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Blacks’ History at the Polls Marred

by Intimidation and Violence

Failing to Vote Dishonors Those Who Fought and Died for the Right

By Avis Thomas-Lester AFRO Executive Editor

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John Lewis and James Zwerg in 1961 after being beaten by a mob in Montgomery, Alabama during the Freedom Ride.

Vernon Dahmer would want you to vote on Nov. 6 and in every election day for the rest of your life. He would want you to teach your children to vote. He would want you to urge your friends, neighbors and co-workers to vote.

So would Rev. George Lee, Lamar Smith, Herbert Lee, Medgar Evers and Jimmy Lee Jackson.

They all died so you would have the right.

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Coppin Prexy Submits Resignation

By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO After five years of serving as president of Coppin State University, Dr. Reginald S. Avery has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 22, 2013.

In a statement issued Oct. 24 by the historical Black institution, founded in 1900, President Avery called his time the “highlight” of 35 years in higher education.

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“I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to lead an institution that is so vitally important to the community and the students that we serve,” said Avery. “There comes a time when leaders must step aside to allow for continued institutional growth, and for me that time has come.”

Like the other three historical Black institutions (HBCU) in the state, Coppin is a member of the University System of Maryland, which is led by Chancellor William E. Kirwan.

“I am very appreciative of the hard work that President Avery has put forth in his advancing Coppin State University. He brought a focus to the welfare of the student body, retention and the graduation rate,” Kirwan told the AFRO, adding that the foundation laid by Avery gives the university what it needs to move forward.

“President Avery has served five years, which is not a normal period of time.

He had a very challenging job and I think he feels that he has made a contribution, done

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Dr. Reginald S. Avery what he could do, and now it’s time to pass the reins on to someone else.”

Kirwan said today’s average tenure for a college or university president is 11 years.

Though shy of that mark, Avery’s term has not been without its’ positive lunges forward- or its’ periods of controversy.

In February, Avery’s faculty gave him a vote of no confidence citing six

major concerns including the revolving doors of leadership in the Office of the Provost, unfair hiring practices, and $800,000 in 2011 need-based scholarships that never made it to student accounts.

In July, the Coppin community joined with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers (AFSCME) bargaining unit at Coppin State to protest the waves of staff layoffs they said came with little to no warning.

Avery’s administration has overseen the establishment of a new School of Business, expansions to the allied health curriculum, and upgrades to the physical campus located on North Avenue.

Kirwan said that an interim president will be announced shortly.

Avery is only the fifth president to hold the position of president at the university that has been a staple in the West Baltimore community for 112 years.

The school serves roughly 4,000 students every year in 53 undergraduate and nine Continued on A3

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Mitt Romney and Barack Obama at the second presidential debate.

Third Debate: Obama Prevails Again

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By Ronald A. Taylor AFRO Editor

The 2012 presidential debate series ended Oct.22 in a clash that veered from foreign policy and war to the U.S. economy and jobs as President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney shared a stage for the final scheduled encounter of the campaign.

Most political pollsters and campaign observers

“Romney ...will make sure that folks at the very top don’t have to play by the same rules that you do.” declared Obama the winner of the third presidential debate, which took place at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. More than 59 million people tuned into the debate—fewer than the first and second debate, which took place at the same time as Monday Night Football, where the Chicago Bears defeated the Detroit Lions, and Game 7 of the National League Championship series, where the San Francisco Giants clipped the St. Louis Cardinals.

In the third debate, the president laid out a foreign policy strategy built around

HBCU ‘Equality’ Lawsuit Judge Hears Final Arguments

State Continues to Argue No Disparity vs HBCU’s Argue Obvious & Harmful Disparity

By Ronald A. Taylor AFRO Editor BALTIMORE—The question of whether Maryland perpetuates a system of separate and unequal higher education—after six years of debate, testimony, motions and presentments-- is now in the hands of a federal judge in Baltimore.

At the end of courtroom action in a landmark suit Oct. 19, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake offered little indication of which way she will rule. The question is: Has the state failed to end the influence of legal segregation from spending policies and practices for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the state?

engagement and diplomacy, enhanced by a militarybacked pledge to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to U.S. enemies.

Romney said he agreed with Obama’s policies regarding the use of “crippling sanctions” against Iran, which focus on its economy; support for Israel; drone strikes; withdrawal from the war in Afghanistan; and relations with Pakistan.

While he was less

But the judge’s questions during final oral arguments may shed light on her approach to a ruling on the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education et al. v. Maryland Higher Education Commission case, according to courtroom observers.

