said the only things fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders.
had justBaltimore
announced that Officewe had • Corporate
bogus are Headquarters
the charges them- paid more than $800,000 to an Balfour’s mother, Michele, has
registered 1.3 million new N.
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Street ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had
ers,” she said.Baltimore, say agrees.
“That’s just toMaryland 21218-4602 efforts. nothing to do with the slayings.
that someone’s running scared It concluded, “Neither Pressuring banks to issue risky Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson
410-554-8200 • Fax:ACORN 1-877-570-9297
nor its employees have loans. Nationwide voter fraud.
because of ACORN’s success.”
McCain, who is running for www.afro.com been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment.
president on the Republican tick- charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too risky for
et, Founded
lashed out atbyACORN
John Henry in the Murphy votes.”Sr., August 13, 1892 America.
Washington
final debate againstPublisher
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problemL.came Murphy
aboutIIpri-
Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments,
Chairman of the Board/Publisher - John J. Oliver, Jr. SQUARE HIGH
on the verge of maybe perpetrat- ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been
Executive Assistant - Takiea Hinton - 410-554-8222
ing one of the greatest frauds in rely on volunteers, it pays peo- bombarded with threats and
voter history in this country,
Receptionist - Wanda Pearson ple, many of them poor or unem-
- 410-554-8200 racist mail.
maybe destroying the fabric of ployed, to sign up new voters. The day after the presidential
Director of Advertising/Sponsorship Development & Sales
democracy.” The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into the
Susan Gould - 410-554-8289
Factcheck.org, a non-partisan being registered and those doing
susangould@afro.com
organization’s Boston and Seattle
Web site, found those claims to the registration.
Advertising Manager - Robert Blount - 410-554-8246
offices and stole computers.
beSr.“exaggerated,” with “no Executive
evi- Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative BREAD NOT ON THE LIST
Advertising Account - Annie Russ - 410-554-8235
dence of any suchAdvertising
democracy- Account zeroExecutive
tolerance policy for deliber- appeared on TV, an e-mail was
destroying fraud.”Marquise Goodwin -ate falsification of registration.”
410-554-8274 sent to the local office saying she
Hurd believes the McCain Most news account neglect to “is going to have her life ended.”
Director
charges were of Finance
politically motivat- - Jack point
Leister out- 410-554-8242
that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I.,
ed. required
Archivist - John Gartrell - 410-554-8265 by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call say- LEFT RIGHT
She said, Community
“Because it’s & low- istration forms.
Public Relations ManagerAnd they also fail ing, “We know you get off work
and moderate-income people, to
Diane W. Hocker - 410-554-8243note that it was the organiza- at 9” and uttered racial epithets.
and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first A caller to one office left a
McCain campaign thinks thoseEditorial brought the phony registrations message on the answering
voters are goingExecutive
to vote Editor - Talibah to the Chikwendu
attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just
E-mail: editor@afro.com The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that
Democratic, which is not neces-
Managing Editor - Kristin Gray - 410-554-8277
sarily true.” isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get
Washington Bureau Chief - Zenitha Prince - 202-332-0080, ext. 119
ACORN is no stranger to points, preferring to air mislead- hung. He’s a (expletive deleted)
E-mail: dceditor@afro.com
controversy. ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of
For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting
Global Markets (expletive deleted). You guys are
organization has fought for social
Director - Benjamin M. Phillips his political support.
IV - 410-554-8220 fraudulent, and you need to go to
and economic justice forbphillips@afro.com
low- McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees.
Washington Circulation/Distribution
and moderate-income and I approveManager this message. They’re gonna get all hung hon-
1 BANANA
Americans. With Edgar Brookins
400,000 mem- Announcer:
- 202-332-0080, ext. 116Who is Barack eys, they’re going to get assassi-
ber familiesBaltimore
organizedCirculation/Distribution
into more Obama? A man Manager
with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.”
than 1,200 neighborhood Sammychap- Graham - 410-554-8266
baptism performed at warp Another message said, “You
ters in 110 cities nationwide,
Production Department speed.” Vast ambition. After col-
- 410-554-8288 liberal idiots. Dumb (expletive
ACORN has over the years seen lege, he moved to Chicago. deleted). Welfare bums. You
its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. guys just (expletive deleted)
WashingtonThere,
cating for affordable housing, Office Obama met Madeleine come to our country, consume
1917wages,
living Benning Road,for
healthcare N.E.the• Washington,
Talbot, part D.C. of the20002-4723
Chicago every natural resource there is,
underserved—202-332-0080
and while organ- Fax: 1-877-570-9297 He was so
branch of ACORN. and make a lot of babies. That’s
izing voter registration drives. General Manager impressive that he was asked to all you guys do. And then suck
But none has been as Edgar withering Brookinstrain- ext.the116ACORN staff. Youand
up the welfare deserve to be heard. Experience a bank that’s dedicated to listening.
expect every-
and baseless
OfficeasAdministrator
this one. What did ACORN
- Mia Hayes-Hawkins in Chicago
- ext. 112 one else to pay for your hospital
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lessCustomer Service,
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White House Touts Tax Deal’s Black Benefits

By Zenitha Prince
Washington Bureau Chief
Having won the
endorsement of the man
dubbed America’s “First
Black President,” Bill Clinton,
the Obama administration
on Dec. 10 peddled the tax
deal made with Republicans
as a boon for the African-
American community.
“We feel we really were
winners in this deal because
we got a lot of priorities
through that not only helps
economic recovery but
helps families that really
need that assistance in this
pivotal time,” White House
spokeswoman Jen Psaki said
during a conference call with
the Black press.
Cecilia Rouse, a member
of President’s Council
of Economic Advisers,
reaffirmed that the president
had not been happy about
acceding to Republican
demands for an increased
estate tax cut and a two-year
extension of President Bush’s
high-income tax credit, which
together costs $114 billion in
revenue.
But the benefits of the
Tax Relief, Unemployment
Insurance Reauthorization,
and Job Creation Act far
outweigh the negatives, she
said.
Among the wins – which
together accounts for $238
billion of the bill’s price tag –
was the 13-month extension
of the unemployment
insurance benefits.
“That is critical,”
Rouse said of the measure.
600,000 jobs and GDP would
grow by about 0.6 percent.
Additionally, the Earned
Income Tax Credit and
Child Tax Credit will also
be expanded and extended
for two years, benefitting
12.2 million lower-income
families, including 2.2 million
Black households.
The $2,500 college
credit, established by the
Recovery Act and of which
teleconference came hours
after the Congressional
Black Caucus announced
their official objection to
the tax deal, particularly
the estate tax cut and the
tax holiday for wealthy
Americans. The Capitol Hill
lawmakers said the bill’s toll
on the nation’s debt would
result in “draconian” cuts on
social programs important to
African Americans and other

Black Caucus
“Economists on the eight million students took vulnerable communities.
left and right agree that advantage, will also be “There are tough choices
unemployment insurance extended. that will have to be made next
Continued from A1 benefits are the most effective Also counted in the year [and] we know what
guarantee that Social Security would not be chief target of this strategy. way to stimulate short-term administration’s “win” tally will happen—it’s going to
affected. “This just gives our Republican colleagues growth. And that’s because was a 2 percent payroll tax be low-income communities,
• Two-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts another chance to play, ‘Gotcha,’” said Virgin [they] are so important to cut for over 155 million poor communities of color
to middle- and low-income families. Islands Rep. Donna Christiansen. “If we these families.” workers – providing tax relief that are going to pay,” CBC
• Extension of the Recovery Act’s Earned extend the upper end tax cuts and add that big With the average payment of $112 billion next year. Chairwoman Rep. Barbara
Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and estate tax giveaway, when we move to fund of $300 a week representing That translates to about $700 Lee, D-Calif., told reporters.
$2,500 college credit. implementation of the Affordable Care Act about half of what the now more in salary receipts for the But Rouse said because
But the Caucus rebuked Republicans there’ll be no money – ‘Gotcha!’ And when unemployed worker used average African American. the tax cuts are temporary,
for their insistence on cuts to the estate tax, the 2012 election rolls around, and the tax to make, “that unemployed And to ensure Social they will not affect the
which Scott called “particularly offensive,” cuts are about to expire, if we don’t extend worker is not taking that Security isn’t weakened, long-term deficit in “any
and the tax cut for the wealthiest 2 percent them again we, the Democrats, will be blamed money and saving it to buy every dollar paid toward the meaningful way.” And, she
of Americans, both of which will cost $114 for raising taxes – ‘Gotcha!’” a Lexus. That unemployed tax cut will be reimbursed to said, economic stimulation
billion in lost revenue. The Black lawmakers said though they worker is using that to buy the trust fund from General – such as that promised by
“At a time when our economy is object to the deal, they understand the food, pay rent, to pay the Revenue. the tax relief package – is
recovering steadily from a deep recession, President felt jammed against a wall. mortgage, to buy other All of these were intended the surest way to protect
middle income, working families in Maryland “[But] as much as he continues to extend necessities for his or her to shore up and stimulate the programs from funding cuts.
and throughout the country need reassurance the olive branch, to compromise on their family.” economy, while also easing Additionally, Psaki said,
that they will not find themselves with less behalf, they really don’t seem to appreciate If the insurance was not the burden on families, the while President Obama
of their hard-earned dollars and holding the it,” said U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.) extended, about 300,000 officials said. recognizes the need for fiscal
note for the wealthiest 2 percent of earners,” “And so we’re saying at this point, [the] line African Americans would “We have a fragile discipline – which is reflected
said Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards (D) in the sand, enough is enough.” have lost their benefits this economy and to have a in policies such as health care
in a statement. “It is unfortunate that my Payne said that the President followed month alone, and 1.1 million gigantic tax increase come reform – he has also been
colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not his previous pattern of not including the in the coming year, Rouse Jan. 1, the president just “committed since the day he
share this view.” Congressional Black Caucus and other said. But if continued for didn’t want to risk that,” entered public service not to
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) echoed Democrats in the negotiation process. Payne another year, the measure Rouse said. balance any budget on the
that sentiment. “If we recklessly cut taxes for made similar claims during the health care could produce as much as The White House backs of working people.”
the wealthiest 2 percent then Obamanomics reform debate.
will look an awful lot like Reaganomics,” he “He could have called us in and said,
said in a statement.
Jackson and others say the tax cuts won by
Republicans reflect President Reagan’s “starve
‘Look, this is what they’ve offered; these are
my options,” he said. “What do you think?
At least bring us in so we can understand the
Friends Remember Fire Victims
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the beast” strategy of lowered taxes and situation... For him to meet with primarily Smith’s pastor at Freedom Temple AME Zion working smoke alarms. Officials expect to
increased spending in areas such as defense Republicans...is not a way to negotiate. We Church. “It is a very sad situation.” Rev. know estimated monetary damages in coming
that would then force Congress to make deep felt we could have been helpful to him. Draper was driving to the Smith house to weeks.
cuts in social programs. And the recently
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passed health care reform act may well be the brought us in to help him.” AFRO. will host a “neighborhood sweep” Dec. 18 of
Fire Department spokesman Kevin the East Baltimore block damaged by the fire.
Cartwright said flames and smoke had From 12-3 p.m., fire officials will go door
engulfed two row homes when firefighters to door checking fire alarms, installing free
arrived on the scene of the blaze. Strong wind alarms and conducting fire safety inspections.
gusts intensified the fire and forced crews “We want to get into as many houses as we
to evacuate the buildings. Winds in the area can,” Cartwright said.

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local fire station for free smoke alarms, he
added.
As the Christmas holiday approaches,
Cartwright warns residents about potential fire
hazards such as ornaments and trees. Inspect
electrical lights for frayed electrical wires, he
said, and regularly water live Christmas trees.
“It’s a tragedy that six people [lost] their lives
in a house fire,[and] we want to do everything
we can to prevent this from happening again,”
said Fire Chief James S. Clack in a written
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A4 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 18, 2010 December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American A5

The New Black Delegates

By Shernay Williams
AFRO Staff Writer
As she prepares for her first three-day bus tour of the
state, Del.-elect Mary Washington is openly ecstatic. “I’m
really looking forward to this,” she said, after rubbing
her hands together for warmth in the back seat of a large
commuter bus.
On the near-freezing Monday morning, Washington
greets the two other new delegates for Baltimore City—
Keiffer Mitchell representing West Baltimore and Luke
Clippinger of South Baltimore—as they stow their luggage
in the lower parcel of the bus parked in an M&T Bank
Stadium lot.
During the trip, they will visit Washington, Calvert and
Frederick counties, College Park and finally Baltimore
City—greeting Maryland residents along the way.
Before she and the other legislators-to-be drove off,
Washington sat down with the AFRO to discuss her journey Mitchell are two of the three new African-American delegates in
to the Maryland House of Delegates, issues most important
to her East Baltimore district and the unique qualities she
brings to her new post.
Last month, 48-year-old Washington, a Philadelphia
native, won the third House seat for the 43rd district. When she
takes office, she will presumably be the only state legislator
with a doctorate and only the second Black openly lesbian state minimal media exposure. She had settled in Baltimore after
legislator in the country.
She says her degrees in sociology and statistics help her
pinpoint facts and remain open to other opinions. And when
it comes to her sexuality, she says she had to be honest with
voters. “I feel that if I can’t be honest about myself and who
I am, how can I be honest with my constituents about the
Courtesy Photos believe that I’m going to be a better delegate now than I
Delegate-elect Mary Washington and Delegate-elect Keiffer
Maryland’s general assembly. The third, C.T. Wilson, will become
Charles County’s first Black delegate.
challenges that are facing them?” she said.
This was her second House run. She ran a close but
unsuccessful bid in 2006 with little political experience and
earning a doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins. The scholar
soon realized most of her neighbors did not understand state
government.
“I think we have a really good understanding of the
Congress,” she said. “I think we have a good understanding of
City Council but I think we have trouble with that middle place. such as Greenmount Avenue and the Alameda. The people in
People often don’t know what a delegate is.”
She decided to run, she said, to fill that knowledge gap.
“I hope if I can say one thing at the end of my first term,
everyone in my district will know what a delegate is and
what we’re in charge of.”
Washington’s first defeat may have been a blessing, she
said, giving her four years to lick her wounds and really
learn Baltimore. She got involved in city government,
working for the data bank Baltimore Neighborhoods
Indicator’s Alliance, the Baltimore City Commission on
Sustainability, and most recently, the Parks and People
Foundation.
This election year, she campaigned early and had a better
understanding of her positions, she said. She also ran with
the support of two House veterans in her district.
“I hate to say it because I didn’t want to lose, but I
would have been,” she said. “I think my approach would
have been more intellectual and now…I have the ability
to combine both my understanding of social science
and research and economic trends with my work with
foundations and city government.”
The challenges in her district mirror those in the entire
city, she said, beginning with education.
“We’ve got some great schools and we have schools that
have challenges in our district,” Washington said. “We have
some of the wealthiest people in the city in the district and
we have the poorest. So, I think one of our biggest challenges
straight off the bat is addressing that gap. Addressing the
disparities in employment and healthcare and in education.”
She said she wants to breathe life into commercial corridors
her district are looking for a fresh approach to politics, she said.

