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Gray wants federal probe of alleged vote-buying
Fenty campaign accused of offering jobs to young adults
by Tim Craig and Ann E. Marimow
D.C. Council Chairman Vin- cent C. Gray said Thursday that he will ask federal law enforce- ment officials to investigate re- ports that Mayor Adrian M. Fen- ty’s reelection campaign offered young adults jobs in exchange for their votes, a potential violation of federal election law. Gray and his advisers say they decided to turn to the FBI be- cause they are increasingly wor- ried about the integrity of the Sept. 14 Democratic primary. “We are deeply concerned,”
Gray said at a news conference in front of his campaign headquar- ters in Chinatown. “There are very few things that are more sac- rosanct, sacred, than the voting process, and we want to make sure it’s fully preserved in the city.” The FBI referred questions to
the Justice Department’s crimi- nal division, which declined to comment. On Wednesday night, WJLA-
TV (ABC 7) aired a story in which three young adults said represen- tatives of the Fenty campaign of- fered them $100-a-day jobs from Sept. 4 through the Sept. 14 pri- mary if they agreed to be driven to an early voting location to cast their ballots for Fenty. The young adults said that they voted for Fenty but that the campaign did not follow through on its prom- ise.
During an interview on cam-
era, Rudolph Williams, 19, called a phone number he allegedly was told to contact about the job. The call, according to WJLA, was an- swered by someone the Fenty campaign confirmed worked at its headquarters. “I had plenty of calls like this
today,” the campaign worker said on the call. “And they had to stop at a certain number because they had too many people.” Emerging from a pep rally with
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to congratulate the high- performing School Without Walls Senior High School, Fenty
was surrounded Thursday by re- porters who pressed him about the allegations of vote-buying. “We do extensive training. We
let everybody know that’s prohib- ited,” Fenty said. “If there’s an al- legation that someone has made amistake, bring it to us, and we’ll take action.” But the mayor said his cam- paign was hindered from follow- ing up on the story because there was no specific information about the identity of the alleged driver from his campaign. Under the campaign’s “Code of Ethical Conduct,” Fenty said, all volunteers and paid workers for the campaign are required to sign an ethics statement that pro- hibits them from offering or pro- viding “anything of value to a person to encourage or induce that person to register to vote.” Top advisers to the Gray cam- paign said the WJLA stories bol- stered their fears that the Fenty campaign was using part of the mayor’s $5 million war chest to buy votes. “It is our belief, based upon information we have re- ceived, it’s a widespread prac- tice,” said Lloyd Jordan, a senior Gray adviser overseeing his get- out-the-vote and legal strategy. “Not only are they using stu- dents, they are going to the homeless.” On Saturday, the Gray cam- paign notified the Board of Elec- tions and Ethics after one of its poll watchers at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, an early-vot- ing site in Northeast Washington, said a young Fenty supporter told her that he was paid $100 to vote. Rokey W. Suleman II, exec- utive director of the election board, said his office will investi- gate any complaint and refer its findings to federal authorities. “We are very concerned, and we take every allegation of fraud very seriously,” Suleman said, noting that the board has set up a hotline at 202-727-2194 to field complaints. Under federal law, someone
convicted of paying or accepting payment for registering to vote or voting can be fined as much as $10,000 or imprisoned for as long as five years. In July, the D.C. Council passed emergency legis- lation to make it a local crime to buy or sell votes. But Fenty used a pocket veto to block the legisla- tion early in August, arguing that
the council should not change election law so close to the pri- mary. Election lawyer Brett Kappel said that, in general, the Justice Department probably would not launch a criminal investigation in response to one allegation. “These types of errors are pretty common,” he said. The controversy over allega- tions of vote-buying has been building since May, when some Gray supporters accused Peaceo- holics co-founder Ronald Moten of paying young people to vote for Fenty in a Ward 8 straw poll. Although an FBI agent ques- tioned some Ward 8 activists about the controversy, it was un- clear whether a formal investiga- tion had been launched. Moten, a Fenty strategist who is working to increase turnout, strongly denied the allegations. In an interview Thursday, Moten said the latest accusations against the campaign are “just politics.” “Instead of them running a campaign on the facts, on what they’re doing for the city, they’re running a straight negative cam- paign,” Moten said of Gray sup- porters. The controversy continues a string of bad news for the may- or’s reelection bid. On Wednesday, two polls were released that showed him trailing Gray by seven and 11 points. On Friday, George Washington
University will release its “Su- permarket Poll,” which inter- viewed 675 Democratic voters at 27 grocery stores from Aug. 25 to Sept. 5. The poll, conducted by students and Bernard Demczuk, a GWU official, shows Gray lead- ing Fenty 51 percent to 38 per- cent, with rounding. Demczuk has accurately pre-
dicted the winner of every may- oral race since 1994. Also Thursday, the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance initiated a formal investigation into fund- raising reports from council member Kwame R. Brown (D-At Large) for two previous elections. Former council member Vin-
cent Orange, Brown’s rival in the Democratic primary contest to succeed Gray as council chair- man, has alleged irregularities. Brown denies any wrongdoing.
