The past few weeks have turned out to be pretty busy ones
for me. I hope some of you are enjoying
a bit of vacation, and if all goes well I’m hoping to get some of that a little
later this month! In the meantime, here
are some updates:
Project Action! folks got some quality time with a number of
council staff on July 26, but unfortunately Yvette Alexander’s office didn’t agree
to meet with them. So – especially for
folks from Ward 7 - put the pressure on
Councilmember Alexander (and others!) for a hearing on B21-0385 as soon as the
council’s back in session in mid-September.
Quality Trust’s July 31 cruise on the Potomac was one of the
best I’ve been on. It was well attended,
and great fun in spite of the steamy weather – most everyone stayed inside
where there was air conditioning. QT
plays an essential role in advocacy and monitoring for folks receiving support
in the District – so even if you didn’t make it on the cruise, give them your
support year-round. (And yes, I’m on the
board.) Next year the event will be on
dry land.
I was surprised to get an email about a week ago from the
mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments – the folks running the effort to replace
Laura Nuss as head of DDS (check the separate page on acronyms if you don’t
know what DDS is). Tomorrow will be the
first round of interviews for candidates who’ve applied for the position, and I’ll
be there along with some other people who are involved in local disability
issues. There will be two more rounds of
interviews after that (see my posts, “Here’s
the Scoop” from May 12 and “Here’s What I Would Ask” from May 26) so there won’t
be any definitive results from tomorrow’s meetings, but I’m encouraged things
are starting to move. I won’t be able to
provide specifics about the candidates given the nature of the process, but I’m
hoping to be impressed by the folks who’ve
applied for the position.
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