City Schools Holds Hearings on School “They want quality change,” she said.
Accompanying Washington on the bus ride is a man with an
iconic family name—Del.-elect Keiffer Mitchell Jr. Mitchell,

Closure, Other Changes

who comes from a long line of civil servants, says public
service is in his blood. His grandfather Clarence M. Mitchell
Jr. was a prominent civil rights figure, his grandmother Juanita
Jackson Mitchell was an NAACP activist, and his great-uncle
By Shernay Williams over the last two years, and part of a multi-year overhaul the community.”
Parren J. Mitchell was the state’s first Black U.S. congressman.
AFRO Staff Writer 30 percent less graduate. of Baltimore City public A mere handful of people
Hosts of other relatives have been heavily involved in politics.
Less than 40 percent of schools under the leadership attended the forums and
Although the 2007 mayoral candidate and former
The Baltimore City school IBE’s graduating seniors of CEO Andrés Alonso. it was only at the second
councilman has been active in city politics for over a decade,
board held two public forums passed the English portion of Evaluations of the city’s meeting that someone
this will be his first post as a state legislator.
last week, garnering input the Maryland High School lowest-performing schools commented on the possible
Mitchell, 43, had stepped away from politics after his
about proposals that would Assessments (HSA) this year, prompted officials to close 12 school closing.
unsuccessful mayor’s bid, opening a consulting firm and
lead to another year of drastic while only about half passed and relocate or expand more Joy Bacon, a 10th-grade
working as a small business lender.
school-by-school ratifications. the algebra exam. Further, than a dozen others since English teacher at IBE, who
According to campaign reports, the Bolton Hill resident
Based on recommendations the report says too few rising 2008. Analysis also led to the did not oppose the school
raised more money than any other House candidate as he
from a recent city schools ninth-graders rate IBE as their creation of several charter and closure, said most of her
replaced seven-term Del. Ruth Kirk.
report, the plan would high school of choice. “transformation” career prep students, “have been set up
He supports tax credits for small businesses and is a
schools. for failure” because of poor
proponent of charter schools.
“We have over 200 international students By “creating new communication between
Then there is Prince George’s County assistant state’s
school options that have school administrators and
and there are 23-25 languages spoken at strong chances of success, teachers.
attorney C.T. Wilson, who will become Charles County’s first
our school. I’m excited we will be able to Black delegate in January. Wilson, 38, won an open House seat
expanding those programs At the first hearing, all
after two-term Del. Murray D. Levy retired. Wilson, who grew
build on that.” that are already proving
effective, and turning around
speakers – mostly educators
and non-profit leaders –
up in foster care, had a tough upbringing compared to the other
Black delegate-elects. He was separated from his drug-addicted
close one high school and The school’s insufficient or closing the school system’s supported the overhauls.
mother at age 4 and suffered physical abuse from his adoptive
incorporate career preparatory performance is not based on lowest-performing schools Four speakers from
parents.
or international student a lack of resources, says the that are not working for the International Rescue
But the troubled youth prevailed and earned a scholarship
programs at four other city report, because the school kids,” city schools plans to Committee and Association of
to Howard University School of Law, joined the Army and
schools. has received $500,000 in restructure the system one Bhutanese in America praised
become a prosecutor. He advocates for school construction
School officials say additional funds over the last school at a time, said the the board for considering
funds to reduce overcrowding and promotes fiscal
Institute of Business and five years. report. streamlined international
accountability.
Entrepreneurship High If the school board elects School board chair Neil student programs at two
Despite some concerns about Wilson’s close ties to Prince
School near Hanlon Park to close the high school, all Duke said last week’s public public schools – Moravia
George’s County businesses, he captured 19 percent of the vote
should close, crediting a students except seniors must hearings are an attempt to “do Park Elementary/Middle and
in a race split between seven Democrats.
declining enrollment, poor transfer to other area schools. more and do better to engage Continued on A8 The three new Black delegates will be sworn in Jan. 12.
academic performance Graduating seniors would
and low satisfaction in the be allowed to complete their
community. final year at IBE.
According to the report, The closure, which would
nearly 200 fewer students take effect during the 2011-12
have enrolled at the school school year if approved, is

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A6 The Afro-American, December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010
Reginald F. Lewis’ Descendants, Friends Convene in D.C.
By AFRO Staff
District-area residents converged at the Philippine
Embassy in the city to support The Reginald F. Lewis
Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.
Invited by Russell Fugett, an entrepreneur and nephew of
famed businessman Reginald F. Lewis, the guests learned
about the first Black American to build a billion dollar
company and his legacy.
“Tonight, I begin with my group of friends and family to
build a bridge from the Philippine Embassy in Washington,
D.C., to the African American Museum of History and Culture
in Baltimore, Maryland, on  the corner of Pratt & President
Streets,” Fugett said. “On that corner, there is an opportunity
for us to better understand ourselves as Americans: to better
understand the diverse and rich tapestry that make this
land great. There is an opportunity tonight for all of us to
learn more about our story. For us to continue to have that
opportunity, I call for your support for this great institution.”
A number of the area’s movers and shakers were in
Host Russell Fugett, right, stands with grandparents Carolyn S. Fugett and Jean S.
Fugett Sr.
Impoverished Includes Black Middle Class
Continued from A1
among seniors including the become common in the last
rising cost of prescription two years.
drugs, Medicare premiums, “Many of our new
no increase in Social Security clients are degreed with
benefits and the recession.   tremendous experiences
“It comes as no great that are being pushed out of
surprise that these factors are jobs because of age,” said
contributing to poverty among Rollins. “First someone tells
people age 65+ in the District you how they made $90,000
and nationwide,” stated yearly. Next they humble
Davis.  themselves telling stories of
Gracie Rollins, 73, how everything has hit rock
director of CHANGE, Inc. in bottom. No health insurance,
northwest Washington, said no home, without job…they
stories like Robinson’s have are not poor but desperate.
$400
Baltimore Chapter Continental Societies Inc.
Earl Williams
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Marion Seabrooks
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter
The Philomathians Inc.
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Barbara C. Motley
$125
The Emmanuel Church
$100
Henry Goode
The Baltimore Alpha Wives, Inc.
Theresa Barnett
Union Memorial United Methodist Church
Denise Simmons Graves
LaVerne Vance
United Ushers of Baltimore Inc.
The Women’s Symposium
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Brenda Jews
Public Safety Assistant Program
Betty J, Durham
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Caroline Harcum
$25
Calvin L. Tolbert
Ellen Hill
Mike’s Bail Bonds Inc.
The Blake Family
Myra Richardson
Ellen Dutton
Rotha Freeman
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They need help and lots of it.”
The U.S. Department
of Commerce recently
reported that in November
the unemployment level
for persons with bachelor’s
degrees or higher rose 5
percent.
Jason Perkins-Cohen,
executive director of the Jobs
Opportunities Task Force in
Baltimore concurred, saying
the new faces looking for
jobs are highly skilled with
significant work history.
“Many highly skilled people
are being pushed into poverty
or near poverty,” said
Perkins-Cohen. “We must
invest in adults, retrain our
workforce and provide the
next generation of workers
with the necessary skills and
education to compete.”
Prince George’s County,
one of the richest Black
counties in America, provides
one of the best pictures of the
dying Black middle class.
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Artist Charles Jean-Pierre displays his craft as the evening’s host, Russell Fugett, looks
on. To the far left is a portrait of Reginald F. Lewis, the evening’s honoree.
attendance, including philanthropist Jimmy shot of Paris from the site where Lewis
Lyn, producer Julian Wright, author Dolen managed TLC Beatrice in the 1980s. Also,
Perkins Valdez, actress Doris McMillon, Sydney Henriques Payne read a poem written
Freddie Brown and BET’s John Burns and by Lewis’ daughter, Leslie Lewis Sword.
Alma Rangel. Brig Owens, former NFL Born Dec. 7, 1942, in Baltimore, Lewis
star and Lewis’ friend Brigman Owens also was the first African-American student to
attended the event, which took place on what be accepted at Harvard Law School without
would have been Lewis’ 68th birthday. applying. His life is chronicled in the
Guests enjoyed a live art demonstration biography Why Should White Guys Have All
by Charles Jean-Pierre, who painted a scenic the Fun?
“With thousands of
foreclosures, it has become
quite common for people who
were once homeowners to
come to live in our shelters
with their families. They
have absolutely no where
else to turn,” said Josephine
Brownell, 38, shelter manager
at Shepherd’s Cove located
in Capitol Heights, Md., the
only homeless shelter in the
county for families. “With the
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
rate of homelessness growing,
First Lady Michelle Obama joins students for a “Let’s
we need more shelters to
Move!” Salad Bars to Schools launch event at Riverside
open across the county, more
Elementary School in Miami, Fla., Nov. 22.
funding for expansion and job
Obama: Nutrition
training centers,” explained
Brownell.
Adding to the needy are
Bill Vital to
the influx of undocumented
immigrants, primarily
Latino, needing financial
assistance said CHANGE
Children’s Future
officials. “Without proper
documentation, by law, we
can only give them food,
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meal programs and those children. Nothing.’’
lunches and dinners would The $4.5 billion measure
become more nutritious
under a bill President
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meals for the needy and give
the government power to
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effort to combat childhood The legislation also
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this act is about doing school lunches by six cents
what’s right for our a meal at a time when many
children,’’ Obama said school officials say they
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ceremony was moved from meals. The new money
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International Briefs
Haiti’s leading candidate
speaks against council
By Jonathan M. Katz
Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) —
Supporters of one of her competitors
in Haiti’s presidential election set
barricades on fire and threw rubble at
cars when initial results put him third.
The No. 2 finisher urged his partisans
to mobilize and his staff warned they
could start a war.
But during the turmoil since the
preliminary vote count, Mirlande
Manigat, the 70-year-old law professor
and former first lady in first place,
has kept her calm and stayed in the
classroom and her stucco-walled office.
In an interview with The Associated
Press on Monday, she blamed the
discord on a “crisis of confidence’’
with Haiti’s electoral officials. She also
defended her decision not to participate
in a recount and said she is open to
power-sharing agreements with other
parties as a means of emerging from
the crisis. “Now we are in a situation
which has no relation whatsoever
either with the constitution or to the
electoral law,’’ Manigat said. “I would
like to see my country heading for a
true democracy, and I am personally
concerned about the whole situation.’’
Her supporters clashed with U.N.
peacekeepers in two provincial cities
between the dysfunctional Nov. 28
election and the much-critcized Dec.
7 announcement of results, throwing
rocks and burning tires to demand she
be declared the winner.
Since the vote tally the crisis has
boiled down to a fight for second place
– the other spot in a Jan. 16 runoff –
between Jude Celestin, the candidate
of Preval’s party, and Michel Martelly,
a singer who trails him by 6,845 votes.
Manigat, all but assured of going on
to the next round, has stayed in the
background.
That changed briefly when the
provisional electoral council, or CEP,
proposed creating a commission to
recount the tally sheets. Manigat and
Martelly declared they were opposed;
only Celestin accepted. “Nobody trusts
AP Photo/Guillermo Arias
Haiti’s presidential candidate
Mirlande Manigat, a former first
lady whose husband was deposed
by the military in 1988, gestures
during an interview with The
Associated Press in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, Dec. 13. Haiti’s provisional
electoral council tried to calm
tensions by announcing last week
a retabulation of the tally sheets
used in its initial count, but over
the weekend first-place candidate
Manigat said she would not
participate.
the CEP. Nobody in Haiti,’’ Manigat
said Monday. “I cannot accept (the
proposal) because there is no indication
about the location, the rules, the
membership, etc., etc.’’
Now the electoral council has
proposed a second, 72-hour appeals
period through Wednesday in which
candidates can legally contest the
results. That new window was
announced late Sunday by a coalition
of nine international ambassadors as
more protests were expected.
Haiti’s political stalemate comes
as it wrestles with post-quake
reconstruction, a cholera epidemic that
has killed more than 2,100 and endemic
crises of poverty and instability.
Manigat’s campaign has promised
gradual change and long-term
solutions. Her first priorities would
be dealing with the cholera epidemic
December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American
and finding ways to house the more
than 1 million people still living under
tarps and tents nearly a year after the
earthquake.
And why does she want to win a
contest where the prize is a country full
of problems?
“I am a patriot. And I don’t like my
country as it is now,’’ she said. “I am
ready to face the coming situation. And
I know that I will succeed.’’
US cable: Cuba to be
insolvent within 2-3 years
By Paul Haven
Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — A newly released
confidential U.S. diplomatic cable
predicted Cuba’s economic situation
could become “fatal’’ within two to
three years, and detailed concerns
from other countries’ diplomats –
including China – that the communist-
run country has been slow to adopt
reforms.
The cable was written last February,
months before Cuban President Raul
Castro announced a major revamp of
the island’s economy, laying out plans
to fire a half-million state workers and
open up the island to expanded forms
of private enterprise.
The cable, sent by the U.S. Interests
Section in Havana, which Washington
maintains instead of an embassy, was
released Friday by WikiLeaks. It was
apparently written by America’s chief
diplomat on the island, Jonathan Farrar.
Cuban parliament chief Ricardo
Alarcon, who often speaks on U.S.
issues, told The Associated Press the
cable did not contain anything new or
interesting. “It seems to me Jonathan
Farrar was a little depressed that day’’
that he wrote the dispatch, Alarcon
said.
Relations between Washington and
Havana are already strained by the long
detention of an American contractor on
suspicion of spying – not to mention
50 years of Cold War animus, and the
release of the cable was not likely to
help matters.
It details a breakfast meeting
held by the Interests Section’s chief
economic officer with diplomats from
some of Cuba’s main trading partners,
including China, Spain, Canada, Brazil
and Italy, as well as France and Japan,
both of which are among the island’s
top creditors.
“All diplomats agreed that Cuba
could survive this year without
substantial policy changes, but the
financial situation could become fatal
within 2-3 years,’’ the cable said,
adding that Italian diplomats cited
sources within the Cuban government
as predicting that the island “would
become insolvent as early as 2011.’’
It is no secret that Cuba’s financial
situation is increasingly dire. Raul
Castro has warned that the state can
no longer afford to subsidize nearly all
forms of Cuban life. The government
provides free health care and education,
and nearly free transportation, housing
and utilities. All Cubans also receive
a ration book that provides them with
some basic food, though not enough
to live on. Most islanders work for
just $20 a month in a state-dominated
economic system riddled with
inefficiency.
The cable said the situation
would worsen dramatically should
there be economic or political
problems involving Cuba’s top ally,
Venezuela, which the dispatch said
was “increasingly unstable.’’ It quoted
the French diplomat at the meeting
as saying Hugo Chavez’s country “is
in flames’’ and “a source of serious
concern for Cuba.’’
Associated Press writer Andrea
Rodriguez contributed to this report.
Ghana to begin pumping
oil for first time
By Francis Kokutse and Todd Pitman
Associated Press
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The West
African nation of Ghana is poised to
begin pumping oil Wednesday for the
first time, kicking off a lucrative new
industry expected to bring $1 billion
annually to a part of the world where
most people still get by on less than $2
a day.
But critics warn the country, one
of the most stable and democratic on
the continent, has yet to pass crucial
legislation to avoid what is known
in Africa as the “resource curse.’’ In
places like Congo and Nigeria, oil
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or mineral wealth has fueled conflict
instead of boosting desperately needed
development.
British-based explorer Tullow Oil
PLC is leading a consortium that will
start producing 55,000 barrels per
day Wednesday from rigs off Ghana’s
Atlantic Ocean coast in the Jubilee
Field, which was discovered three
years ago and holds an estimated 1.8
billion barrels of oil.
“The start of oil production
represents an important opportunity
... but the sudden onset of oil
wealth often comes at the expense
of good governance and effective
development,’’ said Ian Gary, a
policy manager for the charity Oxfam
America. “Ghana’s challenge as
an ‘oil hot spot’ will be to manage
this industry with transparent and
accountable policies and practices, so
the people of Ghana can truly benefit
over the long-term.’’
More than three years after the
discovery of oil, Gary said there is
still no oil revenue management law
in place, and no independent regulator
established for the sector. Ghana’s
parliament is currently debating an
oil revenue bill, but key provisions –
including preventing oil revenue from
being used as collateral for loans –
have been removed.
Last week, lawmakers approved a
bill allowing 70 percent of oil revenues
to be used for such loans, which have
caused countries such as Nigeria,
Angola and Republic of Congo to go
“deep into debt due to unsustainable
oil-backed borrowing,’’ Oxfam said in
a statement.
Nevertheless, the money is badly
needed. Most of Ghana’s 23 million
people struggle to get by.
In 2009, Africa produced 13 percent
of the world’s oil, “but this has yet
to translate into tangible benefits for
Africa’s poor,’’ Oxfam said. “In fact,
resource-rich countries in Africa have
actually experienced lower growth
rates than countries with scarce
resources.’’
Tullow Oil has a 34.7 percent stake
in the Jubilee Field. Other partners
include Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
(23.49 percent), Kosmos Energy
(23.49 percent), The Ghana National
Petroleum Company (13.75 percent),
Sabre Oil and Gas (2.81 percent), and
the E.O. Group (1.75 percent).
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18, 2010

