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D.C. Council approves slimmer overhaul of school lunch plan
CALORIE LIMITS DROPPED
Tough standards call for more nutrition, exercise
by Tim Craig
The D.C. Council unanimously approved stringent school nutri- tion and exercise standards on Tuesday, but federal officials per- suaded members to remove a key provision of the “Healthy Schools” legislation before they voted on it.
Approved on the same day that the council waded into the na- tional immigration debate, the measure calls for District public and charter schools to add more fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains to the meals of about 71,000 students. It also encourag- es schools to buy food from or- ganic farms in Maryland and Vir- ginia, adds thousands of students to the free-lunch program and will eventually triple the amount of time that students have to spend exercising.
But council member Mary M.
Cheh (D-Ward 3), sponsor of the legislation, stripped from the bill her proposal for calorie limits for school lunches and breakfasts, a sign that there remains conflict among health officials over how to address childhood obesity and school nutrition. Cheh drafted her proposal to
conform to Institute of Medicine guidelines issued last fall that recommended calorie limits on school meals. But after The Washington Post published on Sunday a story about Cheh’s pro- posal, U.S. Department of Agri- culture officials asked the council not to move forward with calorie limitations. Currently, USDA school-lunch standards establish minimum, but not maximum, calorie requirements. In some cases, according to city officials, Cheh’s bill capped calories at lev- els beneath the USDA require- ments. “We will abide by the USDA standards so we don’t lose federal funding,” Cheh said, referring to the reimbursement the city re- ceives for school lunches. Neal Barnard, president of the
Physicians Committee for Re- sponsible Medicine, said that the USDA calorie minimums are a byproduct of a “Depression-era mentality” that schools should act as if “lunch was the only meal a child was having” for the day. But with childhood obesity
rates climbing, Barnard said, health professionals and nutri- tion advocates are working on Capitol Hill to get federal calorie limits lowered. USDA officials, who noted that
first lady Michelle Obama has made school nutrition a top pri- ority, say they are in the process of trying to update standards. But they say the process has been slowed by simultaneous efforts to revise the “Dietary Guidelines for All Americans,” which tradition- ally drive school standards.
Even without the calorie limits, Barnard said, the bill approved by the council is “probably the most progressive legislation in the union” regarding school nu- trition. The measure mandates that schools meet the federal “gold standard” for lunches and break- fasts, which requires that a differ- ent fruit and vegetable be served every day and that only low-fat or nonfat milk and whole grains be offered. The measure also bans trans
fats and limits sodium and satu- rated fats, while requiring all schools to serve breakfast free. If signed into law by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), the bill also will transfer students eligible for re- duced-priced lunches into the free-lunch program. Jennifer Calloway, a spokes- woman for the D.C public schools, said school officials “sup- port many provisions of the bill” but question how the city will pay its estimated $6 million-a-year price tag. Cheh is proposing a one-cent per ounce tax on canned and bottled soda, which would generate $16 million annually. But council member Yvette M.
Alexander (D-Ward 7) told Cheh on Tuesday that she cannot sup- port a soda tax because “seniors” are already rebelling against it. In other council business, all 13 members co-sponsored a resolu- tion calling on the city to stop do- ing business with Arizona be- cause of its new immigration law, which makes it easier for police to stop and detain suspected ille- gal immigrants.
The resolution, which will be voted on at a later date, requests that the city government and em- ployee pension fund “divest” from all Arizona state and munic- ipal bonds and would ban city workers from traveling to that state on official business. With the exception of the pro- vision banning official travel, the resolution appears to be largely symbolic. A spokeswoman for the Office
of the Chief Financial Officer said that the city government and pension fund currently have “no exposure to Arizona bonds or other types of securities issued in whole or in part by Arizona.” All 13 council members also co- introduced a bill that would pre- vent Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier from participating in the Secure Communities Initiative. Under that federal program, lo- cal police departments are expec- ted to share arrest data with Im- migration and Customs Enforce- ment. The bill would “prohibit the
District of Columbia to transmit arrest data to the United States Department of Homeland Securi- ty” or ICE. The city, however, would continue to notify federal immigration officials when a sus- pected illegal immigrant has been convicted of a crime. Council member Phil Mendel-
son (D-At Large), a lead sponsor of the bill, said undocumented immigrants should not be subject to deportation when they might ultimately be cleared of the crimes they were picked up for.
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Montgomery moves to freeze pay, pushes furloughs
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came accustomed to growing gov- ernment spending in good times now communicate the magnitude of a budget problem that has bal- looned into the hundreds of mil- lions of dollars? On Tuesday, some council members did so by talking about how distasteful their choices are. Council member Marc Elrich (D-At Large) said he regretted having to vote to change the col- lective bargaining agreements. “We need to basically own up to
the fact that this is an incredibly difficult situation from which there is no other way out,” Elrich said. The labor agreements with the
firefighters and police unions, as well as with the Municipal and County Government Employees Organization, which represents general government workers, in- clude retirement contributions based on raises that were not giv- en, which have been dubbed “phantom” cost-of-living adjust- ments or “ghost” wage adjust- ments.