The October action came after a six-week bench trial that ended in February and was followed in June by an exchange of reams of documents as each side wrestled over the conclusions of law that surfaced from the expert testimony and reports and studies—some decades old—had been submitted during trial.

Blake interrupted the lawyers’ sparring to ask plaintiff lawyers for evidence of the link to segregation policies and voiced concern to the defense about program Continued on A3

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confrontational than in previous debates with the president, Romney used his time to restate his campaign pledge to address the nation’s economic woes in a five–step program that would produce 12 million new jobs.

But the former Massachusetts governor’s assertions drew sharp rebuttals from the president.

“I’m glad that you agree that we have been successful in going after Al Qaida, but I have to tell you that, you know, your strategy previously has been one that has been all over the map Continued on A3

Man Opens Fire at Creflo Dollar’s Church The Atlanta Daily World Special to the AFRO A church volunteer was shot and killed, Oct. 24, at World Changers Church International, which is near Atlanta.

Investigators [arrested] suspect 52-year-old Floyd Palmer of Riverdale, who, they said, entered a chapel on the church’s campus and started shooting.

Palmer is a former church employee who resigned in August, according to Fulton County spokeswoman Kay Lester.

Fulton County officials confirmed that the victim was a 39-year-old male church volunteer. Police have not yet released his name. Investigators say the victim was on stage and leading a prayer when he was shot at point-blank range. Lester said multiple shots were fired, but no one else was injured.

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White institutions that stunted the evolution of similar programs in Black schools.

The first question to plaintiff attorney Michael Jones, the Kirkland and Ellis attorney representing the coalition, centered on whether the state’s current higher education policies are directly linked, or traceable, to the era of legal segregation.

“What do you have that shows traceability?” she asked.

She also asked Jones how he would determine when a state has erased traceable connections between current policies and the era of legally– sanctioned segregation.

To the defense, she asked about the creation of programs at White schools and institutions, especially in the Baltimore area, that mirror programs at Black institutions.

“I’m troubled by duplication,” she said early in the arguments in the suit.

She is being asked to order the state to spend $2.1 billion

on Morgan State, Coppin State and Bowie State universities and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to build the programs to enhance their missions and develop a critical mass” of “unique, high demand programs” for all students.

She wondered whether Morgan has missed “the opportunity to become a high research university.”

She was referring to testimony delivered during the trial of what the lawsuit called “the unnecessary duplication of HBCU academic programs by geographically proximate TWIs [traditionally White institutions].”

Testimony by former Morgan State President Dr. Earl Richardson recounted how the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) was asked to approve the introduction of a masters in business administration degree program in 2005 operated jointly by

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and is not designed to keep Americans safe or to build on the opportunities that exist in the Middle East,” Obama said.

And when Romney said he would increase the size of the military, noting that the number of ships in the U.S. Navy is at a historic low, Obama noted that defense policy is not like the video game “Battleship.”

“You mention the navy, for example,” Obama said. “You say we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers. Planes land on them. We have ships that go underwater, called nuclear submarines...”

In his summation, Obama dismissed his challenger’s policies.

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Towson and the University of Baltimore.

He testified that Towson approached Morgan about jointly offering an MBA degree. Morgan declined on the grounds that it would be a duplication of an MBA program that already existed at Morgan. It would have violated the Supreme Court’s ruling in an affirmative action case involving Mississippi’s

higher education system.

Morgan then proposed a cooperative arrangement that would allow Towson students to spend three years at Towson and two years in a joint arrangement with Morgan in a program that would generate an MBA and an undergraduate degree. Towson rejected that approach, citing the preference for an independent degree

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post-graduate programs with a liberal arts focus.

The school is named after Fanny Jackson Coppin, who in 1865 became an Oberlin College graduate.

As one of the first African-American women to earn a degree, Coppin went on to become a teacher and a principal at the Institute of Colored Youth in Philadelphia.

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The lawsuit was filed soon after that episode.

Courtroom observers said Blake’s duplication statement signals trouble for the defense. “She understands the creation of the program at the University of Baltimore is a duplication of Morgan,” said coalition adviser and veteran civil rights law professor John C. Brittain, of the University

“The ruling could have a widespread impact on the funding landscape for HBCUs in the state and beyond, say higher education and civil rights experts.”

“Romney wants…a foreign policy that’s wrong and reckless, economic policies that won’t create jobs, won’t reduce our deficit, but will make sure that folks at the very top don’t have to play by the same rules that you do,” he said. “And I’ve got a different vision for America.”

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of the District of Columbia, after the arguments were delivered.

Coalition president David C. Burton agreed with Brittain.

“I’m pleased and encouraged by her questions,” he said.

