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Northrop tax-incentive support waning in D.C.
Legislation crafted by the ad- comment on the waning support. state’s average wage or 300 jobs relief now,” he said. worldwide,” said David Zipper,
Under pressure, council
ministration of Mayor Adrian M. “It would be inappropriate to that pay better than 200 percent. Under the legislation, Nor- director of business development
Fenty (D), dubbed the Global Se- comment on what any govern- The state could begin spending throp Grumman would receive and strategy in the Office of the
rethinking plan to lure curity and Aerospace Industry ment body may or may not in- $30 million over the next six $5.5 million in grants to help cov- Deputy Mayor for Planning and
firm’s headquarters
Tax Abatement Act, initially had clude in its proposal,” he said in a years, starting July 1. er relocation expenses and a 10- Economic Development.
seven co-sponsors, enough to statement. “We expect to an- The D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute year property tax abatement Zipper estimated that the com-
lock in a simple majority vote. nounce a final site decision at the and other watchdog groups are worth $19.5 million. The com- pany would contribute about
by Nikita Stewart But council members, being pres- end of March or April.” lobbying against the D.C. bill, ex- pany is considering lots at Fourth $40 million to D.C. nonprofit
sured by constituents and strug- In Virginia, Gov. Robert F. pressing doubts about the tax and E streets SW and Sixth and E groups in the next 10 years.
The District’s bid to attract the gling with the city’s budget def- McDonnell (R) sent late legisla- abatement at a hearing on the streets SW near Nationals Park. Council member Jack Evans
corporate headquarters of Nor- icit, are peeling off. tion to both houses of the General legislation held by the council’s The company would have to (D-Ward 2), chief sponsor of the
throp Grumman is unraveling as Council member Mary M. Cheh Assembly aimed at drawing the Committee on Finance and Rev- agree to employ a minimum of legislation, said his colleagues
several D.C. Council members (D-Ward 3), a co-sponsor, said she firm. The bills would allow the enue. During his testimony, Char- 250 workers in the District to get are not looking at the indirect
question whether the city should is now undecided because the Governor’s Opportunity Fund, an lie Cray, director of the Center for the incentives. benefits. Although few new jobs
offer the Fortune 100 company a council recently approved tax economic development grant Corporate Policy, called the re- Representatives of the Fenty would be created, “the bigger val-
proposed $25 million tax-incen- breaks for other companies with- program that can be spent only gion’s three-way battle for Nor- administration said the company ue is to bring the subcontractors
tive package. out an overall plan or cost-ben- on public infrastructure, to be throp Grumman a “corporate- would give the city cachet it has to the same location,” he said.
Northrop Grumman an- efits analysis. “I don’t think we used to renovate private build- welfare arms race.” been missing. Council member Kwame R.
nounced in January that it would can keep doing this bit by bit,” she ings as well. The bills also would Dennis P. Bourgault, owner of a “Attracting a Fortune 100 com- Brown (D-At Large) said he can-
relocate from Los Angeles to the said. “I like the idea of using the renew the Virginia Economic De- Capitol Hill pet supply store, said pany to the District, an opportu- not explain to his constituents
Washington area, setting off a incentives to lure these compa- velopment Incentive Grant pro- the city has neglected to help nity that is very rare, would im- what is happening, including
frenzied competition among the nies here, but I am uneasy.” gram, which is available to com- foundering small businesses mediately and dramatically im- where the city will get the money
District, Maryland and Virginia Dan McClain, a spokesman for panies that create 400 jobs that while giving tax breaks to larger prove the District’s reputation in for the tax breaks.
to land the defense contractor. Northrop Grumman, declined to pay better than 150 percent of the companies. “We basically have no the eyes of business leaders stewartn@washpost.com
Va. college students
mobilize against
gay rights threat
cuccinelli from B1 Del. David L. Englin (D-Alexan-
dria). “But actions speak louder
some portraying it as a threat to than words.”