The practice was put in place last year as part of an agreement with those three employee unions. In the midst of recession, thousands of workers were given only part of the raises that had been agreed upon. Many workers in nearby jurisdictions received no raises at all. The retirement contributions were a consolation for the partial raises in Mont- gomery.
Ending the unusual deal would
save more than $7 million in the next fiscal year and at least $200 million over 40 years, officials said. Council member Phil An- drews (D-Gaithersburg-Rock- ville) cast the sole vote against the arrangement last year, and pro- posed legislation to cancel it. County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) negotiated the deal, then changed his mind last month af- ter hearing worsening financial news and concluding that the council would change course. Council members said circum- stances are different now, leading them to switch positions. But they said the arrangement had been unfairly tarred with an omi-
nous moniker. “The use of the word ‘ghost’ im- plies that somebody snuck some- thing in, that somebody did something wrong. I prefer to just say it may be unsustainable,” El- rich said. “There was no funny business.
There was no horror story or Hal- loween trick or treat,” said council member George L. Leventhal (D- At Large). “Employees were con- tractually promised certain pay and certain pension outcomes. We agreed to take away the pay outcome. We did not agree to take way the pension outcome” last year, he said. Overturning the pension ar-
rangement would still require passage of Andrews’s legislation. Montgomery’s spending on sal- aries and wages for government and school employees has risen sharply over the past decade, and health and retirement benefits have grown even faster. After ad- justing for inflation, spending on salaries has risen by about a third in that period, to more than $2 billion a year. Health and retire- ment spending is up by 75 per-
cent, to $686 million. The council’s push for fur- loughs to be spread across all county agencies and employees prompted a fierce pushback by schools officials. A school attor- ney argued that the council does not have the authority to cut Leg- gett’s suggested school budget, which is $137.7 million below the schools’ request. But council officials point to a provision in state law that they say clearly indicates the council does indeed have that power. Council attorney Michael Faden said the schools’ position is based on a faulty reading of a minimum spending requirement in the law. Council officials said the schools, after accounting for a one-time debt payment, would receive bas- ically the same tax-supported funding they did last year, while other county agencies and de- partments are forced to make deep reductions.
One plan being considered by the council would require a five- day furlough, which represents a salary cut of 1.9 percent.
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David F. Snyder* Ira J. Kaylin
Johannah Barry John D. Lawrence Barry D. Buschow
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SCHOOL BOARD
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(VOTE FOR 4)
KSusan P. Kearney*
KPatrick R. Riccards KRosaura Aguerrebere* KGregory R. Rasnake
Loudoun
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Trustee Sale Notices
851 Prince Georges County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY MARYLAND
RANDA S.AZZAM, ESQUIRE, et al
Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v.
MARIONWILLIAMS
Defendant
Civil Action No. CAE10-01220
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 6TH dayof APRIL, 2010, by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s Coun- ty, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these pro- ceedings and described as 15615
BIRMINGHAM CIRCLE, BRANDY-
WINE, MD 20613, will be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010, next, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some news- paper published in said County once in eachof three successive weeks before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010, next. The Report of Sale states the amount of the sale to be
$198,900.00.
Peggy Magee Clerk of the Circuit Court For
Prince George’s County, Maryland
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY MARYLAND
RANDA S.AZZAM, ESQUIRE, et al
Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs v.
JAMES SIMEONA III LASETTA SIMEONA
Defendant
Civil Action No. CAE10-01219
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 6TH dayof APRIL, 2010, by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s Coun- ty, Maryland, that the sale of the property mentioned in these pro- ceedings and described as 19300
CROOM ROAD, BRANDYWINE, MD
20613, will be ratified and con- firmed unless cause to the con- trary thereof be shown on or
before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010,
next, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some news- paper published in said County once in eachof three successive weeks before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010, next. The Report of Sale states the amount of the sale to be
$296,000.00.
Prince George’s County, Maryland Clerk of the Circuit Court For Peggy Magee #369
852 Anne Arundel County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FORANNEARUNDEL COUNTY
DANIEL J. PESACHOWITZ, et al.
Substitute Trustees
CARL J. CHILDERS
Defendant
Versus No. C-10-148551
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Notice is hereby issued this 6TH dayof APRIL, 2010, That the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported
by Daniel J. Pesachowitz, Substi-
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before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010,
next; Provided a copy of this Notice be inserted in some news- paper published in Anne Arundel County, once in eachof three successive weeks before the 6TH dayof MAY 2010, next. The report states that the amount of the sale of the property at 102W. FURNACE
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before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010,
next, provided a copy of this NOTICE be inserted in some news- paper published in said County once in eachof three successive weeks before the 6TH dayof MAY, 2010, next. The Report of Sale states the amount of the sale to be
$107,814.03.