“It’s about equitable funding for our institutions, Black and White. It’s hard to address that without looking back.”

The ruling could have a widespread impact on the funding landscape for HBCUs in the state and beyond, say higher education and civil rights experts.

A ruling for the plaintiffs “would be a major step toward eradicating the stain of segregation,” Pace McConkie, director of Morgan State University’s Bell Center for Civil Rights, told the AFRO. McConkie was part of the audience that included Richardson and Dr. Thelma Thompson, the recently retired president of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.

About 100 people crowded into the federal courtroom for the nearly four hours of legal arguments.

Jones said the state’s historically Black schools lag behind traditionally White schools with respect to selectivity, graduation rates, faculty salary and library holdings. And he pointed to inadequate facilities on historically Black university campuses including several science buildings, one constructed in the 1950s or 1960s.

Craig Thompson, a Venable LLP lawyer representing the Maryland Higher Education Commission, said the state of Maryland has provided more than enough funding to the Black institutions.

What’s more, Thompson said, there was no evidence that the current and former students bringing the case were hurt by attending historically Black schools. He said they had gone on to successful careers and specifically chosen historically Black colleges over other options.

“It was an embarrassing stain on this country’s history,” Thompson said of the era, adding that Maryland is not trying to forget that history.

“Maryland’s defense in this case has been to suggest that it has eliminated the policies of that history, or of that era, and we’re moving forward.”

The state agreed in 1974 to devise a plan to achieve Black-White parity in higher education. But the federal Department of Education ‘s Office of Civil Rights told the state two years later that it had problems with the state’s implementation of that plan.

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As a result, OCR said it would initiate enforcement measures against Maryland to block its share of federal funds.

But Maryland filed a lawsuit instead, preventing OCR from holding up its money while other issues were resolved via the courts. Negotiations continued, however, and the state submitted another desegregation plan – this time in 1980 – and OCR, again, found it insufficient to bring Maryland into compliance with federal law.

Two years later, in 1982, a consent decree ended the litigation caused by the 1976 lawsuit brought by the state – and continuing negotiations resulted in Maryland and OCR agreeing on a desegregation plan in 1985.

The current suit, filed in 2006, seeks an estimated $2.1 billion to make the HBCUs “comparable and competitive” to such traditionally White institutions (TWIs) as the University of MarylandCollege Park, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Salisbury University and Towson University.

Richardson, who led Morgan State for 26 years, told the AFRO that stakes are high.

“There are no new HBCUs. Each time we lose one, we are closing the door of higher education for thousands of students (and not just AfricanAmerican students) who, if they had had an opportunity, could have had a brighter future,” he said.

Blake did not say when she will issue a decision. Attorneys for both sides said they do not expect a ruling until early 2013.

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Earvin “Magic” Johnson has endorsed the new over-thecounter HIV home-testing kit, OraQuick, aimed at people who might not otherwise get tested.

With the Food and Drug Administration approved test, Americans will be able to use a mouth swab and get results in 20 minutes. OraQuick will be available at pharmacies and online for $40.

The FDA cautioned that the test is not 100 percent accurate in Wikimedia Commons identifying people with the virus, Earvin “Magic” Johnson but is 99.9 percent accurate in ruling it out in patients not carrying the disease, according to The Huffington Post.

“In the HIV and AIDS fight we needed an in-home kit, because [there is] the stigma behind going to the doctor or to a HIV and AIDS clinic to get a shot sometimes for some people, and probably that’s millions of people, they just didn’t want to do it,” Johnson told the Associated Press. “Now we are going to take away the fear of going to a doctor or clinic for them.”

Government officials estimated that approximately 240,000 of the 1.2 million HIV carriers in the U.S. are not aware of their infection. With testing, medical experts hope the amount of infections will slowly decline. Approximately 50,000 new infections per year were detected over the past two decades.

The FDA has approved several HIV test kits designed to be used at home. The kits, which require a blood sample, must be sent to a laboratory to be developed.

-Brittany Buchanan

Mass. Republican Senator Pays Homeless People for Campaign Efforts

A Massachusetts Republican senator has admitted he paid homeless people to wear shirts in support of his campaign.

According to The Boston Herald, Sen. Scott Brown paid small sums to Black homeless individuals to wear “Obama Supporters for Scott Brown” t-shirts, though the president has backed Brown’s opponent in the close race, Democrat Elizabeth Warren.

Four of the members of the campaign are homeless and received an $8 per hour stipend to wear shirts in front of a store. The money was used to cover “transportation and child care costs” of the participants, according to the Herald.

The state GOP’s Mass Victory program said it is financially supporting the effort.