the quality and competitiveness Leaders of academia attacked
of Virginia’s higher-education the state directive on several
system. fronts. The head of the Virginia
On Thursday, Cuccinelli wrote conference of the American Asso-
in a letter that Virginia’s public ciation of University Professors
universities could not adopt pol- wrote in a letter to the governor
icies that prohibit discrimination that any discrimination not
based on sexual orientation “ab- grounded in qualification or mer-
sent specific authorization from it “is abhorrent to the values of
the General Assembly.” All of Vir- higher education.”
ginia’s largest state schools have Public universities generally
adopted such language. Faculty are afforded autonomy by state
leaders at William and Mary governments in writing policy,
sought expanded protections for said Peter McPherson, president
gender identity and expression of the Association of Public and
earlier this school year. Land-grant Universities. Virginia
In an interview Monday, Gov. state code, however, is “some-
Robert F. McDonnell (R) support- what vague” on who makes the
ed the legal reasoning of Cucci- rules, said Kirsten Nelson,
nelli’s letter but stressed that he spokeswoman for the State Coun-
would allow neither colleges nor cil of Higher Education for Vir-
other state agencies to discrim- ginia.
inate. University officials mostly de-
“There’s a long list of opinions. clined to comment, saying only
It’s all separation-of-powers is-
sues,” he said. “But that doesn’t
mean that a governor can’t say to
“I’ve never
DAYNA SMITH FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
his managers, ‘I will not tolerate
gotten so many
For Patrick Darby, public sewer would allow him to open a bookstore in a house that has been in his family since the early 20th century.
discrimination in this adminis-
tration.’ ”
e-mails from
McDonnell indicated Monday
that he might sign legislation ex-
students
County weighs Clarksburg interests
tending legal protections on the
basis of sexual orientation if it
wanting to do
were to pass the General Assem- clarksburg from B1 But the task force, which in-
bly. “I’d consider it,” he said. “I’d
something.”
cludes scientists, water-quality
have to look at the legal argu- — Brandon Carroll, Va. Tech student said in a report last year that experts, engineers and architects,
ments for it.” government president nearby Ten Mile Creek and its wa- has found it difficult to come to a
Although there was little sign tershed had been harmed by soil consensus, even failing to agree
of support for Cuccinelli on Vir- that they were exploring the legal and debris from the rows and on whether members should vote
ginia’s campuses, others rallied points raised in the letter. rows of townhouses, apartments on the proposals before them. In-
behind him. The Family Founda- Robert M. O’Neil, former presi- and single-family homes in new stead, the group is drafting its re-
tion sent its supporters an e-mail dent of U-Va. and now director of developments near Clarksburg’s port and contemplating sending
titled “AG Follows Law, Gets the school’s Thomas Jefferson historic downtown. a list of options to the council.
Ripped” and promised to resist Center for the Protection of Free That means that county offi-
any push to have the legislature Expression, said in an e-mail, “it cials, who more than two decades
‘Back where we started’
address the issue again before it is far from clear that the Attorney ago promised to reassess new de- “We are back where we start-
adjourns Saturday. General would be expected to or velopment if environmental ed,” said Mike McCann of Pulte
The group argued that no evi- even empowered to turn back the problems were discovered, must Homes, who was not on the panel
dence has been advanced that gay clock on such a vital issue of pub- tread carefully before approving but sat in on the group’s meet-
students or faculty have faced lic importance,” noting that the construction in the area, includ- ings, which stretched over five
discrimination. state’s higher-education commu- ing a proposed county Ride-On months. Pulte wants to develop a
“The goal is not anti-discrimi- nity is “unanimous in its commit- bus depot, more housing and a large tract in the area.
