Today, At-Large Councilmember Phil Mendelson sent a letter to AG Peter Nickles urging him to reconsider evicting Cora Masters Barry's Recreation Wish List Committee from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. So far Nickles has taken a hard line on evicting Barry's nonprofit which provides academic and athletic programs for area kids.
Mendelson writes:
"Contrary to your [...]

WaPo has a nice little incremental story on the controversy surrounding the Recreation Wish List Committee's looming eviction from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. Fenty and Co. appear confused about how to handle the Committee's Honcho Cora Masters Barry. D.C. Wire writes:
"'If Cora Barry gets her corporate papers together, then we will determine if [...]

Sandra "SS" Seegars has organized a rally in support of Cora Masters Barry's Recreation Wish List Committee. As everyone knows, the city has moved to evict Barry from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center.
The rally is being held this Friday at 6 p.m. outside the center at 701 Mississippi Avenue SE.

The District's move to evict Cora Masters Barry's Recreation Wish List Committee from the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center has certainly caused a late-summer dust-up among politicos. District officials have given Masters Barry 30 days to vacate the facility, citing that the committee's corporate charter had lapsed.
In Sunday's WaPo story, AG Peter Nickles stood firm [...]