“We want to let Black people know that they actually have an option. This state is controlled by the Democrats to the extent that before we came here on Thursday the Warren office was closed every day,” Benjamin Thompson, who heads “Obama Supporters for Brown,” told the Herald. “They’ve put no money in the Black community because urban America, the Black community is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic party. If I had my way, every Black person in America would be un-enrolled and you’d have to fight for our votes.”

Brown did not comment on the wages paid to homeless campaign workers, the newspaper reported.

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President Obama /Mass. Sen. Scott Brown Brown’s tactic came after Warren recently won endorsements from Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and leading Black ministers.

The intense battle between Brown and Warren comes as the candidates seek victory in the most expensive Senate race in the nation. Warren has out-raised all congressional candidates, generating $12.1 million in the third quarter. Brown’s campaign raised 7.4 million dollars, according to The Huffington Post.

Polls have Warren winning by a small margin.

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Get the REAL facts on Question 7 Here’s the truth about the debate:

A votE FoR Question 7 means:

A votE AGAINSt Question 7 means:

$199 million for schools

$550 million LoSt each year

Question 7 will help produce $199 million per year for The Education Trust fund.

That includes $170 million lost to West Virginia casinos.

Source: MD Department of Legislative Services

Sources: Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research; MD Department of Legislative Services

Guaranteed money for schools Senate Bill 3 from December 2007 guarantees the money goes to schools. In fact, over $184 million dollars is already going to the Education Trust Fund from gaming.

ZERo new money for Maryland West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware will continue to split $550 million in Maryland taxpayer cash.

Source: Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research

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More services in our city Question 7 means tax relief for Baltimore homeowners. It will allow the City to increase funding for renovation and construction of Baltimore City schools and the operation of city recreation centers.

Win for a West virginia casino The casino operator funding the misleading campaign against Question 7 will pocket up to $1.5 billion dollars that could have been spent in Maryland over the next 10 years.

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EDITORIAL

The AFRO Endorses Barack Obama for President President Barack Obama is running for a second term on the strength of his health care reform, his foreign policy initiatives, job creation, the auto industry bailout, banking industry reform and passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Among many African Americans, his healthcare reform was the signature accomplishment of his administration— providing care at a lower cost; allowing children to remain covered on their parents’ insurance plans up to the age of 26; and covering people with preexisting conditions.

On foreign policy, Obama gets high points for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, setting a timetable for the troop drawdown in Afghanistan and for tracking down and killing the elusive coward and Sept. 11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden.

Obama says he needs another term to fulfill the promises of his first campaign. He says his efforts to elicit change were crippled by the blinding debt and other problems he inherited from George W. Bush—the wars in the Middle East and what he characterized in the Oct. 22 debate as “record deficits and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”

Obama says he will: • continue to focus on education, ensuring that every student with a desire to go to college has the opportunity to do so; • continue to push for education reform in primary and secondary education that will ensure that our young people are prepared to succeed in college once they get there; • continue to insist that the wealthiest among our nation’s citizens “do a little more” and will push to bring back to America the manufacturing jobs that have been shipped overseas; • drive down energy costs by taking advantage of domestic sources like oil and natural gas.

He supports offshore drilling done responsibly; • as stated in the October 22nd debate, “maintain the strongest military in the world…and go after those who would do us harm,”while whittling away at waste in military spending; and • continue to support our nation’s veterans and troops by, among other things, working with the private sector to urge businesses to hire them, a program he started in his first administration.

We are not surprised that Obama hasn’t fulfilled a number of his 2008 promises. The mountain of uncooperative, disrespectful—at times insulting-- tactics, schemes etc., he has been subjected to, almost since the inception of his term, exceeds anything any other President in recent memory has had to endure. The frequency of these incidences make it clear that the mere presence of this Black man as the head of this American government has been a clear source of irritation to many (mostly in the Republican Party) on Capitol Hill.

We recognize that once re-elected, this environment will not likely change—at least immediately. However, we believe that a 2nd term itself will be a mandate that it is his vision and actions the American people support as opposed to those championed by the intractable conservative Republican blockade currently in Congress.

While Obama has been criticized by some African Americans for not moving faster to address our concerns—the staggering 14 percent Black unemployment rate, to name one—we believe him to be more sensitive to these issues. We realize that in spite of his hands being congressionally tied in addressing our community’s specific issues, Obama nevertheless represents a far better chance for these concerns to be addressed then would be the case were Britt Romney our President.

It is for all the above reasons the AFRO overwhelmingly endorses Barack H. Obama to be the clear choice for President of the United States.

