The council needs clear cut rules that leave no openings for money to be funneled to anything but the needs of the citizens of the DC.I will vote for you if you promise to do that once elected.

leeshato
ward 4

Just like the media is twisting your and “new comers to the District” minds about CFO Gandhi and the Harriet Waters Tax & Revenue Scandal. The Tax & Revenue scandal investigation revealed that the stolen money went as far back to 10 to 15 years without being detected. Harriett Waters was a low-end staffer during that time [beginning of the 15 year period] before she rose into position to operate in her management role that afforded her the controls that her prior thief/manager schooled her about.

That means, the prior managers[of Harriet Water’s job] who used the same system that Harriett Waters got caught with – got away with millions during those first 10 years at the Tax & Revenue Office! No Wash.Post/Examiner coverage on this caper.

Likewise, we forget Councilmember Tommy Wells…doing the same Harry Thomas routine.

I give credit to the 2 blogger whose entry I am repeating in this discussion.

Part I
During the 3+ years of construction on H St for the streetcar, Tommy Wells gave Joe Englert almost 500K to help his businesses and a few of his friends businesses on H St. It's been reported in City Paper that Englert owns about 7 or 8 bars, restaurants and clubs just on H St.

Englert received the taxpayers' subsidies (in 2008, 09 & 10) via his fake non-profit-- H St Cooperative-- which he and two Atlas Theater employees founded just 3 months prior to receiving Wells' earmarks. The press release also report that one of the founders was a member of Wells' 2010 re-election committee and their so-called non-profit, H St Coop, was “Not in Good Standing” with the Government of the District of Columbia.

Part II
Wells earmarked and lobbied for H Street Cooperative to be handed $428,000 in non-competitive grants during his first term as the Ward 6 councilman. Jennifer (Jen) DeMayo, a co-founder of H Street Cooperative, grant signee and a direct beneficiary, was a member of Wells’ 2010 re-election committee, according to Wells’ official blog.
The other founders of the non-profit cooperative include another Atlas Theater employee, Patrick Stewart, and entrepreneur Joe Englert, who, according to the, Washington Business Journal owns eight after-hours establishments in Wells’ ward on the H Street NE corridor.
The FOIA disclosed that H Street Cooperative was incorporated as a non-profit only four months prior to receiving its first $190,600 of multi-year grants from DDOT via Wells. DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs’ (DCRA) records indicate that H Street Cooperative never filed any of the required business reports and was “Not in Good Standing” with the District of Columbia when awarded the grants.
Is the Washington Post and Examiner only going after Harry Thomas and refuse to use the same repeated in your face, in your mind daily barrage of pressure to have Tommy Wells indicted by the D.C. prosecutor’?

Tommy Wells did not buy an Audi SUV. However, did Tommy Wells receive some financial gift from Patrick Stewart or Joe Englert? I guess the FBI and the IRS have to do an inventory of Tommy Wells’ house to find that answer.

Wake up Trusting Citizens.

Calvin GURLEY
your next WARD 4 Councilmember

Should've happened long ago.