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B5 D.C. case touches on alcohol
Court records reveal high level for woman accused of hitting 2
by Keith L. Alexander
The 23-year-old Mitchellville woman who police say drove the car that struck two women in the Adams Morgan area Wednesday night had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit for DWI, court records revealed. Chamica M. Adams was arrest-
ed at the scene and charged with aggravated assault and driving while intoxicated.
According to charging docu- ments, Adams was driving a 2007
Dodge Charger south on 18th Street NW about 8:30 p.m. when, while negotiating a turn onto Florida Avenue, she mounted the center island and struck two women who were waiting to cross the street. After striking the pedestrians, Adams’s vehicle hit a small tree, then the front of the Keren Restaurant at 1780 Florida Ave. NW. The restaurant was not occupied at the time. One of the women was listed in critical condition with a broken pelvis, a skull fracture and seri- ous head trauma at a hospital, ac- cording to court records. The oth- er was listed in serious condition, police said. At Thursday’s hearing, a D.C. Superior Court judge released Adams from jail, ordered her into
a high-intensity supervision pro- gram and prohibited her from us- ing alcohol. Adams is also not al- lowed to drive while under the court supervision program. Mag- istrate Judge Diana Harris Epps also added two hours to Adams’s curfew, which will last from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day, not 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., as is traditional. Adams had no previous DWI arrests in the area. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 28.
After the hearing, Adams
broke down in tears and hugged three family members who at- tended the hearing. The family declined to comment. The case remains under in-
vestigation, authorities said.
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Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by premises known as 19015 HIGHSTREAM DRIVE, UNIT 851, Germantown, MD 20874. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust from ROBERT MILLER AND LAURA MILLER, dated May 9, 2007, and recorded in Liber 34335 at Page 687 among the land records of the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, in the original principal amount of $252,000.00 with an interest rate of 7% . Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the front of the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland on September 22, 2010 at 10:34 AM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to::
Unit Numbered Eight Hundred Fifty-one (851) in "WOOD- FIELD AT MANCHESTER FARM CONDOMINIUM", PER Dec- laration of The Artery Organization, Inc. a Maryland Corporation, dated July 13,1990 and recorded among the Land Records of Montgomery County, Maryland on July 18,1990 in Liber 9402 at folio 796, as amended per Amendment to Declaration dated July 26,1990 and recorded in Liber 9414 at folio 312 and supplemented by Supplementary Declaration dated August 9,1990 and recorded in Liber 9437 at folio 573, and further sup- plemented by Supplementary Declaration dated Septem- ber 7,1990 and recorded in Liber 9474 at folio 641, and further supplemented by Supplementary Declaration dated October 10,1990 and recorded in Liber 9509 at folio 305, and further supplemented by Supplementary Declaration dated March 14,1991 and recorded in Liber 9671 at folio 683, and further supplemented by Supple- mentary Declaration dated June 11,1991 and recorded in Liber 9794 at folio 073, and further supplemented by Supplementary Declaration dated August 15,1991 and recorded in Liber 9893 at folio 694, and further supplemented by Supplementary Declaration dated Sep- tember 9,1991 and recorded in Liber 9928 at folio 289, and further supplemented by Supplementary Declaration dated November 14,1991 and recorded in Liber 10024 at folio 430, and pursuant to the appropriate plats described in said Declaration recorded among said Land Records in Condominium Plat Book 53 at plats 5505 through 5510, both inclusive and Amended Plats recorded in Condominium Plat Book 54 at plats 5523 through 5528 both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 54 at Plats 5532 through 5537, both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 54 Plats 5577 through 5582, both inclusive, and in condominium Plat Book 54 at Plats 5598 through 5603, both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 55 at plats 5699 through 5704, both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 56 at Plats 5748 through 5753, both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 56 at Plats 5779 through 5784, both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 56 at Plats 5787 through 5792, both inclusive, and in Condominium Plat Book 57 at Plats 5888 through 5893, inclusive.
TOGETHER with the improvements thereto and the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining and particularly the rights in common with others, in the general and limited common elements of the aforesaid Condominium, and all other rights and privileges of a Condominium Unit, SUBJECT to the conditions, limitations, reservations and covenants set forth in the aforesaid Declaration, as amended and supplemented.
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Property Address: 19015 Highstream Drive, Germantown MD 20874
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may affect same, if any.
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Sarah Hillware talks with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty at the School Without Walls, where Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the National Blue Ribbon School award winners.
