SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010
KLMNO LOCAL DIGEST THEDISTRICT
Second man charged in Trinidad shooting Asecond Districtmanhasbeen
arrested and charged in this month’s shooting death of a high school student. Larnell Allen, 19, was arrested
Friday and charged in connection with the Nov. 8 killing of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr. Sharps, 17, a senior at Spingarn
High School, was fatally shot about 8:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of Holbrook Street NE in the Trinidad neighborhood. He had just finished his home- work and was only blocks from
home when he was shot, family members said. Another District man, Kwan
Kearney, 19,wasarrestedTuesday and charged in connection with the shooting.
—Derek Kravitz MARYLAND
Three shot, wounded in Odenton bar fight
An early morning bar fight in Odenton left three people with gunshot wounds, Anne Arundel County police said. Police arrived at My Place Bar
and Lounge about 1:45 a.m. Sat- urday after receiving a report that
a man was shot in the head, back and abdomen. Police said one person chased a
male around several cars and eventually shot him. Two other people in the doorway of the bar were hit by stray bullets, police said.
One victim was listed in stable condition Saturday. The two vic- tims who were hit by stray bullets suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Oneof the alleged shooterswas
found hiding behind a fence at a nearby KFC restaurant and was arrested. Charges were pending. —Derek Kravitz
Area should embrace Metro governance reforms ROBERTMCCARTNEY
mccartney from C1
cient by themselves to cureMet- ro’s ailments, they are a neces- sary part of the recuperation. They would putMetro in a con- siderably better position to over- come its three biggest current shortcomings: lack of safety, lack of reliability and lack of cash. “The safety crisis, both real
and perceived, does provide a lot of incentive for making these changes,” Downs said. I don’t have space to describe
—and you probably don’t have appetite to read – all 12 findings and 18 recommendations issued Nov. 17 by the blue-ribbon task force sponsored by the Greater Washington Board of Trade and theMetropolitanWashington Council of Governments. But here’s a summary of the princi- pal proposals and accompanying risks: Get the top dogs more in-
volved. The most ambitious re- form would create a new, seven- person commission to oversee theMetro board and make sure it does a better job, such as by in- sisting that the system build a safety culture. The commission would include, among others, the governors ofMaryland and Virginia, the District mayor and the head of the federal General Services Administration. That should be a big plus, be-
cause it would dramatically raise the pressure on those four top of- ficials to take public responsibili- ty, finally, for overseeingMetro and helping it obtain enough money.Until now, the two gover- nors and mayor have been con- tent to leave the job to lower- ranking
officials.Nobody of con- sequence was held accountable whenMetro messed up. (The GSA is a separate case because it was only this year that it got a seat on theMetro board.) The plan creates a danger in Virginia, however. The gover- nor’s extra authority would di- lute the power of local jurisdic- tions, including Fairfax and Ar- lington counties and the city of Alexandria. Democratic lawmak- ers who dominate those suburbs
are worried that the state gov- ernment would neglectMetro, especially becauseMcDonnell is a Republican. I agree that’s a concern, but I
think it’s outweighed by the ad- vantage of making the governor more accountable. Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton offered assurances that Richmond wouldn’t short- changeNorthern Virginia. “We have to be committed. This is, number one, part of Virginia, and number two, it’s the eco- nomic engine of the state,” he said in an interview. Clarifywho doeswhat. Some
of the most important reforms— and ones that could be adopted fairly easily—are designed to strengthen and better define the roles of theMetro board chair- man and the system’s general manager. These are aimed at ending a chronic problem in which the board has been too weak and unfocused to provide strategic guidance to theGMon safety and reliability, and too prone to meddle in day-to-day operations. In a striking disclosure, the
task force found that several past
GMs felt unable to make crucial business decisions because of the board’s interference. This con- tributed to what Board of Trade President and chief executive Jim Dinegar called “a culture of fear withinMetro’s senior man- agement.” Limit the veto. The District,
Maryland and Virginia each has veto power over board measures. That’s been abused at times, and veto powers can make it harder to do what’s best for the system as a whole. The task force recommended
limiting the veto to the budget or to decisions to expand the sys- tem, and to consider eliminating it altogether. I support limiting its use, but
I’mnot sure about dropping it. The veto might be needed in some matters, such as to prevent the suburbs from ganging up on the District to eliminate city bus routes.
