On Friday, I attended Positive Nature's organized conference on vulnerable children and families. The event, held among several conference rooms at the convention center, was also put together with the Department of Mental Health and the DC Children & Youth Investment Trust Corporation. The bigwigs from CFSA, DMH, DYRS and DCPS showed up and gave [...]

D.C. Councilmembers Harry Thomas Jr. and Yvette Alexander are elected officials. People must have seen something in them that they liked. Maybe in Thomas' case, it was his famous name. Maybe in Alexander's case, it was her sunny personality. But since joining the council, both have gained reputations as lightweights.
Last Wednesday, on February 18, Thomas [...]

Positive Nature, the nonprofit that serves some of the most vulnerable kids in the city with after-school and summer programs, had operated out of a converted warehouse in the shadow of Nationals Park. Before the new stadium opened last spring, the operation had already accumulated $200,000 in debt, stemming from its lease obligation to pay [...]