Following his re-election, we encourage President Obama to quickly move to: • address the Black unemployment rate; • continue to empower the Department of Justice to seek out and prosecute those who would tamper with voting rights; • work with the Department of Education to demand that states fund educational systems proportionately and shut down efforts to close off educational opportunities for college-bound minority students by whacking away at race-minority based scholarships and set asides which even the playing field; and • work to reduce the deficit.

Proposition 4: The Maryland DREAM Act - Equal Access When voters in Maryland go to the polls, they’ll have the opportunity to decide by their vote on Proposition 4 as to whether or not children of illegal immigrants should be extended the privilege to pursue college degrees at in-state tuition rates, if they qualify under certain conditions.

The Maryland DREAM Act was passed by the General Assembly during the 2011 session and signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Opponents gathered enough signatures to require the measure be voted on by Maryland citizens in the upcoming General Election.

In order to qualify for the benefits of the Dream Act the parents must have filed income tax forms for all of the student’s high school years, college years and any years in between, and a student: • Must have attended a Maryland high school for at least three years and either graduated from a Maryland high school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma in Maryland; • Must provide an affidavit stating the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident within 30 days after the individual becomes eligible to do so, if not already a permanent resident;

• Must show proof of registration with the Selective Service System, if required to do so; • Must register at a community college within four years after graduating from high school or within four years after receiving a high school equivalency.

With respect to four-year institutions, the students must register within four years of graduating or receiving 60 credits from a community college in Maryland. They must then provide proof of application to become a permanent resident and proof of appropriate income tax filing.

Some argue the unfairness of the act, positing that it will: • Overload state colleges and possibly take slots from U.S. citizens and legal immigrants; • Deprive colleges of the larger tuition amounts expected from out-of-state students; • Discourage immigrants from pursuing the legal immigration process; • Reward those who have resided under the radar as illegals.

The Act also extends the time in which honorably discharged military veterans may qualify for in-state tuition rates from one year after discharge to four years, considering

they’ve shown proof of attendance and completion of a Maryland high school or equivalency. Not many argue against this It’s not likely DREAM students would take slots from legal residents in that they would enter colleges at the junior level, and while colleges may not get as many out-of-state tuition students, the increased number of in-state students, it has been argued, should more than make up the difference.

We believe the prerequisites of the Dream Act more than adequately protect the citizens from the potential abuses many have raised in opposition. The children who will benefit from the act should not be denied access to the valuable higher education opportunities existing in this state. The State of Maryland will not only benefit from the inclusion of these students, but the state will also avoid adding to the numbers of children in Maryland whose futures are severely limited by their lack of adequate education. We feel the Dream Act children should have the same opportunities as our own.

The AFRO endorses the Maryland DREAM Act and highly recommends a “Yes” vote for Proposition 4

Proposition 7: Gaming Expansion - A Great Opportunity For years, Marylanders have argued over gaming. In years before, much of the contention seemed to center on the moral and social considerations of gambling—whether it leads to addiction, personal bankruptcies and increased crime and becomes a scourge on already-suffering communities.

This election, the referendum on gaming elicited more politically- and economically-influenced arguments.

Question 7 asks Maryland voters to decide on whether to expand gambling to include: • Las Vegas-style table games such as poker and roulette; • increase casinos’ operating times to 24 hours; and, • extend a sixth license for a casino in Prince George’s County.

Opponents of the bill denounce the manner in which the legislation was brokered—muscled through the legislature by the Democratic establishment during a special summer session of the General Assembly; and seemingly entertaining the bid of only one casino operator, MGM Resorts International for the Pr. George’s license. They also say a sixth casino would have a deleterious effect on the other facilities, giving undue competition in a already saturated market. Detractors also question the veracity of the bill supporters’ claims that an expansion of gambling would create jobs and revenue, particularly for education. In the latter case, while the bill specifies that a particular percentage of gambling revenue will

go into the State Education Fund, it does not specify that the funds cannot be used for something else, they say.

On the other side of the table, government officials and others, notably Gov. Martin O’Malley, say an expansion of gambling is a necessary tool to shore up Maryland’s economy—a tool several other states have employed.

Marylanders spent $1 billion over the past decade at the popular Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia, helping that state build its schools. Expanding gambling in Maryland could bring in $161 million annually, the Department of Legislative Services has estimated, helping this state invest in its schools and other infrastructure. Gov. O’Malley had vowed that a significant portion of gaming earnings will be invested in schools, as designated by the bill, and his previous commitment to education seems to support that claim.

Advocates of the bill also point to its potential boost to the local labor market. In Baltimore alone, expanded gambling could mean 1,700 permanent jobs—thousands more are estimated in construction and in operations for the Pr. George’s development. It could also mean a boost in the local tourism industry and gains for local businesses, particularly minorityowned enterprises.

