2018 TAX SALE REPORT
VOL. 53, NO. 35 • JUNE 14 - 20, 2018
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WI Homeownership Supplement and Tax Sale Supplement Center Section
Gray Joins Fight Against Minimum Wage Hike for Tipped Workers
Thousands Celebrate Caps’ Title at Parade By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Thousands of die-hard and casual Washington Capitals fans flocked to downtown D.C. Tuesday, June 12 to celebrate the city’s first professional sports championship and parade since 1992. Tony Johnson of Southeast donned a red polo shirt with a navy blue Capitals baseball cap. He also grabbed some red Capitals beads for himself and his girlfriend, Andrea Crichlow. “This is history going on in the city,” Johnson said while standing at the corner of 7th Street and Constitution Avenue, a main area along the parade route where nearly four dozen vehicles turned to head to the National Mall for a wild rally. “We deserve a celebration. Haven’t had nothing like this since the [Washington] Redskins in the early ‘90s.” Containers of beer flowed through the throng of fans along the parade route, but several Capitals players also drank a few on the bus and onstage for the rally in front of a sea of red-clad fans. Capitals right winger T.J. Oshie walked on stage, pulled his sweater over his face and gulped down some beer. So did Devante Smith-Pelly, one of the Capitals’ two Black players, as fans chanted, “DSP! DSP!” Center Nicklas Backstrom summed up the Capitals’ playoff run: “Finally, we started playing hockey like we can party.” The raucous atmosphere was apropos for an organization that waited 44 years for its first championship,
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By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
5 Capitals players (L-R) 31 Philipp Grubauer, 13 Jakub Vrana, 25 Devante Smith-Pelly, and 10 Brett Connolly celebrate with fans during the Stanley Cup championship parade held Tuesday, June 12 on the National Mall in Southwest. / Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
More money for restaurant workers could mean more problems for them, says Ward 7 Councilman Vincent Gray, who opposes a minimum-wage initiative on the June 19 ballot. If D.C. voters support Initiative 77, it would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers over the next eight years, ultimately reaching $15 per hour. It would mean that all restaurant servers would be paid a minimum wage without counting
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Dispelling the Myth of Derelict Black Fathers
By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to The Informer
The maligning of African-American men in the media as poor, unwilling, or deficient fathers continues to go mostly unabated, despite sound evidence to the contrary. In fact, research studies conducted in the past five years by both the Pew Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), document participation in childrearing among Black men that surpasses all other groups. For instance, the CDC’s report on the role of American fathers in family life found that Black men performed critical roles in the health and development of their children, whether sharing a residence with the children or in another home. This,
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