Black College Report ‘Troubling’ A report issued by the

By Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Special to the AFRO
Although a new federal
report credits HBCUs with
doing a superior job of
graduating more students
in the fields of science and
technology, higher education
leaders says the report is built
upon a faulty premise.
“The general population
has to deal with and
discuss the report very
cautiously, because it sends
very confusing signals,”
said Dr. Alvin Thorton,
associate provost at Howard
University, one of the HBCUs
referenced in the report.
Thorton was referring to a
report released recently by
the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights titled, “The
Educational Effectiveness of
Historically Black Colleges
and Universities.”
The report found
that HBCUs produce a
disproportionately high share
of African­American students
who earn degrees in science,
engineering, technology, or
mathematics, also known as
STEM fields. Specifically,
the report states that although
only about 20 percent of
African­-American college
students attend HBCUs,
40 percent of all African­
American engineers received
their degrees from an HBCU.
However, in seeking
to explain why HBCUs
produce more Black STEM
graduates than other
colleges and universities,
the commission blamed the
problem on the “prevalence
of academic mismatch” at
non-HBCUs. The phrase
“academic mismatch” refers
to differences in the overall
academic abilities of a student
in relation to his or her peers
at college.
The problem of “academic
mismatch” is not prevalent
at HBCUs, the report states,
because African-American
students at HBCUs are
more likely to be educated
alongside other students
whose academic preparedness
is similar, as opposed to
students with better academic
preparedness.
“African-­American
students interested in STEM
majors may ... particularly
wish to
consider attending a
college or a university,
including an HBCU, at
which their academic
credentials match those of
the typical student so that
they avoid experiencing the
negative effects of academic
mismatch,” the report states.
Thorton says he has
a problem with that
assertion.“The notion
implicitly that some students
are better off at HBCUs
because HBCUs give
academically a better match
in terms of preparation than
they were at majority-serving
schools, I just think that is too
compelling of an issue for the
commission to have tossed it
out there in a cavalier way,”
Thorton said. “That to me is
not serving the discussion
well and that’s the most
troubling part of it.”
Thorton said the real
reason HBCUs graduate
more students in STEM
fields is because they provide
more support and have more
diverse faculty members
with whom the students can
identify.
He said the Commission
should have focused more
on what other universities
can learn from what HBCUs
are doing to support students
as opposed to the academic
profile of the students
themselves. The report did
state that researchers should
“carefully study the success
of HBCUs to learn how other
schools can emulate their best
practices.”
“That’s the call I would
expect the commission to be
making,” Thorton said. “Not
that we reached the point
where it’s preferable for the
Black student to be away
from what is perceived to be
higher-achieving, non-Black
students. I think that is a
problematic premise.”
Dr. Lorelle Espinosa,
director of policy and
strategic initiatives at the
Institute for Higher Education
Policy in Washington,
D.C., also said the report
was problematic because it
propagates the idea that Black
students at HBCUs are less
academically prepared. “The
way that the media portrays
that point does a disservice to
HBCUs by portraying them
in a light that says that the
students are substandard or
subpar to majority students
or Black students that go
to majority institutions,”
Espinosa said.
The commission itself
was divided over how much
credence to give the notion
of “academic mismatch”
and some members of the
commission were critical of
the report itself.
Commissioners Michael
Yaki and Arlan D. Melendez,
for instance, called the report
“shamefully tardy,” noting
that the report is based on
a briefing hearing that took
place in May 2006.
“Further, parts of this
Report’s conclusions rest
upon stale data, some of
U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights linked the
disproportionately
high number of Black
students earning
degrees in STEM
(science, technology,
engineering and
mathematics) fields
to a “prevalence of
academic mismatch”
at non-HBCUs.
AFRO File Photo/Webster Phillips III
which ... was over a decade University, said the deeper
old at the time of its initial issue for graduating more
consideration,” Yaki and Black students in STEM
Melendez wrote. fields is providing a solid
Commissioner Gail Heriot, science education early on.
however, rebutted that Yaki “For this issue to be
and Melendez are ignoring addressed, it can’t start with
scholars who have found that HBCUs,” Dr. Thorton said.
African-American students “It has to start in the fourth
do better when they are in the grade with excellent science
middle or top of the class as programs for Black students
opposed to at the bottom of in urban systems.
the class at elite mainstream “By the time they get to
institutions. 11th, 12th, grade, it’s really
Thorton, of Howard too late.”

New Law, Technology Freshen Maryland’s Redistricting Process

By Michaelle Bond
Capital News Service
WASHINGTON — It
could drastically alter election
results and affect who runs
for public office. No, it’s
not voting or a scandal. It’s
redistricting.
And the practice that
occurs after each decennial
census is getting a few
updates in Maryland this
time around. A state law
passed in April will change
how prisoners are counted
in political districts, and
technology not widely
while deflating those of the
prisoners’ home districts.
There are two main
complications associated with
this new law, said Andrew
Ratner, Maryland Department
of Planning spokesman.
Inmates’ addresses are
sometimes difficult to verify,
especially because some
didn’t have fixed addresses
before their incarceration,
Ratner said. And the state has
to figure out the number of
Maryland prisoners as of April
1 – Census Day – not the
current number. “You couldn’t
have really prepared for it,” he
Planning will establish a
page on its website to answer
residents’ questions and give
an overview and preliminary
timeline for the process,
Ratner said.
Residents can also express
their concerns and suggestions
for the state’s redistricting
plan through the website.
“There are ways to keep
people informed that just
weren’t available back during
the 2000 census,” Ratner said.
“It’s a whole new ball game.”
The department will also
use Twitter and Facebook to
keep Maryland residents up to
redistricting software. “The
effect is pretty substantial and
it lasts for a decade or more.”
Redistricting software is
also less expensive than in
previous years, so Hejazi and
census workers anticipate
more plans from citizens and
companies. Hejazi hopes this
helps dispel misperceptions
about redistricting.
“A lot of people think of
it as something sinister that
happens behind closed doors,”
he said. But that’s not the
case, he said.
Redistricting plans are
just like any other piece of
legislation, he said. “Some
people come out ahead and
some come out behind,”
Hejazi said. “It depends on
who’s in charge.”
Karl Aro, executive
director of the Maryland
Department of Legislative
Services, said he can’t
speculate about possible
changes to Maryland’s
districts until the census
numbers come out, but
residents along the border of
Maryland can rest assured that
their districts will not change.
“Basically, in my
experience, districts have
cores that don’t really get
disrupted too much,” said
Aro, who has been through
the redistricting process four
times.
Western Maryland
will always be the 6th
Congressional District and
the Eastern Shore will always
be in the 1st Congressional
District, he said. When
remaking political districts,
legislators generally work
from the outside of the state in
toward the center.

Steele to Seek Re-election

available during last decade’s
redistricting process will
increase chances for public
participation.
For the first time,
Maryland, along with New
York and Delaware, will
use prisoners’ last known
addresses, instead of their
prison’s addresses, to
determine congressional and
legislative district populations
and redraw the state’s political
map.
“It’ll be an interesting
process to watch and see
if they’re successful,” said
James Whitehorne, assistant
chief of the Census Bureau’s
Redistricting Data Office. “I
do think it will be difficult to
do.”
For months, Maryland has
been tracking down prisoners’
addresses, complying with
a state law that ended the
practice of counting prisoners,
who can’t vote, as part of the
prison districts’ populations.
Before the No Representation
Without Population Act, this
practice inflated the voting
power of the prison districts,
said, “because the law passed
after the census.”
After every census, all
states are responsible for
using the new population
data to redraw their political
maps – congressional and
legislative districts and voting
precincts – to more accurately
represent residents and
achieve population equality in
the districts. But the process is
also driven by politics.
Redrawing the districts –
and therefore regrouping the
voters – can affect who gets
elected in the state. Members
of the state General Assembly
have the chance to help their
political parties by grouping
like-minded voters together in
the same district.
Although the Census
Bureau won’t release the
2010 population data used for
redistricting until February
and March, it is now releasing
geographical data – like
updates on city and county
boundaries – to help states
prepare for redistricting.
In a few weeks, the
Maryland Department of
date on the redistricting plans’
progress.
Gov. Martin O’Malley is
likely to appoint a redistricting
advisory committee, which
will hold public hearings next
spring and summer, Ratner
said.
A special legislative
session may be called in
early September 2011 to
finish mapping congressional
districts, which must be
complete well before the
February 2012 congressional
primary, Ratner said. The
Maryland State Board of
Elections will then make any
needed adjustments before the
election.
The legislative district
plan must be finished by
January 2012 and the General
Assembly will adopt it by late
February 2012, Ratner said.
“The problem is that most
people, from the citizens’
perspective, don’t really
understand how important this
is,” said Fred Hejazi, chief
executive officer at Citygate
GIS LLC, an Annapolis-
based company that sells
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contest to decide who should run the party’s
national operations during the 2012 presidential
election cycle.
“It was a ho-hum race before he joined.
Now, he’s the Obama. He’s creating the buzz
now – both negative and positive,” Jackson
told the AFRO.
Among the candidates vying for the GOP
helm are Maria Cino, a New York native who
served in the Bush administration and planned
the party’s 2008 nominating convention,
and Gentry Collins, who headed the RNC’s
political department under Steele.
Others in the mix include: Saul Anuzis,
a committeeman from Michigan who lost to
Steele in the 2009 chairman’s race; Reince
Priebus, the Wisconsin Republican chairman,
and Ann Wagner, a former Missouri state
Republican chair and a former ambassador.
Like previous RNC chairs, those candidates
are “insiders,” Jackson said, while Steele has
always been an outsider. And that – in addition
to his brash style and unconventional ways –
irked many among the party establishment.
“He’s that crazy ‘Uncle Larry’ that speaks
his mind,” said Ronald Bell, 29, a national
church consultant and Black Republican from
Dover, Del. “Yeah, it will be his downfall
but only because the culture of those people
[the Republican establishment] who are
success during his tenure. “I don’t know how
anyone can deny that the RNC has had an
excellent year as far as results.”
In 2009, Steele’s first year, the GOP secured
three unexpected victories – the governorships
of New Jersey and Virginia and a U.S. Senate
seat in Massachusetts. In the 2010 mid-term
elections, Capitol Hill Republicans gained
63 new representatives to take control of
the House and 13 new senators. And across
the nation, the party gained 690 new state
legislators and several governors. These wins
give Steele significant bragging rights, Jackson
said.
“There are two roles of a chairman – to
raise money and to win elections. And, if that’s
your standard, Michael gets an ‘A,’” he told the
AFRO.
Johnson contends, however, that those wins
were “despite Michael Steele.” And while he
came with “a lot of promise” – including the
expectation among many that he would serve
as a lightning rod to attract more minorities
– he did not deliver. “We didn’t really see
the concentrated effort in courting African-
American voters people expected … [and]
he ignored Hispanics,” the political strategist
added.
Even Steele’s Black supporters agree that he
didn’t do enough to build a minority coalition.