Among the local economic benefits is the existence of Black equity ownership participation in the Baltimore casino.

The ownership of such a significant economic enterprise by local Black business people is an important achievement which we believe should be supported and encouraged. The competitive advantages created by the approval of Question 7 will improve the chances for success of the Baltimore casino.

Many of the challenges facing the State of Maryland involve the existence of insufficient economic resources.

Without the projected funds generated by the passage of Question 7, the badly needed improvements in the state’s education facilities will apparently either not be addressed or require additional taxes or other state wide belt-tightening many may not find to be pleasant. The continued national recognition Maryland’s Education system has received in recent years like the federal government’s Race to the Top program could also be jeopardized.

Because of the potential gains—jobs for Black unemployed and underemployed, ecomomic opportunities for Black businesses and Black business persons, funds for much-needed investment in schools and other crumbling infrastructure and a general uptick in the state’s economy—the AFRO cannot find any rational basis for not supporting Question 7.

The AFRO endorses Question 7 and urges all Maryland voters to vote “Yes” for Question 7.

OPINION

Are Some Black Ministers Risking Their Church’s Tax-Exempt Status?

By Shirley A. Jones The Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, senior pastor of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va, recently informed the press that some pastors in the Washington region have advised their members to refrain from voting in the upcoming presidential election because of President Obama’s support of same-sex marriage. In fact, articles about similar stances by African-American pastors are abundant on the Internet. To Wesley, however, the notion is deplorable.

The Rev. Al Sharpton took it a step further, saying that after our ancestors fought so hard for the right to vote, how could we possibly give that right back? And, AfricanAmerican journalist Harrison Chastang said the pastors have obviously forgotten about or are ignoring events like the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., that took the lives of four little black girls during the struggle to end legal discrimination and to secure voting rights for African Americans.

As a lawyer, the bigger question for me is whether these pastors are putting their church’s tax exempt status in jeopardy. That’s because organizations that are tax exempt, like churches, are prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in any political campaign.

Violation can result in revocation of the church’s tax-exempt status and draw into question the deductibility of individual contributions to the church.

IRS regulations make it clear that churches, like other 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations, can indeed speak out about political issues like gambling, gay marriage, abortion, and even war, that are seen as moral issues. Even voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives are also not prohibited as long as the church’s activities don’t include endorsing or opposing a candidate.

It could be argued that singling out President Obama’s position on gay marriage does indeed amount to opposing a candidate. According to Chastang, the Rev. William Owens, with the Coalition of African American Pastors, has asked

Black Christians to withhold support from President Obama until he reverses his position on same sex marriage.

Although the IRS sought to enforce this prohibition against the NAACP and then-Chairman Julian Bond, along with approximately 20 churches, after the 2004 presidential election, some would note that the IRS has rarely pursued this issue. That doesn’t mean, however, that the IRS will always look the other way. In Branch Ministries v. Rossotti, a church in Binghamton, N.Y., took out full-page ads in two newspapers asking readers not to vote for a particular candidate and requesting “tax-deductible donations” to cover the cost of the ad. The courts there upheld the IRS’s position that the church had violated the ban on “intervention in a political campaign,” and rejected the church’s constitutional challenge.

Our African American pastors should tread carefully.

Shirley A. Jones, Esq. is president of the Region XI Council of Blacks In Government.

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October 27, 2012 - October 27, 2012, The Afro-American

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Blacks’ History at the Polls Continued from A1

Dahmer, a married father one night when an explosion of eight who served as an rocked their house and nearby NAACP president, achieved store. Dahmer grabbed a success as a businessman shotgun and escorted his in Hattiesburg, Miss. in the family to safety, inhaling 1950s and 1960s. He was smoke as he traded gunfire committed to helping other with the cowards who had African Americans to achieve attacked his family. the same success he had, When it was over, according to people who knew Dahmer’s family was alive. him. He knew the best way to His lungs had been badly level the playing field between singed, though, and he had the races was the ballot box. been badly burned. As he sport-utility vehicle sought in

By Alan King “He Staff wouldWriter drive people lay dying inwith the hospital, connection the murder of AFRO to the county courthouse to with family at hisand side,brother. he Hudson’s mother The white, 1994for Chevrolet Jennifer Hudson other register to vote and and he would expressed disdain those Suburban license relatives positively pay the poll tax for identified those who who wouldwith not Illinois take advantage couldn’t afford it,” said civil of the right for which he was rights activist Lawrence Guyot about to die. of Northwest Washington, “I’ve been active in trying a native Mississippian who to get people to register to knew Dahmer. “He wanted to vote,” he said. “People who make sure nothing stood in the don’t vote are deadbeats on way of people voting. He used the state.” to drive people to NAACP *** meetings in Jackson.”

