RECIPIENT OF THE DC BLACK MBA ASSOCIATION 2023 LEGACY AWARD
Serving Our Community in the DMV
Vol 60 No 8
Hill-Bound Angela Alsobrooks Resigns as Prince George’s County Executive, Special Election Ahead
December 5 - 11, 2024
Community Members Demand Support for Bowser ONSE Nominee
In Confirmation Roundtable, Kwelli D. Sneed Answers Questions about Grant Compliance
Looking Ahead as Trump Prepares to Take Office, Alsobrooks Gearing Up to Protect Marylanders
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
By Richard Elliott WI Contributing Reporter Fresh off a general election victory against former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R), U.S. Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks (D), resigned on Dec. 2 from the Office of the Prince George’s County Executive, and will be sworn into Congress’ upper chamber on Jan. 3. Chief Administrative Officer Tara 5As Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks prepares to join the U.S. Senate on Jan. 3, she
resigned from the Office of the County Executive, leaving room for a special election to
ALSOBROOKS Page 52 determine Prince George’s next leader. (WI File Photo/Anthony Tilghman)
The Collins Council Report: Winding Down to the End of Council Period 24
Black D.C. Residents Troubled by City Vacant Property Law
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
For years, Howard University students, faculty, and staff, as well as residents of the Parkview and Columbia Heights neighborhoods have stopped by Morgan’s Seafood located on the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Kenyon Streets in Northwest, to grab a fish sandwich, dinner or other treats that the carryout offers. Romeo Morgan has managed Morgan’s Seafood for a few decades. However, several years ago, a developer demanded Morgan sell his property for $1.3 million. “My property is worth five times that much,” Morgan told The Informer. “The developer refused that amount and then he told me he will force me to sell the property.” Soon after, Morgan said he received a notice from the District government that his property was desig-
Tuesday, Dec. 3 marked the D.C. Council’s second-to-last legislative meeting of Council Period 24. That convening, and the Committee of the Whole meeting preceding it, started later than anticipated. This was due to spirited debate at the council breakfast about for-hire food delivery vehicles, juvenile re-
Kamala Harris Celevrates Thanksgiving Page 5
If the D.C. Council approves Kwelli D. Sneed as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s pick for executive director of the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE), she will officially lead an agency that, since its inception, has struggled to gain consistent interagency support like what many in the violence prevention community desire. Most public witnesses who testified at Sneed’s confirmation roundtable on Dec. 2 posed fewer questions around Sneed’s capabilities, and more around how best to support her in a role that, to some degree, overwhelmed her predecessors. Some of them, like Lorenzo Ford, went even as far to explain how ONSE’s offerings, including the Pathways
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By James Wright WI Staff Writer
5The D.C. Council is wrapping Council Period 24 by planning ahead, talking about the next budget season and working on legislation. (WI File Photo/Ja’Mon Jackson)
cidivism and housing for pets, among other topics. This edition of The Collins Council Report delves into a few pieces of legislation of consequence, all of which were voted on by all but one council member, elder statesman Vincent C. Gray, who’s approaching retirement.
COUNCIL REPORT Page 24
VACANT PROPERTY Page 38
5ONSE Pathways Program Interim Director Kwelli D. Sneed, Dalonta Crudup and ONSE Program Manager Mishawn Freeman pose at the Pathways Program’s 14th graduation Ceremony on Sept. 29. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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