City Schools Holds Hearings

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Patterson High School.
Additionally, Deborah Brooks, principal
at Moravia Park, thanked city schools for
encouraging multiculturalism. “We have over
200 international students and there are 23-25
languages spoken at our school,” she said at the
forum. “I’m excited we will be able to build on
that.”
Two administrators from Benjamin Franklin
High School at Masonville Cove supported
city school’s proposal of more student career
preparation and community services.
No one commented on the recommended
changes at the last school – Cherry Hill
Elementary/Middle – that would include
an external operator and a new science,
technology, engineering and math curriculum.
In sharp contrast to similar forums in
the past, all speakers welcomed the board’s
changes. School officials credit the more
relaxed hearings to a “better-timed” process
and regular community engagement.
The board will accept written public
comments about the school closure and other
recommendations until Dec. 31. They plan to
vote on the measures Jan. 11, 2011.
accustomed to a docile, quiet conservative way
of thinking.”
Bell, a Maryland native, said Steele’s
tendency to not stay on message “scares
[party insiders] to death” but he believes it’s
a good thing. “His ability to push, challenge
and change and not be controlled or contained
has turned the Republican Party in a different
direction than it has been in a while.”
Brandon Cooper, 22, the 2010-’11 chairman
of the Howard University College Republicans,
agreed, saying he is “excited” by Steele’s
decision to run again.
“We need someone who is ready to change
things. The Republican Party has been static for
the past few years,” he said. Cooper added that
in addition to change, Steele has also brought
“The weakness Michael has within the Black
community on the Republican side is he
doesn’t engage well-known Black Republicans.
He surrounded himself with people in the party
who were not engaged in the Black community
[and] he did not build that support outside of
the committee,” Jackson said. And that’s why
although Steele has a solid 30-40 votes within
the 168-member committee – 85 is needed to
win – he doesn’t have the external machine
needed to counter possible collusion among the
other candidates to defeat him.
“[Many] Black Republicans are neutral;
they don’t feel they have a dog in the race.”
Associated Press writer Liz Sidoti
contributed to this story.
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Community Calendar
Dec. 17
Pieces of a Dream
Rams Head Tavern, 33
West St., Annapolis, Md.
6:30-7:30 p.m. Philadelphia
R&B jazz group Pieces of a
Dream performs. $35. For
more information: 410-268-
4545.
Beyond the Holidays
The Waxter Center, 1000
Cathedral St., Baltimore.
6-10 p.m. Peace of Mind
Services hosts this event for
needy families and children.
Enjoy raffles, door prizes, a
live band and more. For more
information: 410-779-6331.
Dec. 18
Wine Tasting, Jazz
Fundraiser
CR Lounge/Restaurant,
518 N. Charles St., 6-10 p.m.
Taste six carefully selected
vintage wines and an artisan
cheese display. Also enjoy
a live jazz set featuring a
nationally recognized jazz
band. For more information:
443-854-1891.
Kwanzaa Stories and Songs
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Walbrook Branch, 3203 W.
North Ave., Baltimore. 2-4
p.m. The Griot Circle of
Maryland presents an evening
of Kwanzaa stories. For more
information: 410-396-0935.
Girls Glam Fashion
Showcase 2010
The Women’s Club
of Catonsville, 10 Saint
Timothy’s Lane, Catonsville,
Md. 4 p.m. Learn how to help
your daughter grow into a
smart and confident woman.
For more information: 443-
865-8318.
Dec. 19
Christmas Concert
Created For So Much
More Worship Center, 701
Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore.
6 p.m. LeAndria Johnson,
winner of BET’s, “Sunday
Best,” performs Christmas
favorites. $15. For more
information: 410-355-0040.
A Winter Social
Red Maple, 930 N. Charles
St., Baltimore. 6-10 p.m. The
city’s most eligible bachelors
and bachelorettes unite for an
evening of mixing, mingling
and speed dating. $15-$20.
For more information: 410-
547-0149.
Dec. 20
Get Fit At Your Library
Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Waverly Branch, 400 E.
33rd St. 12-2 p.m. Get
your Monday workout
to popular line dances,
hip-hop, Caribbean and
African rhythms. For more
information: 410-396-6053.
Housing & Money
Management: Relationship
With Money Workshop
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Opinion
A ‘Used Up’ Michael Steele to Seek
Second Term as GOP Leader
(NNPA) – Although the
Republican Party appears to
have gotten as much use as
they wanted out of Michael
Steele, the embattled
chairman of the Republican
National Committee told
supporters Monday night he
will seek re-election next
month.
“Yes, I have stumbled
along the way, but have
always accounted to you for
such shortcomings,” he told
the 168-member committee
George E. Curry
in an e-mail sent after a
telephone conference call
with them. “No excuses. No lies, No hidden agenda.  Going
forward, I ask for your support and your vote for a second
term.”
Going forward, Steele will face an uphill battle.  At
least a few prominent Republicans, including former RNC
chairwoman Ann Wagner, have announced they are running
for Steele’s position. Many have complained about lavish
spending and slumping donations during Steele’s tenure.
Some urged donors not to give to the party for races in
November and instead donate to alternative organizations
such as the Republican Governors Association. And, many
donors did just that.
Whenever I think about Steele, the lyrics of Bill Withers’
“Use Me” come to mind:
“My friends feel it’s their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me all you want to do is use me
But my answer yeah to all that use me stuff
Is I wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting
used
Oh you keep on using me until you use me up.”
Michael Steele has willingly allowed himself to be used by
the GOP.  And, now that they have no more use for him, they
plan to discard him like a used tissue. Still, he is under the
illusion that he can be re-elected.
Steele has never been a popular figure as chairman,
Pigford Passed, Now What? As the nation celebrates
Tanikka the long awaited approval of
Cunningham funds to settle Pigford II, we
have to stop and ask, what
happens next? Does this truly
make an impact on the state of Black agriculture and Black
farmers in the present and future?
I find that in my day-to-day activities and talking to people,
some folks forget or don’t know that Pigford II is to right the
wrongs of the past, by paying dues to Black farmers who were
discriminated against who filed after the Pigford I case. These
are claims from 1981 to 1996, almost 30 years ago.
I also notice people don’t know the state of Black farmers
today. They don’t know that the average age of a Black farmer
is 60-63 years old.
We heard it reported how many of those claimants who
have waited for Pigford II to pass have died waiting. So what
does this mean? It means a lot of the Pigford payees will be the
children of those who originally filed claims.
These are the children who grew up and have had to see
what the government systematically did to their parents, their
farm, their land, their heritage.
Now these children – adults are now considered Black land
owners, and want nothing to do with being farmers. Nothing
because they saw their parents make an average of $22,000
a year when other farmers of other races make well over
$100,000 a year growing the same things.
Who would want to continue a cycle of suffering?
Where does that leave the state of Black agriculture and
Black farmers?
Today, Black farmers are almost 1 percent of all U.S.
farmers and declining, every day. With numbers that low we
have two options – extinction or revival.
I vote revival.
To Gov. O’Malley on the Appointment of Department of
Juvenile Services Secretary
Dear Gov. O’Malley:
As you prepare to appoint a new secretary to lead the
Department of Juvenile Services, we, the undersigned, offer the
following.  - Commitment to youth rehabilitation and fair, effective
First, during the current term, there have been several
advances that we hope to see continued and built upon during
your second term.  These include: a commitment to data-driven
decision-making, development of accurate classification and
need assessment instruments, expansion of proven treatment
practices, engagement with the Missouri Youth Services
Institute to assist the State with improving its residential
programs, enhancement of aftercare services in Baltimore City,
and targeted attention to developing a good continuum of girls’
services. We firmly believe that continuing to focus on these
priorities will move Maryland closer to becoming a national,
juvenile justice model.  the candidate will possess an unequivocal commitment to
Second, as you finalize candidates for the position, we urge
you to convene and engage a youth justice advisory group
comprised of DJS-involved youth and families, policymakers,
and community advocates as a forum for meeting and
reviewing finalists.
 Finally, we call upon you to prioritize the following
qualities and characteristics in the successful candidate:
- Proven management and leadership skills.  The ideal
candidate must be an excellent manager and internal leader,
with demonstrated ability to strategically build and maintain
infrastructure over time.  This includes the ability to conduct an
honest and fair assessment of what the Department is currently
doing, and to attract and retain a highly qualified, experienced,
and motivated senior management team and other professional
staff who are committed to working with young people and
families, and reducing juvenile delinquency.  Additionally,
the candidate must have a firm and energetic devotion to
professionalizing, developing, evaluating, and holding
December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American
winning on the sixth round of balloting. And, the only reason
he won then was so that the GOP could use a Black man to
counter the nation’s first Black president. It was a role Steele
relished. He said at the time, “Having a Black president of
the United States and a Black leader of the opposition is a
wonderful testament to our country.”
Even though the GOP made impressive gains in the last
election, most Republicans think they were successful in spite
of Michael Steele, not because of him.
Over the past two years, Steele may have set a record for
gaffes.
Last year, he said: “In the history of mankind and
womankind, government – federal, state or local – has never
created one job.  It’s destroyed a lot of them.”
According to the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of
Statistics, of the 153.7 million people in the civilian labor
force, approximately 22.5 million held government jobs as of
January 2009.
Steele can’t even get it right when trying to woo Black
voters. When he was asked last year about Republican efforts
to reach diverse populations, Steele told a group of bloggers,
“My plan is to say, ‘Y’all come’ because of lot of you are
already here.’” When someone in the audience yelled, “I’ll
bring the collard greens,” Steele added, “I got the fried
chicken and potato salad.”
Many African Americans saw nothing funny in Steele’s
comment.
.In his eagerness to attack Obama, Steele said last
summer that the Afghan war was a “war of Obama’s
choosing.”  Evidently everyone except Michael Steele knows
that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were initiated by George
W. Bush in retaliation for the Sept. 11 attacks on the World
Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. 
Though quick to attack President Obama – even when the
facts proved him wrong – Steele was even quicker to defend
ridiculous statements by conservatives and genuflect for Rush
Limbaugh.
Playing to the outlandish views of birthers who contend
that President Obama was not born in the United States, Steele
defended an assertion by former House speaker and potential
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich that Obama
We have no time to celebrate long; now is where the gravel
meets the road and we need to get to work.
Will Pigford II money revitalize Black agriculture? Not if
we do the exact same thing we have done over the last 30 years
– fighting past discrimination. We must also look to the future.
I was once told by a farmer, “Dirt and money don’t put
seeds in the ground, and seeds in the ground don’t pay the
bills.” I understand that now. We can’t expect that if you have
some money and land that you are going to get back into
farming. And, if you do get back into farming, just growing
things will not pay your bills. You have to sell your goods to
make money.
Let’s get the children and heirs with cash infusions
to look broadly at agriculture, their land, and their heritage as
something to hold on to and fight for. Give them the tools to see
agriculture as a business and a legacy.
Give them the tools to run their farm as a business, tools
that do not stop when the food is grown or extend to farmers’
markets. Let’s teach our farmers distribution, marketing,
packaging, post-harvest practice, co-operative buying and
selling, business taxes, business planning, and the list could go
on, along with farmers’ markets.
Let’s use Pigford as a rallying cry to increase the profit-
making of practicing farmers, while creating new Black farmers
and giving them the tools to become producers, sustainable and
profitable.
Let’s educate more young people on the history of Black
agriculture and Black farmers before and after slavery.
Let’s teach young Black children that agriculture is the
foundation to all things – there is no culture without agriculture.
We can teach them that farming is not just putting seeds
in the ground; it’s not just harvesting it. It’s inclusive of
everything in the food supply chain and that everything around
them comes from some source of farming – it has either been
Letters to the Editor
accountable to performance measures, ethical standards,
and state and federal law ALL Department staff, from senior
management to the lowest grade/salaried employee.  address children, youth, and families. The candidate will be
interventions. The ideal candidate will have a deep commitment
to preventing juvenile delinquency in the first instance, and to
responding to juvenile delinquency and related public safety
concerns in equitable, empirically-supported, and age and
developmentally-appropriate ways, as evidenced by a solid
track record.  The candidate will have knowledge of, and
preferably be well-versed in, the contemporary findings and
debates that inform how we address delinquent behavior when
it occurs, from the science of adolescent brain development
to gender-based responsiveness to community-based
alternatives and holistic, family-based treatment.  Additionally,
equity and competence with regard to race, ethnicity, culture,
language, gender, and sexual orientation, and will work
to eliminate disparities within Maryland’s juvenile justice
system.  To this end, the candidate will incorporate a range of
best practices, including evidence-based services, promising
practices, and other emerging and proven practices that show
good outcomes, and support the treatment needs of youth
involved in the Department of Juvenile Services.
-First-hand knowledge of juvenile justice practice.  The
candidate will have and effectively demonstrate knowledge and
experience in both the discipline and the systems of juvenile
justice.  The candidate will be familiar with the varied forms
that juvenile justice systems take at the local and state levels
and how changes in policy and practice can impact those
systems.  Also, the candidate will have first-hand knowledge of
the practice of juvenile justice as distinguished from criminal
justice.
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may hold a “Kenyan, anti-colonial view.”
On his short-lived CNN program, comedian D.L. Hughley
called Rush Limbaugh the “de facto  leader of the Republican
Party.”  Steele strongly disagreed, saying: “I’m the de facto
leader of the Republican Party.” Steele dismissed Limbaugh
as an incendiary entertainer, but after Limbaugh lashed out
at Steele on his radio program, Steele backed off, saying,
“Maybe I was a little bit inarticulate.” He added, “What I was
trying to say was a lot of people…want to make Rush the
scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he’s not.”
Ironically, the Republican Party has grown more
conservative during Steele’s tenure. That had more to do with
a tea party movement that challenged both moderate and
conservative Republican incumbents than a leadership failure
on Steele’s part.
Meanwhile, Black voters were not eating from Steele’s
political menu. In fact, the share of Blacks voting Republican
in congressional races decreased from 11 percent in 2006, the
previous off year election, to 9 percent in November.
Michael Steele could not offer enough chicken and potato
salad to change that outcome. And nor is the likely outcome of
next month’s balloting likely to favor Steele.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of “Emerge”
magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker,
moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his
website, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at
www.twitter.com/currygeorge.
grown or mined – all within agriculture.
This not an urban vs. rural farming situation; it’s an
everyone-everywhere situation.
Pigford told us of the past. Now we look to the future and
make sure that Black Farmers don’t become extinct. We need to
make sure that our farmers have the support, tools, customers,
and know-how to make farming and agricultural related
activities a thriving business that anyone would want to go into,
because it’s ours.
We need to make Black farmers the now and the future.  We
need to make sure we make practicing farmers profitable and
their farmer thriving, and create new farmers at the same time.
However we need to act now.  We are quickly running out of
time. If the average age is 60, how many more years do we
have for them to be farming – three years, five years, 10 at the
max? So in 10 years we could run out of Black farmers.
If we stand by idly as spectators and allow that to happen,
then the people who caused the reason for Pigford just won.
And I am no spectator!
So all hands on deck. Do you have time to volunteer
to pick some crops? Do you have time to help fill out a
marketing plan? Do you have time to help with packaging, or
transportation or to sit in at a farmers’ market for a farmer? Do
you have land that you don’t use? Do you eat every day?
If you said yes, then you can help save Black farmers!
Will you join me?
Tanikka Cunningham is the executive director of Healthy
Solutions, a national grassroots nonprofit organization, and has
been working to assist Black farmers to become profitable by
distributing their goods through multiple distribution systems,
while insuring that people of color have access to healthy and
affordable foods for over nine years.
-Desire and ability to foster cross-disciplinary and
interagency collaborations. The ideal candidate will have
the ability and eagerness to work with other state agencies
and generate synergy between departments and agencies that
able to create and sustain juvenile justice reforms that are
not jeopardized by compartmentalization and the failure
to recognize how the child welfare, behavioral health and
education systems, among others, contribute to both challenges
and solutions within the juvenile justice arena. Additionally,
the candidate must be inclusive of a variety of local, state,
and federal partners, including youth, families, advocates, and
service providers.
In addition to these qualities, the next Juvenile Services
Secretary must be a good communicator, one who is quick
to hear and to speak confidently and persuasively on behalf
of Marylands youth.  The candidate must be able to receive
and synthesize diverse opinions and work in a competent and
confident manner.  Also, the next Juvenile Services secretary
must have a natural curiosity about juvenile justice and
delinquency prevention, realizing that our discipline is dynamic
and will model the drive to assimilate and advance new
information that leads to more effective policies, systems, and
investments for the short- and long-term. 
Ultimately, the Juvenile Services Secretary’s philosophy
and approach to juvenile justice should be grounded in a belief
that best practices and strategies that focus on prevention,
intervention, and fair treatment of youth result in better
outcomes for Maryland’s youth, families, and communities.
Advocates for Children and Youth, Chesapeake Center
for Youth Development, Community Conferencing
Center, Community Law in Action, Community Public
Awareness Council, Education Resources Group, Fusion
Partnerships, Institute for Family Centered
Services, et al.
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Ray Lewis greets

As part of his continued service to the Baltimore metropolitan area, Ravens football star Ray Reginald Armstead
Lewis hosted a giveaway for 150 area children at the Port Covington Walmart in Baltimore on Dec.
7. Students from the Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy, Lakewood, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Harriette Kite and
Abbottston and Fort Worthington elementary schools participated in the event, where Lewis Ray Lewis
helped each child select a personal gift item and an item for a family member. The giveaway
results from a partnership between the Ray Lewis Foundation and Walmart.

Elizabeth and Taron

Nichols

Bria Merricks (right) Local children wait to meet

and Nellie and Christiva football star Ray Lewis and
Atyoapong look at toys Bobby, Chrissy and
peruse donated gifts
with Ray Lewis Chanel Williams

The gift wrapping team Reginald and

Diamond Armstead
with grandmother,
Adrienne Swayne

Members of the Gamma Phi chapter at

Coppin State University are Alisha Owensford, Tennille Blue, anti-basileus; Towanda D. Maddox,
Santa Claus makes
Samantha Leigh, Jessica James, Gina Anthony Sigma Service Award recipient and Toni M. Black,
a surprise visit to
Photos by Bill (Alpha Alpha Sigma treasurer), Clarissa Clayton chapter basileus
the Walmart
Tabron and Ashley Key

The Alpha Alpha Sigma

Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority hosted its Founders’
Day Jazz Brunch at the Forest
Park Golf Course in the
Rawlings Fulton Clubhouse.
Members of the sorority Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Woman on
welcomed friends to share the Move recipient; Kellie Boulware,
in the celebration and chair and Landa McLaurin, past
Aliah Wood, Nathalia
fellowship of “A Lifetime basileus
Martin, Bronwyn
Legacy of Service to the Wheeler, Teneshia
Community.” Richards, Veronica
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, executive director of Oracle Moore and Geraldine
Corporation, was the recipient of the Woman on the Lamptey
Move award, and Towanda D. Maddox, Northeast
Region Rhoer coordinator, received the Sigma
Service award.
Kellie M. Boulware and Bronwyn A. Wheeler served Past presidents Patelle Green-Harris,
as chair of the Founders’ Day event. Alice Sue Cooper-Lee, Lori Bush and
Alycia Anderson, epistoleus Photos by A. Lois De Laine, Ed.D.