Two things became Though Blacks were the obvious as a result of Bloody majority in Mississippi, they Sunday on the Edmund Pettus had little or no political or Bridge on March 7, 1965. One economic clout in the mid was that Blacks would not 1960s; most worked on be denied the right to vote.

Photos farms or as laborers. Racist The other was thatCourtesy they were Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who Whites who had worked willing to face bloodshed and was killed, as well as hard her brother, Jason. to overturn the advances even death to gain that right. made during Reconstruction It was a coolwas Sunday plate X584859 found on the body of her 7-year-old worked to make sure afternoon Selma, Chicago’s in West SideAla., after nephew hard Monday, just hours police600 received a 7converged a.m. call afteranybody, his body like was Dahmer, found in a that when people or anything, like voting, that on the city’s historic Brown might interfere with their Memorial Chapel to begin power was extinguished. a peaceful protest against Dahmer and his wife Ellie voter intimidation and were sleeping in their bed violence. Many of the men

and women still wore their church clothes. The plan was to walk through Selma, cross over the Alabama River via the Edmund Pettus Bridge, then walk at least part of the 50-plus miles to the capital at Montgomery. Organizers were not sure they would make it the entire way, but they hoped to at least symbolically present their case to thenGovernor George Wallace, from a neighbor about a suspiacious devout segregationist who vehicle.

The man noticed later embraced Blacks. the vehicle while walking his dog.

According to the The march was ledChicago by Tribune, the boy had shot two local men—Johnbeen Lewis, multiple times in the back seat president of theThe state’s Student of the vehicle.

SUV, regis-

came over me…Without so intimidated that no violence so heavily on the nation’s a word, he swing his club was necessary. consciousness that it forced against the left side of my “The biggest problem change. head. I didn’t feel any pain, was with the registrars, who Though by 1965, just the thud of the blow, and would not let them vote,” Americans had been fed a my legs giving way. I raised said Doar, 91. “They would steady diet, via the Black my arm—a reflex motion—as disallow very qualified Blacks press and other media, of I curled up in the ‘prayer for to register, even those who the atrocities that were being November 1, 2008 - November 7,Constitution, 2008, The Washington A3 protection’ position.

And then could explain the visited on Afro-American Blacks in the the same trooper hit me again. as they required people to South, the televised reports And everything started to do. And they would allow of Lewis and others being spin.” any White person who was beaten sickened people to the John Lewis wants you to breathing to register. It was a point that demands for action posted fliers bearing his photovote, too. travesty.” accelerated. graph around the city. On *** Bob Moses, 77, a native Prompted by the images Sunday, Jennifer Hudson asked for the public’scomplaints help in finding Black men first New Yorker who spent and continued her nephew.

In her MySpace achieved the right to vote seven years in Mississippi about voter intimidation, blog, she thanked fans and supwith the passage of the registering voters with President B. Johnson, porters forLyndon their prayers and aoffered southerner, asked reward Congress tered to Hudson’s murdered a $100,000 to brother, was towed with the anyone to pass awho law returned to “makethe it boy boy’s body inside and is being alive. impossible to thwart the processed by evidence techniSince the investigation, 15th Amendment,” historical cians and workers. The body Hudson – who gained stardom accounts show. “We cannot was later removed and taken to after appearing on “American the Cook County Medical Idol,”government and then won have foran all the Examiner’s office.

Academy Award for make her role in people until we first Hudson and other family the movie Dreamgirls – has certain it is government of and members arrived at the Medical stayed out of the public eye. by all people,” Johnson Examiner’s office mid-afterThethe Chicago Tribune reportJulian King, Jennnifer Hudson’s nephew. said. noon to identify the body. ed that a parade of cars moved Given the choice between lookslowly family’s home Withpast the her passage of the A spokesman for the office the murders but is being held in Monday morning, past the ing directly at the body or Voting Rights Act of 1965, told the newspaper that Hudson jail for parole violation after viewing it on a wall-mounted news vans, reporters and curithe federal government was ous onlookers. further empowered to hammer Neighbors stood “She held hands with her family. It was obviously a very emotional moment.” quietly to andBlack away at impediments voting by goingreflected as far ason the “remained strong for her famibeing convicted ofwikipedia.org attempted video screen, the family chose violence. supervising voter registration. ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular hijackthe latter. According to the In front of the Hudson’s “She held hands her signing fami- of ing.