Regardless of how the region
sorts out the details, it’s vital to push through the principal re- forms. They could go a long way to helpingMetro win back the public’s confidence.
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large,abandonedoceanliner- typevesselanchoredinacove next totheWoodrowWilson BridgeontheMarylandside. I believethevesselwaswhite, withasinglefunnel. I remember askingmy father,acountypo- liceofficer,about it,andhenot- edthat therehadbeenprob- lems—teenagerswereusing it
asahangoutandsoforth.Sure wouldlovetoknowmoreabout thismystery
ship.Canyouor your readershelp? EileenSefchuck, Severn
A Aswe learnedinlastweek’s
column, so long as they are out of the channel,properlymarkedand not adanger to others, vessels may anchor for extendedperiods
inthePotomacRiver.These thingshave a tendency to end badly,however. Suchwas the case witha shipthatAnswerMan thinksmay be the one the reader hadinmind, althoughits ill-fated voyagedates fromthe 1970s,not the 1960s. In1974, a 127-foot,wooden-
hulledformerU.S.Navymine- sweeper sailedunder theWilson Bridge andtiedupat adock just off theTorpedoFactory inAlexan-
dria.The ship—christenedthe USSGoldfinchin1944,nowre- namedtheAqualab—represent- edthedreams of amannamed WilliamH.Dunham, a shy former aeronautical
engineer.Although Dunhamprotestedwhenpeople saidhewas theAqualab’s owner (true ownershipwasneverdeter- mined),hewas the only onewho livedaboardthe vessel, if you didn’t count a goldenretriever andaLabrador retriever. Dunham’splanwas to findarea
furnituremakers eager to buy CentralAmericanhardwood, hardwoodthathewouldsail to CentralAmerica toprocure.He hadn’t beendockedlong inAlex- andriawhentheCityCouncil passedanordinance banning ves- sels thatdidn’thave citypermis- sionto
tieup.TheAqualabdidn’t, soDunhamsailedit into thePoto- mac anddroppedanchor just out- side theWashingtonChannel. Inthewinter of 1975, the ship
slippedits anchor anddriftedto- wardthe bridge,where it became
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sachildliving inPrince George’sCounty inthe 1960s, I remembera
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there it stayed.Dunhaminsisted that itwasnotderelict. “It’s float- ing,”he toldaPost reporter— thoughonly athightide. Anyonewhohas beenaround
boats knowshowthey cansapthe spirit anddrainthewallet. Such apparentlywas the casewiththe
Aqualab.The transmissionneed- edfixing, thoseCentralAmerican hardwoodcontractsnever came throughandtheDistrict, con- cernedthat theAqualabmighthit the bridge, took action.Dunham was chargedwith40 counts, in- cluding failure to register the ship withaharbormaster, abandon- ment of a sunkenvessel andfail- ure todisplay ananchor light.He was fined$3,450. InNovember 1977, the city
seizedtheAqualab.Later that month, itput the shipupfor auc-
tion.Bidding startedat$1,000. It endedthere, too.Only oneperson hadshownup, andhedidn’t bite. The city finallypaidJohnFioc-
caandMikeFreeman$4,520 to move
theAqualab.They raised the boat fromthemudandtowed it toPiscatawayCreek. That’swherePost reporterPhil
McCombs visitedit. Salvagers were stripping its brass fittings. Portholes, instruments andthe likewouldbe
soldoff.McCombs tracedthehistory of the ship, whichhadbeenbuilt forWorld
War II butnever sawaction. It wasdecommissionedin1957 and soldin1960 to a vocational col- lege inPortland,Maine, to train oceanographers.Dunhamwas in the groupthat bought it fromthe college inthe early 1970s, first planning to go lobstering, thento transporthardwood. “It’s a shame,”Freemansaidas
he strippedtheAqualab. “I love thewater. Ihate to see a shipdie.”
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