Volunteers and
Baltimore City
Department of Social
Services Director Molly
McGrath (center)

Titia Spence,
Tammy Spence
Cynthia and and Averell Carter Logan, Kevin,
Baltimore City foster youth recently invited members Anthony Collin and
of the community to join them at a fundraising breakfast Sheffield Geroma Void
at Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar and Grille on LaSalle Road
in Towson, Md. The pancake breakfast cost attendees $8
and the restaurant donated $6.50 of each ticket to the Youth
Advisory Board at the Baltimore City Department of Social Services
(BCDSS)..
Taylor Washington,
The event, arranged almost entirely by Youth Advisory Board members,
Chante Bonner and
showed the resiliency of local children facing troubling circumstances.
Twon Douglass
“Members of our community need to meet these extraordinary youth,”
said BCDSS Director Molly McGrath in a prepared statement. “Many of
them have faced serious personal challenges and they seek ways to take
more ownership of the foster care system and make it a better experience
for those who come after them.”
Nicole, Amanda
and Alexaundria
Leonard
Correction
In the Dec. 4 edition of the
Baltimore AFRO Lifestyle
page, Voodoo Lady Orisha Photos by Bill Tabron Noah Youngblood,
Kammefa was incorrectly Marie Byrd, Shenee Jeff Knight, Steve and
identified as Dorothy Bryant. Taylor and Christine Landon Youngblood
Jackson
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Urban Wheels Awards Preps for Celebration of 15th Annual Showcase

By Stephen D. Riley
AFRO Staff Writer
Foreign customizations and American autos coincide
completely with most car shows. With a showcase on top-
dollar vehicles, attendees are usually blown away by souped-up
engines, sparkling wheels and flashy paint jobs. But the Urban
Wheel Awards doesn’t just put the focus on nice rides—
minorities and diversity are the stars of the show. The Urban
Wheel Awards will host its 15th annual car show on Jan. 9 at
the MotorCity Casino Hotel’s Sound Board Theater in Detroit,
Mich., in conjunction with the North American International
Auto Show, the largest revenue producing event in the United
States.
Serving as a popular meeting ground for A-List celebrities,
executives, international media, government representatives
and members of the multicultural community, the Urban Wheel
Awards promotes and celebrates diversity in the auto industry.
Accolades are given to promote contributions to the industry in
addition to the companies and decision makers who have made
diversity an integral part of their operation.
“Minorities buy 25 percent of all new vehicles annually
so us holding our event allows a lot of the auto companies to
support diversity,” says Randi Payton, CEO and president of
Decisive Media, the organizer of the award show. “The event
has helped to really spur and expand diversity in the auto
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Washington, D.C. native and current mayor of Detroit,
Dave Bing, along with actress LisaRaye were a few of the
popular faces at the 2010 Urban Wheels Awards. CBS
News analyst Jamal Simmons will host the 2011 show.
industry. Several CEOs, presidents and top executives come to
the awards. It’s one of the first multicultural events in the U.S.
that’s open to all cultures and a lot of the companies that [do
attend], the presidents and CEOs weren’t advertising in Black
media or any minority media and had very few minorities and
women in higher positions.
“When they come to the awards and witness the talent and
our contributions, it actually stimulates the competition for
diversity. So a lot of the companies will go back and hire Black
women in vice president positions; increase their supplier and
start advertising in minority media. So it’s not just an event, it
really has a mission to provide diversity in the industry.”
CBS News political analyst, Jamal Simmons, will serve as
host of the upcoming awards show, joining the prestigious list
of guest hosts that have served throughout the years. Popular
minority actresses such as LisaRaye, Vivica Fox and Rosie
Perez have each appeared as hosts over the last three years.
“Jamal’s demanding presence and outstanding
communications skills will be valuable assets to the Urban
Wheel Awards, especially as we celebrate 15 years of honoring
multicultural issues in the automobile industry,” Payton said.
This year’s honorees will be awarded in the categories of
supplier of the year, dealer of the year, urban truck of the year,
urban car of the year and Payton’s personal favorite, urban
green vehicle of the year. “Green is in almost every African or
Caribbean flag there is,” Payton added. “It’s always been a part
of our culture.”
For more on the 15th annual Urban Wheels Awards visit
www.decisivemagazine.com

AAA Offers Tips for Senior Drivers
Thousands of area drivers can still
remember when a gallon of gas only cost 18
cents a gallon, as it did in the 1940s and ‘50s.
They are also getting along in years to qualify
for the Old-Age Pension. In support of this
month’s Older Driver Safety Awareness Week,
AAA Mid-Atlantic urges seniors and their
families to take the first step in addressing this
difficult issue by having a conversation about
driving and aging.
“People age 65 and older represent the
fastest growing segment of the country’s
population, which makes their safe driving
ability an issue that millions of families are
facing,” said John
B. Townsend II,
manager of public and
government affairs
for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Older Driver Safety
Awareness Week is an opportunity for families
to start a conversation about safe mobility
and address any real and perceived challenges
associated with driving and aging.”
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one
in five people will be at least 65 years old by
2030, with nearly 10 million people 85 years
old or older. An estimated 90 percent of this
demographic will be licensed to drive. Many
families are uncomfortable when having to
address an older adult’s ability to drive. Older
people accounted for 15 percent of all traffic
fatalities and 18 percent of all pedestrian
fatalities in 2008.
Nationwide, based on the latest data
compiled by the National Highway Traffic
Administration (NHTSA), older drivers (aged
65 and older) were involved in crashes that
resulted in 5,569 fatalities, accounting for 11
percent of total fatalities in 2008.
While these figures may seem significant,
the fatal crash risk for older drivers has
declined during the past decade. Researchers
suspect that a combination of safer roads,
safer vehicles and safer drivers may explain
this positive finding. Seniors are healthier than
ever before and appear to be self-regulating
when and where to drive.
Compared to their younger counterparts,
older drivers are involved in a lower number
of fatal and injury related crashes.
“While many have the perception that
senior drivers are unfit to drive, this age group
has more experience behind the wheel, drives
fewer miles, tends to take less risks and is
less likely to drink and drive than younger
drivers,” commented Townsend.
AAA also offers the following resources
for older drivers: AAA Roadwise Review,
CarFit and Safe Driving for Mature Drivers,
all designed to help the senior driver stay
sharp and understand their limitations.
For more information about Older Driver
Safety Awareness Week, please visit www.
aaa.com.

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‘Kam’s Kapsules’: Weekly Film Previews

“Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is
perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their
natural impulses and express their true sentiments without
feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish.” - Francis C.
Farley
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” I get giddy
in anticipation when I see fireworks, the first snowflake and
Christmas lights. Attending the lighting of the Washington
Monument is a tradition dating back to Mayors Schaffer and
“Du” Burns. We would gather at the corner of Charles and
North Avenue for the lighting of the tree. “Baby it’s cold
outside.” Depending on the chill of the night a parade of
people would travel down Charles Street for the lighting of the
Washington Monument or we would meet at The Belvedere and
watch the lighting from the 13th floor.
“As time goes by” we now go to the Walters Art Gallery for
cider, the Engineers Club and then to George’s at the Peabody.
This year the crowd at George’s was nine deep at the bar so
we sat in the lounge area. The anticipation was overwhelming.
I kept anxiously glancing at my watch, unable to eat the
delicious crab dip. “Suddenly” like magic the lights appear,
the fireworks explode and the “sound of music” fills the air.
After the lighting, Mount Vernon was aglow with the spirit of
Christmas as revelers spilled into the streets and restaurants. We
stopped at Dionysus, overflowing with holiday revelers coming
in from the lighting and the cold, to toast the season. The menu
offers a variety of wings. We ordered the “sissy buffalo wings”
– whew – so delicious tossed in a robust spicy sauce. Wasn’t
nothing sissy about those wings!
I had a natural ball hanging out with Tamar Cloyd, Adam
Brown, Cassandra Vincent, Talib Horne, Reuel Belt, Ian
Schlakman, Rashid Belt, Karenthia Barber and Marc Gentile,
owner of Lil Havana on Key Highway.
“Come to the cabaret.” You must experience an event
sponsored by Carlos Hutchins’ Production. Plenty of fun,
dancing, live entertainment and door prizes including a flat
screen TV. The food-laden spread John Wood and guests
Marci Flournoy, Rudy and Regina Dillard, Wendell Wright,
Eunice Johnson, Roland Robinson and Dee Brown prepared
had everything from soup to nuts. Everyone brought their
specialty including my famous bread pudding and sweet potato
pies, which complemented the ham, fried chicken, crab balls,
steamed shrimp and homemade potato salad. What a feast,
what a production!
Others enjoying the group Slagz were Dante and Candance
Daniels, Becky Gorman, Linda and Ronald Smithwick, Lucille
McCoy, Kim Mason, Patricia Rideout, Diane Leach, St. Louis,
Jackie Brock, Roscoe Heigh, Margaret and Leroy Gray, Carl
Beasley and the Eastside Poets.
“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon
way, you will command the attention of the world.” - George
Washington Carver
What an honor, being among the more than 250 people
attending the unveiling of the inaugural edition of Who’s Who
in Black Baltimore at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Among
noted Baltimoreans featured in the book are Dr. Anne Emery,
Dr. Thelma Dailey, Betty Hines, Marsha Jews, Tyrone Tabor,
Dan Henson, Judge Robert Bell, Wanda Oliver, Bishop Walter
Thomas, the Rev. Frank Reid, Dana Moore and the AFRO’s
John “Jake” Oliver, Kristin Gray and Talibah Chikwendu.
Orchids to Darren McMillan, publisher of the book.
“What a difference a day makes.” Days later I am back
at the museum for the black tie Reginald F. Lewis Service,
Achievement & Philanthropy Gala, honoring Judge Andre
Davis, Judge Michele Hotten and Phoebe Haddon. The
transformation of the museum into an elegant venue for dining
and dancing with beautifully adorned tables and stunning
floral arrangements was breathtaking. Guests feasted on hors
d’oeuvres of lamb chops, crab cakes and grilled shrimp at the
Executive Directors Reception before the program and the
unveiling of the Reginald Lewis bust.
The sit- down dinner of Chilean sea bass and filet mignon
was lip-smacking good. Kudos to Jimmy Britton and staff for
a superb meal. Guests enjoying the gala were Frank and Diane
Hocker, Geoffrey and Yvonne Miller, Clarence and Sherry
Massey, Bernice McNair, Takiea Hinton, Portia Wood, Victor
and Lola March, Karen and Ronald Murphy, John “Jake”
Oliver, William and Mattie Mumby, Dr. Harold Carter, Jerome
and Paula Stephens, Judge Alexander and Marian Wright,
Arnold and Virgie Williams and Larry Gibson. Upon leaving,
the gala guests received a keepsake replica of the museum.
“When a man loves a woman.” Happy anniversary Frank
and Marcia Coakley.
“When I heard those guys play saxophone, I knew that’s
what I wanted to play.” – James Moody RIP
Condolences to Bernina Grady and family on the death of
Ronald Grady; to Bunny and Edna Montgomery on the death
of their mother Amanda Montgomery and to the family of
Elizabeth Edwards, a breast cancer champion.
“It’s your birthday, make some noise!”
Happy birthday Eleanor “Pete” Matthews, Darren Henson,
John “Dr. John” Wynder, Barbara Hill, Addie Brown, Charlene
Cooper-Boston , Gina Sammons, Coretha Spears, Walter
“Billy” Hill, Sharon Grant, Sandra Harried, Charles Faison and
Jameson Lawrence, it’s “celebration time!”
Praise the Lord Saints!
Special birthday wishes to the elders of the village:
Woodrow Wilson Parker, 93 and Laura Phillips, 91. Violets
to Delta Sigma Theta Soror Minnie McClease on her 102nd
birthday.
“We wish you a Merry Christmas.” Upcoming annual
Christmas parties: Dec. 17, Sheriff John Anderson’s party at
The Sign of the Times; Dec. 18, Tequila Sunset and The Place;
Dec. 19, Maceo’s; Dec. 22, Bobby’s Jazz Club
Think of each light twinkling on your Christmas tree as your
blessings.
Merry Christmas – Valerie & the Friday Night Bunch

‘Hope and Redemption - The Lena Baker Story’

Film Explores Life, Legacy of Georgia Death Row Inmate

Decades before Rosa Parks
took a determined stance
against racism and Black
Americans across the nation
two develop a highly-charged
and drunken relationship filled
with cruelty and a troubling
need for one another. Arthur’s
forgiven me. I have nothing
against anyone. I picked
cotton for Mr. Pritchett and
he has been good to me. I am
ready to go. I am one in the
number. I am ready to meet
my God. I have a very strong
conscience.”
In 1998, Baker’s
unmarked, weed-ridden
grave was rediscovered in
the cemetery of Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church – where she
once worshipped – and the
congregation raised $250
to purchase a modest stone,
now marking her final resting
place. Due to a long clemency
campaign led by her family,
including in more recent years
her grand-nephew Roosevelt
Curry, Georgia’s Pardon
and Parole Board finally
granted a posthumous pardon
in 2005 – six decades after
her execution – ruling that
a “grievous error” occurred
when she was denied
clemency following her trial.
“I believe she’s somewhere
around God’s throne and
can look down and smile,”
reflected Curry in a press
statement.
Based on the book, The
Lena Baker Story by Lela
Bond Phillips, the film
was written, produced and
directed by Ralph Wilcox,
CEO of Schusters Cash, a
film, television and video
production company; owner
of Jokara-Micheaux Studio,
a 22,000-square-foot movie
studio in Colquitt, Ga.; and
director of the Southwest
Georgia Film Commission.
Additionally, Wilcox’s long
career as an actor includes
roles in dozens of iconic
television programs in the
’70s, ’80s and ’90s.
“We tend to forget history
and believe that we’ve all
moved on,” said Wilcox,
now a documentary and
film producer, in a prepared
statement. “There has been a
lot of progress in our society
and race relations, but we
need not forget where we
have been, lest we repeat our
past. And, even though Lena
was flawed, this film was an
opportunity to give her the
voice she was denied 64 years
ago … each and everyone one
of us deserves that.”