nation — it is forced acceptance ment to equality.” commercial center. No new devel- Council members, who will be
of a lifestyle that many Virginians Some lawmakers called Cucci- opment means no sewer lines for
DAYNA SMITH FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
guided by requirements of the
find antithetical to their faith,” nelli’s stand consistent with legal the small businesses to tap into. Most of the 40-odd buildings in Clarksburg’s historic downtown lack 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan,
the e-mail read. opinions offered by past attor- “Until these property owners public sewer. Property owners would like to see that change. might take up the issue this
In Richmond, Democrats raced neys general, who have advised can get public sewer, there is not spring. Among their options
to condemn Cuccinelli’s letter local governments that they do a whole lot they can do to up- would be rezoning undeveloped
Water-quality concerns
and pushed McDonnell to dis- not have the legal right to add grade them or spruce them up, areas to put new limits on devel-
tance himself from the attorney sexual orientation to their pol- because they are limited to what
Historic Clarksburg lies within the watershed of Ten Mile Creek,
opment; delaying development,
general, with whom he shared a icies without authorization from they can do on their existing sep-
ticket in November. In fiery the General Assembly. tic system,” said Alan Soukup, the
which Montgomery County scientists said last year had been
including the bus depot, until
there is more information on the
speeches on the floor of both leg- “It seems to me that he was try- senior planner in the county’s en-
polluted by runoff from nearby development and requires special
ability of damaged waterways to
islative chambers, they urged ing to get out his legal opinion,” vironment department who is
protection to ensure it will not be harmed further.
recover; requiring additional wa-
McDonnell to send a bill with his said Sen. Robert Hurt (R-Pitt- looking for solutions. ter-quality safeguards from
blessing to the legislature to sylvania). “It doesn’t seem like a builders; insisting on more envi-
write nondiscrimination against clarion call to discriminate
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ronmentally friendly designs,FREDERICK
Special Protection
gays into the state code. against anyone.” The issue poses a classic dilem-
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year to act on similar proposals. hibit more development in the
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Carl Elefante, an architect who
“The governor has said he has a Staff writers Jenna Johnson, Anita area because of pollution prob-
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personal policy of nondiscrimi- Kumar, Fredrick Kunkle and Robert lems, that might help water qual- Seneca
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The political sensitivity be- mentally sensitive places,” he
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came evident last year, when said.
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county scientists collected data But the challenge, he said, is
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D.C. 4 (Sun.): 0-6-9-1
Night/Pick-3 (Sun.): 6-7-8
but the administration of County ing whether similar practices
SOURCE: Montgomery County
D.C. 4 (Mon.): 3-5-4-3
Pick-3 (Mon.): N/A
Executive Isiah Leggett (D) with- would protect Ten Mile Creek. If
THE WASHINGTON POST
DC-5 (Sun.): 0-6-8-1-6
Pick-4 (Sun.): 9-9-3-4
held their report for several they do, then Darby might get wa-
DC-5 (Mon.): 8-5-0-5-9
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months, finally issuing it in Janu- ter and sewer and be able to open
Daily 6 (Sun.): 1-3-12-16-28-32 *15
Cash-5 (Sun.): 1-15-16-23-28
ary 2009 after the findings were ing designs; or toughen require- study group to examine the envi- his bookstore. Peeke might be
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first reported by The Washington ments for stormwater runoff in ronmental challenges and pro- able to sell his property, because
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guarantees that yet-to-be in- Mile Creek watershed. “The group’s charge was to give obtaining bank financing if they
Day/Pick 3: 5-5-2
All winning lottery numbers are official only when validated at a lottery
ticket location or a lottery claims office. stalled stormwater treatment sys- Ultimately, the decision is up to us feedback as to what the new know there is public sewer. Lew-
Pick 4: 9-1-7-5 Because of late drawings, some results do not appear in early editions.
[state] stormwater regulations is, who has public sewer, would
Night/Pick-3 (Sun.): 7-8-7
For late lottery results, check www.washingtonpost.com/lottery
tems, delayed because of the con- the County Council, whose nine
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struction controversies in the members, like Leggett, are run- are going to mean, to give us benefit from the additional foot
Pick-3 (Mon.): 1-4-8
new part of Clarksburg, could ning for reelection this year. some sense of what the implica- traffic the other businesses would
Pick-4 (Sun.): 2-8-6-5
help protect Ten Mile Creek. The County Council member Mi- tions are of the new rules,” Knapp generate.
Pick-4 (Mon.): 5-8-7-1
scientists listed options: limit de- chael Knapp (D-Upcounty), who said. “We need guidance. We need “There definitely is a market
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velopment; insist on different represents the area, persuaded information to help us make a here,” Darby said.
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construction practices and build- the council to let him set up a better decision,” he said. spivackm@washpost.com
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