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Vox Populi
When other politicians face hard issues, they must take a stand. Norm Neverson knows he's better off taking a pass.

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Norm Neverson is worried that his meeting is about to fall apart. The room he thought he'd reserved for the 72 members of his Democratic State Committee (DSC) is occupied, and he's had to arrange for an alternative, on the top floor of One Judiciary Square. Neverson hasn't seen the room yet, but it doesn't faze him. He's an optimist. He assures the grumbling crowd that the new venue will be "beautiful."

When DSC members get to the room, they discover that it is actually pretty nice: spacious, well-lit, and quiet, with a striking view of the U.S. Capitol. It just doesn't have any chairs. Although not all of the DSC members are present tonight, there is a large contingent of onlookers. A chairless event isn't going to cut it. Neverson sends people out to scour the area for seats, and they come back with maybe 10. That, he figures, will have to do.

Before the standing-room-only crowd, Ward 2 D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans makes an impassioned plea on behalf of the evening's central piece of business: his bill to make the D.C. presidential primary the first in the nation. For years, the District's primary has fallen in the spring, long after the nominees for both major parties have been decided. Playing virtually no role in selecting presidents has long been just another insult to D.C. voters, who have no stake in the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate. Vaulting the primary ahead of New Hampshire's, argues Evans, would provide free national advertising for the District's disenfranchisement.... Continued

Issue of Apr. 11 - 17, 2003

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