Tichina Arnold stars as Lena Baker, the only Georgia
woman executed by electric chair, in Hope and
Redemption-The Lena Baker Story.
participated in sit-ins and
rallies demanding equality,
Lena Baker lived in a world
engulfed by hatred, despair
and cruelty.
Her story comes to life
Jan. 4, 2011, in the feature-
length docudrama, The Lena
Baker Story, starring actress
Tichina Arnold in a breakout
dramatic role.
As an uneducated Black
woman living in rural
Georgia, Baker stood out
among her straight-laced
peers and families. She works
as a prostitute in hopes of
breaking away from the grips
of poverty, but was sentenced
to 10 months hard labor for
“laying” with White men.
Years later, now a sober,
church-going mother of three
young children, she ekes out a
living with her mother doing
laundry and housekeeping.
But just as she seems to have
moved beyond the sorrows
of her past, Baker is hired to
care for Elliot Arthur (Emmy
Award-winner Peter Coyote,
who has appeared in over 120
films and TV series), who is
recovering from a broken leg.
A tyrannical, pistol-packing
White man, Arthur is known
for his angry disposition and
heavy drinking. Over time, the
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physical and mental abuse
continues to escalate and he
virtually enslaves her. But one
sweltering night, Baker finally
attempts to break free … a
struggle ensues and a gun goes
off, accidentally killing Arthur.
Despite the sympathies
of the local sheriff (Michael
Rooker, Mallrats, Cliffhanger,
Days of Thunder) – who is
helpless against the mores of
the time – Baker’s attorney
is dismissive, her defense
inadequate and a jury of 12
Caucasian men find her guilty
in a trial and deliberation that,
together, last less than four
hours. Sentenced to death by
electrocution, Baker faces her
fate with dignity and strength
over the ensuing months,
holding onto her belief that
the Lord would judge her
more fairly.
The only woman to be
sentenced to death by electric
chair in the state of Georgia,
Baker was just 44 years old
when she died in 1945. Said
Baker before the switch was
pulled – a barbaric death
requiring several shocks and
lasting six minutes –, “What
I done, I done in self-defense,
or I would have been killed
myself. Where I was, I could
not overcome it. God has
Reader’s Corner
Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep and
Understand a Man
Following the exceptional success of his No.1
New York Times bestseller, Act Like a Lady, Think
Like a Man, comedian-turned-author Steve Harvey is
back with a new relationship book, Straight Talk, No
Chaser: How to Find, Keep and Understand a Man.
Harvey shares his point of view with candor,
humor and hints of spirituality, and attempts to
answer questions about why act and react in certain
ways in various romantic situations. Some of the
key issues Harvey tackles include:
-Why a man never seems to do what a woman
wants him to do and when she wants him to do it?
-How a woman can get the most out of her
man inside and outside the bedroom?
-What men think about dating from decade to
decade?
-Whether men are intimidated by
independent, successful women
-Learning how to ask the right questions and
get truthful answers
The book’s overall message is
straightforward: Women must learn
how men think if they plan to build
desirable relationships.
“My hope is that when you finish
reading this book and really think
about the information I’m sharing
with you, you’ll have an even more
informed understanding of men and
certainly an appreciation for how
incredible simple we are,” Harvey said in
a statement. “We come at every situation
from the same angle, using the same
principles, seldom deviating. There really
is no use applying your thought process to
the relationship equation or expecting your
man to adopt your logic when it comes to
dating and mating; you can’t, after all, change men.”
Final word: Life told from Harvey’s signature no-holds-
barred point of view.
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave
Trade by historians David Eltis and
David Richardson (Yale University
Press) has been 12 years in the
making. The visually stunning book
offers important insight into how the
slave trade impacted the cultural, social
and financial fate of the United States
and other nations.
For Americans of African descent,
it also offers a deeper understanding
of how their ancestor’s nation of origin
determined where they would settle in
the United States. This is something
that other Americans descended from
immigrants have been able to look up for
years (i.e., the Irish went to Boston, the
Polish went to Chicago) but because of
the violent and coercive nature of the slave
trade, it has been a murky subject for a
large percentage of the American populace.
Eltis and Richardson have created the first
comprehensive, up-to-date atlas of the 350-year history
of the slave trade, featuring 189 full-color maps that
explore every detail of the African slave traffic to
the New World. Based on an online database (www.
slavevoyages.org) with records on nearly 35,000
slaving voyages—roughly 80 percent of all such
voyages ever made—Eltis and Richardson use
astonishingly detailed illustrations to show which
nations participated in the slave trade, where the
ships involved were outfitted, where the captives
boarded ship, and where they were landed in
the Americas, as well as the experience of
the transatlantic voyage and the geographic
dimensions of the eventual abolition of the
traffic. Letters, poems and songs reproduced from
original documents carried by these men and women on their
journeys breathe even more life into this topic.
Final word: A long overdue glimpse into Africans’ arrival in
America.
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Community
Health Department Kicks Off ‘Listen to Your Momma’ Campaign
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) leaders recently joined Branch, health officer and
with Baltimore County Health Department officials to kick off a TV/radio and outdoor media director of the Baltimore
campaign reminding everyone over the age of 6 months to get vaccinated against the flu. While County Department of
health care providers and local pharmacies have had the vaccine in adequate supply since Health.  “When it comes
September, local health departments throughout Maryland are making the seasonal flu vaccine to getting vaccinated, it is
available for free or a minimal fee. always too soon to quit and
“Vaccination is the safest, most effective way to protect yourself and your family against never too late to start.”
flu,” said John M. Colmers, DHMH secretary, in a prepared statement. “This campaign
addresses those flimsy excuses people tell themselves to avoid getting protected. You can’t Find out more about
catch the flu from the vaccine. You will give yourself the best chance of preventing time away seasonal flu vaccination
from work or school by getting vaccinated now, before we reach the peak of flu season.” clinics in your area by
The media campaign kick-off coincides with National Influenza Vaccination Week (Dec. checking with your local
5-11) and the efforts of many local health departments to make the seasonal flu vaccine health department. For
available for free or at low cost to anyone above the age of six months. This year’s seasonal contact information, visit
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flu vaccine protects against the H1N1, A and B strains of the flu virus, all of which have been DHMH Flu website, Get
Maryland health officials are urging residents
detected in Maryland this flu season. Vaccinated (http://dhmh.
to get their influenza vaccinations.
“I am urging Marylanders to stay in the game and get a flu shot now,” said Dr. Gregory Wm. maryland.gov/swineflu/)

Local Students Host Fashion Show to Fund NFTE Baltimore

Educational Field Trips Welcomes New
Wearing clothing styles to create this inspiring and social studies classes, and
Board Member
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from the 1950-1990s (as well
as “future” looks), students
from KIPP Ujima Village
Academy in Northwest
Baltimore will be doing their
own type of fundraiser at
their “Back to the Future”
fashion show set for Dec.
17, 7:30-9 p.m. in the school
auditorium. “We are so proud
that our [fifth- to eighth-
graders] have collaborated
in this unique way to raise
monies for their field
lessons.  They really want
to be able to take what they
are learning in school and
experience it firsthand so
they are working together
intelligent talk
creative fundraiser,” said their teachers take them on
Georgia McElroy, dean of a Black college and civil
School Culture, in a prepared rights tour through Atlanta
statement.  and Alabama to learn more
She added, “It’s amazing about the ideas discussed
to see these kids, who classroom.  Last year, the
often face lots of social and students raised $1,700 and
economic challenges, take they hope to raise even more
charge in a positive way.” this year.  “What makes
  Funds raised at the this fundraiser important is
event will be applied to the that it teaches the students
end- of-year field lessons to not only work together
where students take field toward a common goal but
trips to places of interest also to be self sufficient
based on themes they are and creative.  Obviously,
currently studying. For these are necessary skills
example, each year eighth- to succeed in school and
graders learn about the civil also in working toward the
rights movement in their ultimate goal of entering
college,” said Shawn
Toler, KIPP Ujima Village
Academy principal, in a
written statement.
KIPP Baltimore operates
two charter schools in
Baltimore with the main
goal of preparing students
from low socioeconomic
backgrounds to graduate
from college.  KIPP Ujima
Village Academy, founded
in 2002, is a public charter
school serving over 370
students in grades five to
eight and is located at 4701
Greenspring Ave. KIPP
Harmony Academy, founded
in 2009, is a public charter
elementary school currently
serving kindergarten and
first grade with a plan
to expand to serving
625 students in grades
kindergarten through four.
Tickets are $10 per
person and can be purchased
from the main office by
calling 410-545-3669 or
can also be purchased at
the door.  The school is
located at 4701 Greenspring
Ave. For more information,
please log onto www.
kippbaltimore.org
Kristy Johnson, editor
in chief of Shepreneur
Magazine, has been elected
to the board of directors of
the Network for Teaching
Entrepreneurship, Baltimore
Affiliate. Johnson will serve
a three-year term.
Shepreneur Magazine
is a national publication
for women entrepreneurs,
as Johnson, an Owings
Mills resident, has pursued
entrepreneurship since 16.
Johnson is also a widely
acclaimed educator, Courtesy Photo
community activist, Kristy Johnson
inspirational speaker and
Donald Trump-recognized sales expert. She has received
entrepreneurial training by world-renowned business gurus
such as Anthony B. Robinson, Dr. Myles Munroe, Bob
Harrison, Zig Ziglar, Les Brown and Donald Trump.
“NFTE Baltimore is very fortunate to have an
entrepreneur like Kristy on our board,” said Patricia Granata
Eisner, executive director of NFTE Baltimore, in a prepared
statement. “She has lived the life of an entrepreneur from a
young age and will serve as an excellent role model to our
students.
NFTE is an international nonprofit based in New
York that provides entrepreneurship programs to young
people from low-income communities. The organization’s
Baltimore affiliate was established in 2003 and provides
entrepreneurship curriculum to 24 schools in Baltimore.
American Red Cross
Offers Free Cookbook
The American Red Cross Every two seconds,
Greater Chesapeake and someone in the United
Potomac (GC&P) Region States needs blood. Blood is
is urging people to give the used for premature infants,
gift of life this November people battling sickle cell
and December.  The anemia and cancer and has
holidays and winter months other uses among medical
are an extremely difficult practitioners. 
time of year for blood “The holidays are a
collection. Through Dec. 31, busy time for everyone, but
all recipients will receive we are hopeful that people
the first ever Cooking for will carve out a little time
Heroes American Red Cross to donate blood during
Cookbook, while supplies November and December,”
last. The cookbook is filled said Gary Ouellette, CEO
with recipes from Red Cross of the American Red Cross
supporters including blood GC&P Blood Services
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Talk Show Host to Present James Baldwin Medals for Human Rights
James Baldwin, a noted
novelist, writer, playwright,
poet and civil rights activist,
frequently voiced his
frustration with America’s
racism and homophobia. His
love for his people and his
hope in the genuine goodness
of humanity led him to Paris,
where he lived many years
and eventually died.
In honor of the activist
and creative spirit of James
Baldwin, Anthony McCarthy,
an award-winning public
radio talk show host on
WEAA 88.9 FM, created
The James Baldwin Medal
for Civil Rights to honor
Marylanders who have
exemplified public service
and remained engaged in the
pursuit of human rights.
The medals will be
presented on Jan. 27 at
a reception and awards
ceremony at Baltimore City
Hall, 100 N. Holliday St.,
from 6-8:30 p.m., hosted by
McCarthy and award-winning
author and actress Rain Pryor.
The 2011 recipients of the
James Baldwin Medal for
Civil Rights are:
• George W. Johnston,
director, Maryland Black
Family Alliance
• The Hon. Maggie
McIntosh, member, Maryland
House of Delegates
• David Rocah, staff
attorney Maryland ACLU
• Mark McLaurin, political
director, Service Employees
International Union, Local
500
• The Hon. Catherine E.
Pugh, member, Maryland
State Senate
Courtesy Photo • Sandy Rawls,
James Baldwin transgender activist and
founder of Trans United
partner, Venable LLP
• Y. Maria Welch,
• Lea Gilmore, program
chairwoman, Governor’s
Commission on Hispanic
Affairs
• The Rev. Mother
Meredith Moises, priest,
North American Old Catholic
Church
• The Rev. Kevin Andre
Brooks, pastor, Gethsemane
AME Church
• Dana Owens, founder
and chairman emeritus,
Baltimore Black Gay Pride
• Gita Deane and Lisa M.
Polyak, plaintiffs, Maryland
civil marriage lawsuit
Additionally, Marvin
“Doc” Cheatham, president of
the Baltimore City NAACP
branch, will be presented
with the James Baldwin Civil
Rights Award for Lifetime
Achievement, and attorney J.
Wyndal Gordon will receive
the James Baldwin Beacon
of Justice Award for their
outstanding work in civil and
human rights.
A portion of the proceeds
from the event will benefit
The Baltimore NAACP
Education Fund and
Centro de la Communidad
(Baltimore’s Hispanic
Community Center).

