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The council member who served the shortest period of time is Arrington Dixon, who served 121 days between his special appointment to an at-large seat on August 15, 1997, and December 14, 1997 (when David Catania was sworn in after winning a special election on December 3, 1997).
The Council of the District of Columbia passed a resolution on November 5, 2013, stating its position that the name should be changed. [105] On May 19, 2015, the five-member County Board of Arlington County, Virginia , adopted a resolution calling on the owners of the Redskins to change a team name that the board said is "objectionable to many ...
The Washington Redskins name controversy involved the name and logo previously used by the Washington Commanders, a National Football League (NFL) franchise located in the Washington metropolitan area. In the 1960s, the team's longtime name—the Redskins—and the associated logo began to draw criticism from Native American groups and ...
John K. Evans III (born October 31, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served on the Council of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 2020 before resigning due to numerous ethics violations.
Michael Arrington Brown [1] (born March 4, 1965) is an American politician in Washington, D.C. In 2008, he was elected an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia and served one four-year term.
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Half the U.S. Senate urged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to change the Washington Redskins' name, saying it is a racist slur and the ...
The organization left behind the racist slur “redskins" as its name and retired the logo that was closely tied to that name: the profile of a Native man with long hair and two feathers.
Allen resigned from the District of Columbia Primary Care Association to manage Tommy Wells' campaign for the Ward 6 seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 2006. [3] After Wells won the election, Wells hired Allen as his chief of staff. [8] Allen was president of the Ward 6 Democrats from 2009 [9] to 2013. [10]