Education awards announced
8 D.C. area schools win national prize for academic achievement
by Michael Birnbaum
Eight public and private schools in the Washington area received one of the highest dis- tinctions in U.S. education Thurs- day as Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the 304 win- ners of the National Blue Ribbon School awards. Duncan spoke at the District’s School Without Walls on Thurs- day, citing the school — the only one in the District to receive the award — for its progress in rais- ing achievement levels among disadvantaged and minority stu- dents. The school, on the campus of
George Washington University, requires an application for admis- sion and draws students from across the city. “What you are demonstrating is what this country can do aca-
demically,” Duncan said, address- ing all the recipients of the honor. “There are no excuses — there are very high expectations.” Duncan spoke to a group of School Without Walls seniors and was joined by D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D), Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and GWU Pro- vost Steven Lerman. The secre- tary drew nervous laughter from students when he said that the United States needs longer school days and school years if it is to compete globally.
With less than a week before the District’s hotly contested mayoral primary, Duncan was asked whether he was delivering an endorsement on behalf of President Obama, whom Fenty has asked for support. “I don’t do politics,” Duncan
said. “I’m the secretary of educa- tion.”
On this year’s D.C. Comprehen-
sive Assessment System tests, 100 percent of white sophomores attending the School Without Walls read at the proficient level or better, and 92.4 percent of their black classmates met the
benchmark. In math, they were almost identical: 94.3 percent of African American sophomores cleared the proficiency bar and 95 per- cent of white 10th-graders did. The Blue Ribbon award goes to public schools in the top 10 per- cent of academic performance in their state — private schools are judged by national exams — and to schools that have demonstrat- ed significant improvement and where at least 40 percent of the students are from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Other area public schools that won were Ellicott Mills Middle School in Howard County, North- ern Middle School in Calvert County and Lincoln Elementary School in Loudoun County. Private school recipients were
St. John the Baptist School in Sil- ver Spring, St. Louis School in Howard County, St. Ambrose Catholic School in Annandale and St. Theresa School in Ashburn.
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Staff writers Ann E. Marimow and Bill Turque contributed to this report.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 7% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. 10-176196P. 328584-V LOAN TYPE = Conventional.
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Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by premises known as 817 DUNLORING CT, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust from TONYA JOHNSON AND ERIC JOHNSON, dated October 24, 2006, and recorded in Liber 26817 at Page 531 among the land records of the COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S, in the original principal amount of $279,000.00 with an interest rate of 8.275% . Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the front of the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE'S, in front of the Duval Wing of the Courthouse Complex located at 14735 Main Street, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772, on September 21, 2010 at 2:48 PM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
Being known and designated as Lot 54 in Block in a subdivision known as "Plat Three, Lots 51-92 and Parcel E" as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book NLP 13 at plat 67 among the Land Records of Prince George's County, Maryland.
BEING the same property conveyed to Jacqueline R. Cooper from The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- opment, by Deed dated August 28, 2001, and recorded on September 14,2001, in Liber 14990, Folio 732.
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TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 8.275% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. 09-162515. CAE09-28027 LOAN TYPE = Conventional.
John S. Burson,William M. Savage, Gregory N. Britto, Jason Murphy, Kristine D. Brown and ErikW. Yoder, Substitute Trustees.
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850 Montgomery County TRUSTEE'S SALE
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by premises known as 721 RAVEN AVENUE, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust from EVERETT D. WRIGHT, dated September 25, 2006, and recorded in Liber 33189 at Page 274 among the land records of the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, in the original principal amount of $370,368.00 with an interest rate of 6% . Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the front of the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, on September 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
ALL THAT certain lot or parcel of land, lying and being in the 9th Election District, City of Gaithersburg, Mont- gomery County, Maryland, designated as Lot 12, Block E, on that plat entitled, "PLAT 8, HIDDEN CREEK, LAND BAY 3 - SECTION 1, LOTS 1-25 AND PARCEL G, BLOCK E, LOTS 1-21, PARCEL A, BLOCK K, CITY OF GAITHERSBURG, GAITHERSBURG (9TH) ELECTION DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND," Scale: 1"=40', dated August,
2003,and recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland, in Plat No. 22968. AND BEING a portion of the same property as conveyed to (1) Centex Homes, a Nevada General Partnership, by virtue of Deed of Correction of Transfer Upon Dissolution from Hidden Creek I LLC, a Maryland Limited Liability Company, dated June 16, 2004, recorded June 20, 2004,in Liber 27571, Folio 269, correcting Confirmatory Deed recorded in Liber 26151, Folio 667, and (2) MI Homes DC, Inc., a Delaware Limited Liability Company, by virtue of Deed from Sandler at Hidden Creek, L.L.C., a Virginia Limited Liability Company, dated June 17, 2003, recorded April 6, 2004, in Liber 27014, Folio 322, and recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland.
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 6% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. 10-180316P. 329659V LOAN TYPE = Conventional.
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