Cummings Keynotes Strayer Ravens Star to Pose Nude for PETA

University’s Commencement Campaign
For graduates crossing the
for the Ethical Treatment an extension of the group’s
stage during Strayer University’s
of Animals (PETA). On “Naked” push and the larger
commencement ceremony on Dec.
Dec. 14, the Miama native “Fur is Dead” effort. The
4, new beginnings normally reserved
will show off his display of series of advertisements
for the New Year started early with
colorful tattoos for PETA’s shows heavily-tattooed
the celebration of their educational
“Ink, Not Mink” campaign, celebrities in the buff or
achievement. More than 1,200 graduates made popular earlier this year semi-nude, and so far, over a
received associate, bachelor’s and Photo by Keith Allison
after Cincinnati Bengals star dozen stars have participated
master’s degrees during the event hosted and fellow Floridian Chad in the cause.
by Strayer University, a leading post- Baltimore Ravens running
back Willis McGahee, Ochocinco bared all for the For more information
secondary education institution focused camera. about PETA’s “Ink, Not
29, will strip down for a
on working adults. The anti-fur campaign is Mink” campaign, visit peta.
campaign from the People
U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-7th, org.
gave the keynote address at the 10 a.m.
commencement at 1st Mariner Arena in
Baltimore, focusing on the long-term
importance of their decision to continue
Courtesy Photo/Strayer University their education.
“Strayer University graduates have
demonstrated a commitment to improve themselves intellectually and to pass on their high
standards for educational achievement to future generations, and I applaud them for their
fortitude and vision.” Cummings said. “I often say, ‘Our children are the living messages that
we send to a future we will never see,’ and what better way to ensure our country’s strength
than by setting an example for our youth on the significance of education.”
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Faith Pulse
Churches Work to Keep Christ in Christmas
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware
Special to the AFRO
“Your shopping days are running out!” “Special deals for
the holidays!” “Three days only.” “If you buy five you can
get two free.” These popular slogans are from just one day’s
messages in one Yahoo address. There’s such a push to get
people shopping and wound up in the hysteria of the holidays
and an urgency to be gift-equipped for everyone we know and
might possibly encounter. There’s also a stigma attached to
anyone who’s not thoroughly committed to be in the center of
the merry maelstrom.
What a distraction from the real meaning of the season,
some holiday observers say. More than 358,000 have “liked”
the Keep Christ in Christmas Facebook page, a signal that the
trend has not gone unnoticed. There are many other Internet
sites with the same purpose, although some are marketing items
to help the cause.
December 18, 2010 - December 24, 2010, The Afro-American B7
reason for the season.”
Their Christmas Eve service is another medium. “The youth
prepare a skit and communion service to display their gifts
and to reinterpret the Christmas narrative through their eyes,”
Hathaway said.
Working together with other churches is another reminder.
“Christians are the first line of defense for holding some
things as sacred,” said the Rev. Dr. Cleveland T.A.
Christians around the world will celebrate Mason II, pastor of Perkins Square Baptist
Christmas day as the designated time of Church, which will be worshipping in a
the birth of Jesus the Christ, the Messiah of the covenant fellowship of churches at Lion of
Christian world. Historians doubt that Dec. 25 is the Judah Praise Temple, 1201 W. Baltimore
authentic day and theologians see it as an observance. St.
Faith leaders struggle to maintain a semblance of “We are responsible for lifting Christ’s
worshipful observance of the holy day that bids all to birth before the world with reverence for
remember the birth of Jesus Christ. God’s intervention for fallen humanity,”
Union Baptist Church on Druid Hill Avenue will Mason said.
distribute over 300 Christmas baskets to members of Service to others seems to be the key.
their immediate community. “I tell the story to remind us that Christ gave
“This keeps our church mindful that it is Although consumerism the greatest gift that any person could possibly
more blessed to give than to receive,” said the has become a large part offer to another,” said the Rev. Claveron
Rev. Dr. Alvin Hathaway Sr., senior pastor, who of the Christmas holiday, E. Burston Jr., pastor of Mt. Hattin Baptist
also talked about the use of sacred music in the many Baltimore churches Church, 2409 Aisquith St. He counsels his
process. “We integrate traditional Christian music and groups are serving parishioners that to “really celebrate the heart of
into our Sunday worship service on Dec. 19, to others and remembering Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of
provide a worship experience that reflects the the “Christ” in Christmas. others. Live to love others. Live to forgive.”
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Morgan State Track and Field Sends 18 Qualifiers to MEAC Championship
By Kevin Paige
Special to the AFRO
The Morgan State men’s indoor track and field team had
quite a weekend at the Golden Flash Gala, hosted by Kent State
from Dec. 10-12. The Bears captured two events and placed
three in the top five, while earning seven individual Mid-
Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) qualifying spots and two
IC4A marks.
Junior Calvin Dascent won the 400-meter dash in a time
of 48.21, which is the second fastest time in the nation and is
the top time in the MEAC and IC4A Conference. Dascent later
joined MSU junior Jordan Higgs, junior Carbinere Whyte and
junior Trey Charles to help the Bears win the 400-meter relay
in a time of 3:13.65. Morgan State’s finish is the third fastest
time in the nation this season and also qualifies for the MEAC
and IC4A.
Senior Isaac Richardson ran a time of 1:55.65 in the
800-meter run to place fifth and qualify for the MEAC
championship, while Whyte had a top 10 finish, placing ninth
in the 60-meter dash in a time of seven seconds to also qualify
for the MEAC championship.
Other individuals to qualify for the MEAC championship
were Jordan Higgs (400-meter dash, 49.50), Emmanuel Stewart
(weight throw, 47-10.00), Yao Adantor (weight throw, 47-
Maryland Trampolinist ‘Proudly’ Represents U.S.A. in French Competition
By Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
Not everybody is athletically skilled or talented enough
to represent their country in major international sporting
competition. That’s why Burtonsville, Md., native Dwayne
Parris called it one of the finest moments of his life when his
daughter Deana Parris recently competed in the Trampoline
World Age Group Championship hosted at Metz, France, Nov.
14-17.
The 15-year-old gymnastic sensation proudly represented
the U.S. in her first competition away from American soil with
a 32nd place.
“I’m so proud of her,” Dwayne said of Deana, one of the
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01.75) and Ryan Currie (60-meter
dash, 7.06).
Morgan State’s women indoor
track and field team also fared well at
the Golden Flash Gala, closing out the
2010 season by capturing two events,
while placing 21 athletes in the top
10. The Lady Bears also finished
the meet with 11 individual MEAC
qualifiers and four ECAC qualifiers,
including a relay team.
Junior Tanisha Kendrick captured
the 400-meter dash in a time of
55.43 to become an ECAC qualifier.
Kendrick’s time is the fastest in the
MEAC and third fastest in the nation.
Fellow freshman teammate Ekundayo
Sogbesan (57.29) and senior Avionne
Sloan (57.71) came in second and
third, respectively. Sogbesan (10th)
Courtesy Photo/MSU Media Relations
and Sloan (23rd) are also ranked in
Calvin Dascent is one of 18 Morgan
the top 25 in the nation.
State track and field members who
Kendrick, Sogbesan and Sloan
qualified for Mid-Eastern Athletic
teamed up with junior Kamice Smalls
Conference championship.
in the 400-meter relay to a second-
most skilled trampolinists not only in Maryland, but the entire
country. “She’s been competing and winning for years, but
when I saw her wearing that U.S.A. sweat suit, it was like a
dream come true…really a special moment.”
It’s been Deana’s longtime dream to represent her country
in trampoline competition. She’s been a devoted student in the
sport since age 9, when she was first influenced by a neighbor
who also trained and competed. Since 2005, she advanced
her skill to Junior Elite status, accumulating multiple state
championships and a national silver medal while traveling all
over the U.S.
Parris trains 15 hours a week at Fairland Sports Complex
in Laurel, Md., but she still finds time to take on other skills
and hobbies. As a sophomore at Paint Branch High School,
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place finish in the event with a time of 3:47.72,
which is the seventh fastest time in the nation
this season and qualify for both the MEAC
and ECAC championships.
MSU freshman Teyanna Green, who
took third in the 200-meter dash in a time of
25.07, also placed sixth in the 60-meter dash
with a time of 7.69 to qualify for the MEAC
championship. Briana Barlow placed third in
the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.83 and
seventh in the 60-meter dash (7.74) to become
a MEAC qualifier.
Competing in her first multi-event, junior
Monae Waller placed second in the pentathlon
with 3,464 points to earn a No. 7 ranking in
the nation and qualify for both the MEAC
and ECAC championships. Waller also tied
for second in the high jump with five people,
including freshman teammate Jeanelle Ovid
with a jump of 5-05.00. Candace Shirley
qualified for the MEAC championships with a
toss of 55-01.00 in the weight throw.
Morgan State’s men and women teams will
next compete Jan. 14-15 in the NYC Gotham
Cup and Armory Invitational in New York City.
Parris is a member of the school’s Navy JROTC program,
Performing Jazz Ensemble Singers and the National Society of
High School Scholars. She’s also active in community service,
volunteering regularly with non profit organizations such as
Montgomery County Youth Advisory Committee and Wings
for Joy.
But no matter how much she spreads her time out, her
primary focus and passion is competing on the trampoline.
“Deana is really passionate and works so hard at this,” her
father said. “She wants to compete in the Olympics games
when she turns 18.”
If Deana does make the Olympics, she’ll more than likely
be the only African-American trampolinist present as she was
on her team in France.
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related to this solicitation should be directed
to the Buyer.
BALTIMORE HOTEL CORPORATION
BOARD MEETING DATES FOR 2011
(Meeting Location: 401 West Pratt Street)
(All Meetings -1:00PM - 3:00PM)
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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2011
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011
City of Baltimore
Department of Finance
Bureau of Purchases
Sealed proposals addressed to the Board of
Estimates of Baltimore, will be received until,
1. Domestic
$ 60 per insertion $ 180.00 per 3 weeks
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In accordance with the provisions of Article REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
VIII, Section 6-Franchises, of the Baltimore Baltimore City Health Department
Charter (1996 Edition), Notice is hereby
given that application has been made by The Baltimore City Health Department, fiscal agent for Ryan White Part
Apex Oil Company to construct, use, and B funding, announces the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP).
maintain a private fuel pipeline under and The RFP will be released on December 13, 2010. This RFP is to solicit
across a portion of the 1800 block of Frank- proposals for the provision of health and support services for individuals
furst Avenue right-of-way, connecting facili- living with HIV/AIDS. Proposals for the following service categories will
be considered for funding: Non-Medical Case Management, Oral Health,
ties located on the properties known as
Nustar - LP Terminal pier and Center Point MAl (Minority AIDS Initiative).
Terminal on Vera Street, subject to certain
terms, conditions, and reservations; and Please Note: the service category of “Transitional
∫TransitionalCase
CaseManagement”
Management∫
providing for a special effective date. is no longer being funded by IDEHA as of the end of SFY 2011. Please
Bernice H. Taylor, Deputy Comptroller review the RFP to determine whether the type of services currently
“Transitional Case Management∫ may be funded under
funded through ∫Transitional
Clerk Board of Estimates
the Non-Medical Case Management or Minority AIDS Initiative service
categories.
∫Women¬s. Initiative, Non-Medical Case Management”
Also note: “Women’s Management∫ is no
In accordance with the provisions of Article longer a separate service category but rather part of Non-Medical Case
VIII, Section 6-Franchises, of the Baltimore
Management.
Charter (1996 Edition), Notice is hereby
given that application has been made by It is requested that all applicants submit a letter of intent to apply, no
Energy Answers International, Inc.. to con- later than January 21, 2011 by 5:00pm. Letters of intent should be faxed,
struct, use, and maintain a Private 115 kV
mailed or sent electronically to
cable conduit system under and across por- Baltimore City Health Department, Fiscal Office
tions of the West Patapsco Avenue, Potee Attn: Kamal Patel
Street, Hanover Street, Baltic Avenue, Sec- 1001 E. Fayette Street
ond Street, Frankfurst Avenue, Frankfurst Baltimore, MD 21202
Avenue Relocated, Shell Road, and East Fax: 410-396-8009
Patapsco rights-of-way, to connect a Fairfield kamal.patel@baltimorecity.gov
Alternative and Renewable Energy Project
located on the property known as 1701 E. A Bidder’s
Bidders¬ Meeting will be held at the Baltimore Behavioral Health
Patapsco Avenue with the Pumphrey Sub- Conference Center, 1001 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD. 21223-in
station located in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore, on January 7, 2011 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. For technical
Maryland, subject to certain terms, con- questions or a copy of the RFP, contact Monique Hitch, Deputy Chief,
ditions, and reservations; and providing for a at the Infectious Disease & Environmental Health Administration at (410)
special effective date.
767-5962. For fiscal questions, please contact Kamal Patel, Fiscal
Bernice H. Taylor, Deputy Comptroller Division at the Baltimore City Health Department at (410)396-8000 after
Clerk Board of Estimates
December 13, 2010.
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CITY OF BALTIMORE CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION CITY OF BALTIMORE

OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CITY OF BALTIMORE OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
PUBLIC NOTICE OFFICE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUBLIC NOTICE
PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTANT SERVICES PUBLIC NOTICE PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTANT SERVICES
PROJECT #1152 ENHANCED NUTRIENT REMOVAL PROCESS
PROJECT # 1144 CATHODIC PROTECTION SERVICES ACTIVATED PLANT-4 PROJECT # 1153 - REPLACEMENT OF 72-INCH HERRING
FOR THE BUREAU OF WATER AND WASTEWATER RUN / MARLEY NECK TRANSMISSION MAIN
The City of Baltimore Office of Boards and Commissions has been
requested by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and The Baltimore City Office of Boards and Commissions has been The City of Baltimore Office of Boards and Commissions has been
Wastewater, to advertise for services of a professional engineering firm requested by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and requested by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water and
with Corrosion Engineering abilities for a Cathodic Protection Project Wastewater, to certify the qualifications of consulting firms to provide Wastewater, to advertise for services of a Civil/Structural Engineering
related to Baltimore City’s
City¬swater
water mains and appurtenances. Two (2) firms professional engineering services to design a new Activated Sludge Plant firm to provide engineering services for the design for sliplining of the
will be selected to perform work related to Cathodic Protection of the No. 4 with 40 million gallon reactor tankage, clarifiers, sludge pumping 72-inch Herring Run/Marley Neck (HR/MN) Transmission Main with a
stations and other related facilities at the Back River Wastewater smaller diameter main confirming to reduced demands, approximately
water system. 18,000 feet long, extending from Holabird Ave to Sollers Point. It is a
Treatment Plant in order to meet the nutrient reduction goals of the
Chesapeake Bay Program together with any limitations associated with fast track project. Maintenance of design schedule is of utmost impor-
The Firms selected must demonstrate: tance.
0
Experience in the area of corrosion control measures and emphasis the imposition of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for discharges into
on Cathodic Protection of water systems. Back River.
The firms interested in providing these services must demonstrate and
0
Relevant experience of the corrosion control of water systems, document:
measurement of soil resistivity and soil analysis. The additional activated sludge capability is needed to improve year
0
Manpower availability, resources and responsiveness to complete the around complete nitrification to remove ammonia-nitrogen to the limit of 0
Expertise and experience in large diameter water transmission mains
project on schedule. technology such that Enhanced Nutrient Removal (ENR) effluent levels (36-inch and larger) of all material types (such as steel, ductile iron,
0
Overall team approach with Minority/Women Business Enterprise can be achieved reliably and in conjunction with the proposed Denit- pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe, high density polyethylene pipe) and
requirements. rification Facility being designed by others. The selected Consultant will associated appurtenances such as air and pressure release valves, valve
design the Facility in accordance with the recommendations made in the vaults, blow-offs, and connections to existing water mains such as
The scope of the work for the project should include the following: Preliminary Engineering Report and the 30% documents prepared under pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) connections. Include the
0
Design of Cathodic Protection for new main installations and water Project 989 Study and Preliminary Design to Achieve ENR at Back River breakdown by diameter and material of water transmission mains
main rehabilitation/repair projects in accordance with AWWA/NACE Wastewater Treatment Plant. designed.
standards. Prepare and review construction cost estimates for corrosion 0
Expertise and experience in hydraulic and transient analysis, cost
control measures and provide post award services. At the option of the City, the consultant may subsequently be considered allocation issues between different jurisdictions, cathodic protection
0
Prepare and/or review plans and specifications of proposed water for post award engineering services. design, (corrosion control measures for ductile iron and steel pipe),
systems as they apply to corrosion control including review of the structural design, soil analysis, environmental analysis, alignment stud-
presence of existing utilities in the area having impact/corrosive interfer- The firms interested in providing these services must demonstrate and ies, specification writing, surveying and right-of-way acquisition, tunnel
ence on the proposed construction for water system. document: design, preparation of extensive traffic control plans, government and
0
City’s water
Evaluate the City¬s water main system for areas of major concerns in local jurisdictions permitting, and have strong public outreach capabilities.
need of corrosion monitoring, design monitoring and protection system
0
Experience in design of renovations for large wastewater treatment 0
Capacity to complete the Project on time and within budget.
and follow up testing and evaluation of status of protection. facilities including preparation of construction documents and cost 0
Experience with Federal, State and Local Regulations and Permit
0
All customary services including: estimates. requirements.
0
Experience in the design of new BNR/ENR processes at large municipal 0
Overall team approach to MBE/WBE and coordination of assigned
(1) Provide technical inspection for corrosion control measure installa- facilities.
tions. tasks.
0
Experience in the design of ENR Facilities using the MLE process with
(2) Perform corrosion evaluations of water mains. significant contributions of industrial flows and nutrients. The scope of services will include:
(3) Metallurgical Testing of the pipe for determining remaining useful life 0
Experience in Geotechnical Engineering and Foundation Design.
by field testing and/or by obtaining pipe samples. 0
Experience in the design of a distributed process control systems and 0
Preparing design memorandum, evaluating alternatives materials, sizing
(4) Evaluation of broken pipe and soil samples to determine the causes systems integration. the water main, reconfirming demands and assisting in cost allocation,
of failure. 0
Experience in negotiations with Regulatory Agencies including the preparing contract drawings and specifications, construction cost es-
(5) Provide technical assistance for rehabilitation verses replacement Maryland Department of the Environment and EPA addressing issues timates, holding community meetings and assisting the City in applying
decisions for water mains. related to NPDES and TMDL. for, tracking, and obtaining all permits and approvals required by City,
(6) Maintain corrosion control as well as broken pipe sample evaluation 0
Manpower availability and ability to complete the project on time and County, State and Federal agencies.
data in GIS or any other format acceptable to the City. within budget.
0
At the option of the City, the firm may be considered to provide
0
Experience in developing an overall team approach with Minority/ post-award engineering services during construction. Design services
The contract would be for two-year period at a fee not exceeding $ Women Business Enterprise participation. during construction include review of construction submittals including
750,000.00 with an option to extend for an additional year. shop drawings, lay schedules, pipe design specifications and resolution
The duration of this design will be two (2) years and the estimated project of field problems.
Should you have any questions regarding the scope of the Project, cost is $200 million.
please contact Mr. Opinder Singh at (410) 396-1466. The service would be for one (1) year period with an option to extend
Should you have any question regarding the Scope of Project, please for an additional year at a fee not exceeding $800,000 for HR/MN
Projects must comply with the 2006 edition of The ∫The Specifications for contact Mr. Gurminder Singh at 410-396-5385, E-Mail gurminder.singh@ Transmission Main.
Structures”. City
Materials, Highways, Bridges, Utilities, and Incidental Structures∫. baltimorecity.gov.
personnel will utilize the City of Baltimore Guidelines for the Performance Should you have any questions regarding the scope of the Project,
Evaluation of Design Consultants and Construction Contractors for this Projects must comply with the 2006 edition of ∫The “The Specifications
Specifications for
for please contact Mr. Opinder Singh at (410) 396-1466, or e-mail, opinder.
contract/project. singh@baltimorecity.gov.
Materials, Highways, Bridges, Utilities and Incidental Structures”,
Structures∫, and
NASSCO’s
NASSCO¬s current PACP and MACP condition inspection programs. City Projects must comply with the 2006 edition of “The ∫The Specifications
Specifications for
Firms interested in submitting a proposal for this Project shall address personnel will utilize the City of Baltimore Guidelines for the Performance
a “Letter
∫Letter of
ofinterest”
Interest∫ to the Office of Boards and Commissions, 751 Materials, Highways, Bridges, Utilities, and Incidental Structures”,
Structures∫. City
Evaluation of Design Consultants and Construction Contractors for this personnel will utilize the City of Baltimore Guidelines for the Performance
Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (FAX (410) 625-4667). contract/project.
Since these letters are utilized to assist small, minority and women Evaluation of Design Consultants and Construction Contractors for this
contract/project.
business enterprises in identifying potential teaming partners, the letters Firms interested in submitting a proposal for this Project, shall address
should be submitted within five (5) days of the date of the project’s project¬s a Letter of Interest to the Office of Boards and Commissions, 751 Eastern Firms interested in submitting a proposal for this Project shall address
advertisement. The letter should contain a contact person. Failure to Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (FAX (410) 625-4667). Since these a Letter of Interest to the Office of Boards and Commissions, 751 Eastern
submit a ∫Letter of Interest∫ will not disqualify a firm submitting a proposal letters are utilized to assist small minority and women business enter- Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (FAX (410) 625-4667). Since these
for the project. prises in identifying potential teaming partners, the letter should be letters are utilized to assist small, minority and women business
submitted within five (5) days of the date of the project’s
project¬s advertisement enterprises in identifying potential teaming partners, the letters should
Each prime consultant applying for this Project will be required to The letter should contain a contact person. Failure to submit a ∫letter of be submitted within five (5) days of the date of the project’s
project¬s adver-
complete and submit an original Federal Form 255, along with five (5) Interest∫ will not disqualify a firm submitting a proposal for the project. tisement. The letter should contain a contact person. Failure to submit
copies, to the Office of Boards and Commissions. The Federal Form a “Letters of Interest”
∫Letter of Interest∫ will not disqualify a firm submitting a proposal for
255 and the five copies must be submitted on or before 12:00 P.M. Each prime consultant applying for this Project will be required to the project.
(Noon) on January 20, 2011. Submittals may not be accepted after this complete and submit an original Federal Form 255, along with five (5)
deadline. copies, to the Office of Boards and Commissions. The Federal Form Each prime consultant applying for this Project will be required to
255 and the five copies must be submitted on or before 12:00 p.m. complete and submit an original Federal Form 255, along with five (5)
Insurance Requirements (noon) on January 28, 2010. Submittals may not be accepted after this copies, to the Office of Boards and Commissions. The Federal Form
The consultant selected for the award of this project shall provide deadline. 255 and the five copies must be submitted on or before 12:00 P.M.
worker’s com-
professional liability, auto liability, general liability and workers¬ (Noon) on January 20, 2011. Submittals may not be accepted after this
pensation insurances as required by the City of Baltimore. Insurance Requirements deadline.
The consultant selected for the award of this project shall provide
All architectural, engineering, and surveying firms listed in the specific professional liability, auto liability, general liability, and worker’s
workers¬ com- Insurance Requirements
proposal for the Project must be pre-qualified by the Office of Boards pensation insurances as required by the City of Baltimore. The consultant selected for the award of this project shall provide
and Commissions for each applicable discipline at time of submittal for professional liability, auto liability, general liability and worker’s
workers¬ com-
this Project. All architectural, engineering, and surveying firms listed in the specific pensation insurances as required by the City of Baltimore.
proposal for the Project must be pre-qualified by the Office of Boards
It is the policy of the City of Baltimore to promote equal business and Commissions for each applicable discipline at time of submittal for All architectural, engineering, and surveying firms listed in the specific
City¬s contracting process. Pursuant to Article 5 this Project.
opportunity in the City’s proposal for the Project must be pre-qualified by the Office of Boards
Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code (2000 Edition) - Minority and women’s
Women¬s and Commissions for each applicable discipline at time of submittal for
Business Program, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and women’s Women¬s MBE/WBE Requirements this Project.
Business Enterprise (WBE) participation goals apply to this contract. It is the policy of the City of Baltimore to promote equal business
opportunity in the City’s
City¬s contracting process. Pursuant to Article 5 It is the policy of the City of Baltimore to promote equal business
Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code (2000 Edition)- Minority and women’s
Women¬s opportunity in the City’s
City¬s contracting process. Pursuant to Article 5
The MBE goal is 27%
The WBE goal is 9 % Business Program, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) AND Women¬s women’s women’s
Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code (2000 Edition) - Minority and Women¬s
Business Enterprise (WBE) participation goals apply to this contract. Business Program, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and women’s Women¬s
Business Enterprise (WBE) participation goals apply to this contract.
Women¬s Business Enterprise firms must The MBE goal is 27%
Both the proposed Minority and Women’s
be named and identified as an MBE or WBE within Item 6 of the Standard The WBE goal is 9% The MBE goal is 27%
Form (SF) 255 in the spaces provided for identifying outside key Both the proposed Minority and Women¬s women’s Business Enterprise firms must
be named and identified as an MBE or WBE within Item 6 of the Standard The WBE goal is 9 %
consultants/associates anticipated for utilization for this project.
Form (SF) 255 in the spaces provided for identifying outside key Women’s Business Enterprise firms must
Both the proposed Minority and Women¬s
Any submittals that do not include the proper MBE/WBE (in some consultants/associates anticipated for utilization for this project. be named and identified as an MBE or WBE within Item 6 of the Standard
instances DBE) participation will be disapproved for further consideration Form (SF) 255 in the spaces provided for identifying outside key
for this project. Any submittals that do not include the proper MBE/WBE (in some consultants/associates anticipated for utilization for this project.
instances DBE) participation will be disapproved for further consideration
Verifying Certification for this project. Any submittals that do not include the proper MBE/WBE participation
Each firm submitting a SF 255 for consideration for a project is will be disapproved for further consideration for this project.
responsible for verifying that all MBEs and WBEs to be utilized on the Each firm submitting a SF 255 for consideration for a project is
project are certified by the Minority and Women¬s Business Opportunity responsible for verifying that all MBEs and WBEs to be utilized on the Verifying Certification
Office (MWBOO) prior to submitting the proposal. A directory of certified project are certified by the Minority and women’s
Women¬s Business Opportunity Each firm submitting a SF 255 for consideration for a project is
MBEs and WBEs is available from MWBOO. Since changes to the Office (MWBOO) prior to submitting the proposal. A directory of certified responsible for verifying that all MBEs and WBEs to be utilized on the
directory occur daily, firms submitting SF 255s should call MWBOO at MBEs and WBEs is available from MWBOO. Since changes to the project are certified by the Minority and Women’s
Women¬s Business Opportunity
(410) 396-4355 to verify certification, expiration dates and services that directory occur daily, firms submitting SF 255s should call MWBOO at Office (MWBOO) prior to submitting the proposal. A directory of certified
the MBE or WBE is certified to provide. (410) 396-4355 to verify certification, expiration dates and services that MBEs and WBEs is available from MWBOO. Since changes to the
the MBE or WBE is certified to provide. directory occur daily, firms submitting SF 255s should call MWBOO at
Non-Affiliation (410) 396-4355 to verify certification, expiration dates and services that
Non-Affiliation the MBE or WBE is certified to provide.
A firm submitting a proposal may not use an MBE or WBE to meet a A firm submitting a proposal may not use an MBE or WBE to meet a
contract goal if: contract goal if: Non-Affiliation
1. The firm has financial interest in the MBE or WBE. A firm submitting a proposal may not use an MBE or WBE to meet a
1. The firm has a financial interest in the MBE or WBE 2. The firm has an interest in the ownership or control of the MBE or contract goal if:
2. The firm has an interest in the ownership or control of the MBE or WBE WBE. 1. The firm has a financial interest in the MBE or WBE
3. The firm is significantly involved in the operation of the MBE or WBE 3.The firm is significantly involved in the operation of the MBE or WBE 2. The firm has an interest in the ownership or control of the MBE or WBE
(Article 5 subtitle 28-41). (Article 5 subtitle 28-41. 3. The firm is significantly involved in the operation of the MBE or WBE
Additional Information (Article 5 subtitle 28-41).
A firm submitting as a prime consultant that fails to comply with the A firm submitting as a prime consultant that fails to comply with the
requirements of Article 5, Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code when requirements of Article 5, Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code when A firm submitting as a prime consultant that fails to comply with the
executing a contract is subject to the following penalties: suspension of executing a contract is subject to the following penalties: suspension of requirements of Article 5, Subtitle 28 of Baltimore City Code when
a contract; withholding of funds; recision of contract based on material a contract; withholding of funds; rescission of contract based on material executing a contract is subject to the following penalties: suspension of
breach; disqualification as a consultant from eligibility to provide services breach; disqualification as a consultant from eligibility to provide services a contract; withholding of funds; recision of contract based on material
to the City for a period not to exceed 2 years; and payment for damages to the City for a period not to exceed 2 years; and payment of damages breach; disqualification as a consultant from eligibility to provide services
incurred by the City. incurred by the City. to the City for a period not to exceed 2 years; and payment for damages
incurred by the City.
A resume for each person listed as key personnel and/or specialist, A resume for each person listed as key personnel and/or specialist,
including those from MBE and WBE must be shown on the page provided including those from MBE and WBE, must be shown on the page A resume for each person listed as key personnel and/or specialist,
within the application. provided within the application. including those from MBE and WBE must be shown on the page provided
within the application.
Please be advised that for the purpose of reviewing price proposals and Please be advised that for the purpose of reviewing price proposals and
invoices, the City of Baltimore defines a principal of a firm as follows: invoices, the City of Baltimore defines a principal of a firm as follows: Please be advised that for the purpose of reviewing price proposals and
invoices, the City of Baltimore defines a principal of a firm as follows:
“Principal”is any individual owner, partner of a partnership, shareholder
A ∫Principal∫ A women’s
∫Principal∫ is any individual owning 5% or more of the outstanding “Principal”is any individual owner, partner of a partnership, shareholder
of a Sub-Chapter ∫S∫ “S”Corporation,
Corporation, or an officer/director of any Corpora- A ∫Principal∫
stock of an entity, partner of a partnership, a 5% or more shareholder of a Sub-Chapter “S”∫S∫ Corporation,
Corporation, or an officer/director of any Corpora-
tion. of a Sub-Chapter “S”∫S∫ Corporation,
Corporation, or an individual owner. tion.
Out-of-State Corporations must identify their corporate resident agent Out-of-State Corporations must identify their corporate resident agent
within the application. Out-of-State Corporations must identify their corporate resident agent
within the application. within the application.
Firms will not be considered for a specific project if they apply as both Firms will not be considered for a specific project if they apply as both Firms will not be considered for a specific project if they apply as both
a sub-consultant and prime consultant. a sub-consultant and prime consultant. a sub-consultant and prime consultant.
The applications for this Project (Form 255) cannot be supplemented The applications for this Project (Form 255) cannot be supplemented The applications for this Project (Form 255) cannot be supplemented
with any additional information such as graphs, photographs, or- with any additional information such as graphs, photographs, or- with any additional information such as graphs, photographs, or-
ganizational chart, etc. Applications should simply be stapled in the upper ganizational chart, etc. Application should simply be stapled in the upper ganizational chart, etc. Applications should simply be stapled in the upper
left-hand corner. Cover sheets should not be included. Inclusion and/or left-hand corner. Cover sheets should not be included. Inclusion and/or left-hand corner. Cover sheets should not be included. Inclusion and/or
submittal of additional material may result in the applicant being submittal of additional material will result in the applicant being dis- submittal of additional material may result in the applicant being
disqualified from consideration for this project. qualified from consideration for this project. disqualified from consideration for this project.
Failure to follow directions of this advertisement or the application may Failure to follow directions of this advertisement or the application may Failure to follow directions of this advertisement or the application may
cause disqualification of the submittal. cause disqualification of the submittal. cause disqualification of the submittal.

Mari B. Ross Mari B.Ross Mari B. Ross

Executive Secretary Executive Secretary Executive Secretary

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LEGAL NOTICES

CAREER CORNER
BOARD OF LIQUOR LICENSE COMMISSIONERS FOR BALTIMORE CITY
NOTICE

Petitions have been filed by the following applicants for licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at the premises set opposite
their respective names. The real property for these applications will be posted on Monday, December 13, 2010. Written
protests concerning any application will be accepted until and including the time of the conference or hearing. Confer-
ences and public hearings will be held after December 30, 2010. Interested parties may contact the office of the Board,
231 E. Baltimore Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 or by calling (410) 396-4385 to determine the exact time
FINANCE
and date that a particular application will be considered by the Board. Written protests will be acknowledged by the
Board and such protestants will be notified as to the date, time and place of the hearing and/or conference. “RACE TOTHE
∫RACE TO THETOP∫
TOP”
BUDGET & GRANT MONITORING SPECIALIST
1. CLASS “A” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR LICENSE PROCUREMENT SUPERVISOR
CBLIS, Inc. Transfer of Ownership Lexington Market MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (MSDE) - Ranked # 1 in Education nationally & being
Gold, William J. 400 W. Lexington Street awarded the Race to the Top (RTTT) Grant, is currently seeking highly qualified and motivated individuals
for the following contractual positions:
Gillies, John A. Budget Monitoring & Grant Management Specialist
Responsible for providing technical assistance to internal staff for monitoring the financial aspects of the
Eddie’s-Roland Park, LLC Transfer of Ownership 5109-13 Roland Avenue $250 million (RTTT) grant, including analyzing budgets, resolving discrepancies, disbursing funds, tracking
expenditures & satisfying reporting requirements & accountability measures.
Cohen, Nancy R. QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor¬s in Acct¬ng, Business Admin, Econ, Finance or Public Admin pref¬d & 2-3
Stilli, Margaret V. yrs exp in budget prep, financial reporting and disbursement tracking. Exp with MS Excel & data management
software is preferred. Salary to: $ 67K
Procurement Supervisor
2. CLASS “B” BEER & WINE LICENSE Responsible for leading RTTT procurements & providing supervision, coordination & support for the
YAMA Sushi Bar Baltimore Corp. New License 1030 F-1 West 41st Street development, implementation, tracking & awarding procurement of goods & services for RTTT.
Zhao, Min QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s
Bachelor¬s in Business Admin, Contract Management, Purchasing or a related area
& 4 yrs. of exp. in contract mgt. or procurement involving duties such as soliciting, evaluating, negotiating
and awarding contracts, ensuring compliance with gov’t gov¬t procurement laws & regulations. Contract
3. CLASS “B” BEER, WINE & LIQUOR RESTAURANT LICENSE Management or procurement exp. may be substituted on a yr. for yr. basis for up to 4 yrs of the req’d req¬d
Lenny’s Deli of Harbor Place, LLC New License 201 E. Pratt Street #1155 educ. Graduate educ may be subst for 30 crdt hrs for each year of req’d req¬d exp.Salary to: $56K
Smith, Alan R. For more info. visit our website at www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/aboutmsde/jobs
Needel, Brian
Lee, Gayle MSDE is a state agency that develops & administers education, library & rehabilitation programs, & is on
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diverse workforce. To Apply: Reference Position- Staff Specialist II, (Budget/Grant Monitor Specialist) Race
Silo. 5%, LLC New License 1200 Steuart Street to the Top OR Procurement Supervisor, Race to the Top & FAX (410-333-8950) or mail your MSDE
Laing, Glen & request for outdoor table service application, resume and RTTT Addendum to Office of Human Resources, 200 W. Baltimore Street,
Balto. MD. 21201. Applications/resumes should be received by January 7, 2011.
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Federal Hill Partners, III, LLC Transfer of Ownership 1117-21 S. Charles Street
Naylor, Guy & request to add 2nd floor for business & outdoor table service
Collins, Robert
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Sticky Rice MD, LLC Request to add outdoor table service 1634 Aliceanna Street The Maryland Department of Aging seeks a full time
Pasztor, Ronnie S. & live entertainment contractual position to provide administrative support for
Ross, Thomas J. multiple long term supports and services programs includ-
ing convening meetings, handling and responding to written
Pratt Food, LLC Request to include the area 750 E. Pratt Street correspondence, distributing and coordinating public in-
Dopkin, Edward L. adjoining the main lobby, outdoor table
formation materials. REQ. H.S. Diploma, 3 yrs. exp. sec-
retarial work in public admin. PREF. Spanish fluency. For
service on Pratt Street & expand the current use of the official job announcement and application (MS-100)
outdoor table service on Falls Walk visit www.mdoa.state.md.us and submit by 1/3/11 to: HR
Office, Maryland Department of Aging, 301 W. Preston St.
Bond Street Baltimore, LLC New License 901 S. Bond Street Suite 1007, Baltimore, MD 21201. EOE
Durkin, John T. & request to add outdoor table service & live entertainment
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Jet Two Lounge, Inc. Transfer of Ownership 4507-09 Belair Road
Hamilton, Jr. Joe from John Zorzit, secured creditor & request to add live entertainment
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