Posts Tagged ‘Adrian Fenty’
Fenty’s “I Am A Healthy DC Mom”
Last week, Adrian Fenty unveiled the new “I Am A Healthy D.C. Mom” campaign, targeted at encouraging moms to keep their children healthy and safe inside and outside of the womb. The campaign’s launch was accompanied by the release of the administration’s 2007 Infant Mortality Report [PDF].
According to a press release, the campaign asks pregnant women to “commit to forty weeks of prenatal care, staying fit and eating right, and keeping their baby safe and healthy.”
How reasonable is to to expect a full forty weeks of prenatal care from a woman? It means she’ll have to act like a good pregnant lady—like folic acid in place of booze, or whatever—from the moment of conception. That’s before she even suspects she’s pregnant. Before she misses her period. Before she takes a pregnancy test.
Usually, it’s also before she wants to be pregnant.
GLBT Activists Meet With Fenty on Hate Crimes
Today, Mayor Adrian Fenty took a break from his pre-inaugural planning blitz to meet with the co-chairs of GLOV (Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence), Chris Farris and Todd Metrokin about what GLOV says is a crises-point in hate-bias related crimes against the gay community. Fenty and GLOV were joined by Police Chief Cathy Lanier and MPD Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit Sergeant Brett Parson. Farris and Metrokin had been petitioning for a meeting with the mayor for months, tapping allies in the D.C. Council, making calls to the Mayor’s office, and organizing an extended letter-writing campaign. They finally got their audience today GLOV’s report of the meeting is after the jump.
The Black McDonald’s Owners Association Inaugural Ball Continues to Woo Me
Perhaps I spoke too soon on the Baltimore Washington Black McDonald’s Operators Association Inaugural Ball. On Monday, I posted the invitation (the only ball invite I received on this historic occasion), marking the event’s $200 price tag with a snarky “Hamburgler” reference. Today, I received a follow-up e-mail from the association with a “sneak-peek” at the ball’s guest list, which includes Washington Wizard Gilbert Arenas, Redskins player Jason Campbell, DJ “Big Tigger,” scholar Michael Eric Dyson, and Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Nevermind that the Black McDonald’s Owners Associations ranks somebody called “Big Tigger” higher than both Dyson and Fenty. Nevermind that I, too, appear on the ball’s guest list. Agent Zero, D.C.’s most adorable and incomprehensible basketball-playing eccentric might be there!
I’m getting closer to believing that anyone would be convinced to pay $200 for this, but questions remain. Prithee BMOA: will the buffet include a Filet-O-Fish option?
Photo by Yogi.
GLOV Gets Its Meeting With Fenty
Last month, the leaders of local anti-hate crime initiative Gays and Lesbians Opposed to Violence (GLOV) called out Adrian Fenty for snubbing their request for a meeting about what they’ve characterized as acts of violence against D.C.’s gay community. This week, GLOV co-chair Chris Farris announced, and Metro Weekly reported, that Fenty will, in fact, meet with the group. D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier will also be in attendance at the meeting, scheduled for January 16. D.C. brass will meet with Farris and fellow GLOV co-chair Todd Metrokin.
Fenty Angers Gay Group
Local GLBT advocacy group Gays and Lesbians Opposed to Violence (GLOV) are calling out Adrian Fenty for what they characterize as a lack of attention to hate-bias motivated attacks in the District. GLOV is upset that the mayor has snubbed the group’s appeals for a meeting on the issue. From a press release:
Despite GLOV’s many requests to meet with Mayor Fenty to address concerns about the violent attacks occurring against DC’s GLBT citizens, the Mayor has yet to respond. He did however have time Thursday to speak to Fox News about the issue saying simply, “Hate crimes, I think, are down for the most part in DC this year. We take all of them (bias crimes) seriously and look for trends.”
GLOV cites the recent Logan Circle killing of Durval Martins as evidence that hate-motivated crimes against gays have reached a critical point in the District of Columbia. GLOV’s letter to Fenty, after the jump:
Man Madness: Local Government Bracket Finale
Last week, we determined the manliness factor of eight workplaces in the local government sector of the Manliest Workplace in D.C. competition. (See the full 64-workplace bracket here). Let’s go to the standings!
With 47 out of 55 manly points, Fenty’s cabinet edges out the fiery competition to go on to our tournament’s elite eight of Manlieness. Stay tuned later today for the kick-off of our legal competition!
Man Madness: WASA Vs. Fenty’s Cabinet
The Manliest Workplace in D.C. Tournament marches on toward the halfway point this week (See the full 64-workplace bracket here). The D.C. government bracket slogs on today as the Water and Sewage Administration faces off against Fenty’s finest. Sewage handlers versus the executive branch—a natural match-up, no?
WASA: So, “DCWASA is a multi-jurisdictional regional utility that provides drinking water, wastewater collection and treatment to more than 500,000 residential, commercial and governmental customers in the District of Columbia.” But does it also throw the women out with the wastewater? Let’s find out!