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(VOTE FOR 3)
David R. Simpson Dimitri N. Kesari Michael E. Snyder* Brent A. Campbell*
LEESBURG
Mayor
KKristen C. Umstattd*
(VOTE FOR 3)
KKevin D. Wright*
KFernando J. "Marty" KKenneth D. "Ken" Reid*
Martinez* Neely L. Law S. Ann Robinson
LOVETTSVILLE
Mayor
KElaine D. Walker* Bing Lam
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 3)
Robert J. Zoldos II* Tiffaney D. Carder
Charlotte E. Coleman* DiJon K. Jones* Joseph L. Ray
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
121 76%
38 24
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
105 27% 101 26 97 25 85 22
12 OF 12 PRECINCTS
1,704 54%
Thomas S. "Tom" Dunn II 1,437 46
Town Council
12 OF 12 PRECINCTS
1,861 24% 1,849 23
1,797 23 1,376 17 993 13
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
169 63%
101 37
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
221 30% 161 22 152 21 137 19 63 9
1,302 26% 1,249 25 1,247 25 1,242 25
998 14% 966 14 961 14 945 13 857 12 808 11 776 11 735 10
1,354 10% 1,255 9
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1 OF 2 PRECINCTS
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0 OF 2 PRECINCTS
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1 OF 2 PRECINCTS
1,519 100%
1 OF 2 PRECINCTS
(VOTE FOR 3)
KMarc T. Aveni*
KAndrew L. Harrover* KJ. Steven Randolph*
SCHOOL BOARD
6 OF 6 PRECINCTS
(VOTE FOR 3)
KPam J. Sebesky
KSanford S. Williams KT.J. "Tim" Demeria* Patrick D. Linehan
Regina P. "Reggie" Moore
SCHOOL BOARD-SPECIAL
KR.J. "Jack" Magee Jr.
Prince William
DUMFRIES
Mayor
Fred E. Yohey Jr.* Charles C. Brewer
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 3)
Kristin W. Forrester
Michele D. Jurgensen Gerald M. Foreman II
Clyde N. Washington Jr.* N. Sue Cornell*
HAYMARKET
Mayor
KPam E. Stutz*
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 6)
Ellie A. Cole
John C. Cole*
Susan E. Edwards* Milt J. Kenworthy Jr.* David M. Leake*
Mary Lou Scarbrough* James E. Tobias
Robert B. "Bob" Weir*
OCCOQUAN
Mayor
KEarnest W. Porta Jr.*
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 5)
Ken T. Brunsvold*
Elizabeth A. "Liz" Quist Denise M. Bush* James N. Walbert* Patrick A. Sivigny
Joao Paul "JP" Cunha*
QUANTICO
Mayor
Iris Ross Tharp* Kevin P. Brown
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 5)
Peggy L. Alexander
Russell V. "Rusty" Kuhns* Mary Lou Angell DiMarzio* Virginia L. Macfarlan Al R. Gasser Jr.* H. Tommy Dorsey Julia A. Smith
Earlene J. Clinton Bill J. Unrine
Florence "FoFo" Petkoson
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Prince George’s
TOWN OF BERWYN HEIGHTS
Council
(VOTE FOR 5)
KCheye Calvo*
KJames Wilkinson* KPatricia Dennison* KRichard Ahrens* KJodie Kulpa-Eddy
K denotes winner. * indicates incumbent. Results are unofficial.
1 OF 1 PRECINCT
287 30% 206 22 182 19 138 15 133 14
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135 38
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22 4% 85 15 84 14 82 14 69 12 82 14 72 12 89 15
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110 100%
1 OF 1 PRECINCT
98 21% 89 19 83 17 76 16 71 15 60 13
1 OF 1 PRECINCT
58 53%
51 47
1 OF 1 PRECINCT
58 14% 57 13 51 12 49 11 45 11 40 9 38 9 37 9 28 7 25 6
6 OF 6 PRECINCTS
1,071 100%
1,006 24% 949 22 891 21 699 17 681 16
1,529 16 1,423 15 1,379 15
7 OF 7 PRECINCTS
1,979 100%
7 OF 7 PRECINCTS
1,778 15% 1,705 14 1,608 13
Eleanor D. "Ellie" Schmidt 1,602 13 Joan W. Cross*
1,561 13 1,517 13 1,363 11 528 4 392 3
7 OF 7 PRECINCTS
ROUND HILL
Mayor
Scott T. Ramsey Mark A. Albright
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 3)
Jennifer L. Grafton
Christopher J. Prack*
Manassas
CITY COUNCIL
6 OF 6 PRECINCTS
1,230 34% 1,225 33 1,209 33
1 OF 2 PRECINCTS
70 59%
49 41
1 OF 2 PRECINCTS
71 53% 62 47
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MIDDLEBURG
Mayor
KBetsy Allen Davis*
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 4)
KMark T. Snyder*
KC. Darlene Kirk*
PURCELLVILLE
Mayor
KBob W. Lazaro Jr.*
Town Council
(VOTE FOR 3)
Thomas A. Priscilla Jr.*
James O. "Jim" Wiley* J. Keith Melton Jr. John A. Nave
H. Samuel Brown Jr. Kelli M. Grim
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
112 100%
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
96 52% 89 48
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845 100%
2 OF 2 PRECINCTS
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