Cook County records actmen has been extended President Johnson Martin Luther King, Jr.with at the the Voting Rights Actshow on The Tribune, Hudson said,and “Yes, home, in heavy jackets ly,” the spokesman said. “It that he pleaded guilty to both that’s him.” and hooded several times.sweatshirts came to August 6, 1965. was obviously a very emotional charges in 1999. He was also kiss the twin crosses Though thewhite act did not barmoment.” convicted in 1998 for possesing the names of Donerson and Nonviolent Coordinating 15thThe Amendment of the the Nonviolent stop the violence, for awhile it boy – the son of Julia sionStudent of a stolen motor vehicle.

Jason.

Hudson, Jennifer’s He was released from prison in accelerated Committee, and Rev. Hosea Constitution, whichsister was – had Coordinating Committee withisthe murders “Everybody sick of going been missing since Friday, 2006 afterorganizations, serving seven said years Williams, a Southern Christian ratified in February 1870. and other of activists like Dahmer, through stuff like this,” Artisha when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, adid former resident of the Leadership Conference African-American women volunteers coached Blacks things eventually improve. grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area told the Tribune. “We all volunteer. the peaceful get the about Constitution and But some activists think No wonderAs Obama’s campaign is didn’t Donerson, 57,vote and until his uncle, Thethe boy remained missing have to stick together. All these trying to distance the Jason Hudson, 29,19th shot to death escorted through athem longtoweekend in protesters crossedhim thefrom bridge, ratification of the courthouses that recent efforts suppress young children aretodying, and group, saying, Obama in his grandmother’s home in which andSeveral volunteers they were met“Barack by a phalanx of Amendment in August 1920. to take police the tests. of the voters by requiring ID, closing for what?”

Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale police officers, dressed In the first few years after people from Mississippi who polling locations in Black But Obama’s tiessome to ACORN run Avenue. in riotand gear, some with their Civil War, Alert Black–men helped organizers were killed, jurisdictions and trying to long deep.

He taught classes the An Amber a desigfor ACORN. They even endorsed batons pulled.

Though not a converged on polls in legions, like Herbert Lee. Moses said discourage African Americans nation for high-risk missing him for President. childrenAfrican – was issued Fridayto marcher raised a hand, the electing Americans he was beaten and faced death and Latinos from going to the But now ACORN is in trouble. after Julian wasfederal discovered officers unleashed a violent, local, state and offices. several times. polls by making false claims at least Reporter: There are missing after the murders. state-sponsored After few years, however, “You have to understand on billboards and robocalls 11 investigations attack. across the Policea arrested William country involving thousands of Hundreds of marchers Southern Democrats, angrystep- that voting was the biggest are signs that the nation is Balfour, the missing boy’s potentially fraudulent ACORN father estranged husband were injured and more than that theand people who had once threat,” Guyot said. “It gave regressing. forms. of Julia,as at slaves his girlfriend’s 50 of the protesters required worked in their fields Blacks the mechanism to Guyot, who worked Announcer: Massive voter Southside apartment several hospital treatment.

Lewis, become empowered, change things, to have a say with the Congress of Racial fraud. And the Obama campaign had hours after the murders. paid was morelater than elected $800,000 who toto an began a concerted effort to has in who was making laws Equality and was one of the Balfour’s mother, Michele, ACORN front out the vote turn told back reporters that her son Congress andfor hasget spent the successes of had and therefore which laws founders of the Mississippi efforts. nothing to do with the slayings. decades representing the state Reconstruction by initiating were passed.

That was not Freedom Democratic Pressuring banks to issue risky Balfour remains a suspect in Jason Hudson of Georgia, was savagely impediments such as poll what people who wanted to Party, which challenged loans.

Nationwide voter fraud.

Barack Obama. Bad judgment. beaten. taxes and literacy tests. control Blacks wanted. They racist policies Mississippi Blind ambition. Too risky for the “I remember how vivid County registrars interfered used everything they could.

Democrats, said that’s why it America. sounds were as the troopers with voter registration. Racist They usually controlled law is more imperative than ever rushed us—the clunk groups like the Ku Klux enforcement. The White to vote.

Sincetoward McCain’s comments, SQUARE HIGH ACORN’s 87 offices have been of the troopers’ heavy boots, Klan conducted raids, cross politicians were involved.

“The right to vote was bombarded threats and the whoopswith of rebel yells burnings and lynchings. By Most of the White business something that we were able racist mail. from the white onlookers, the 1900, the number of African owners, too, because if to achieve on the backs of The day after the presidential clip-clop of horses’ American voters had dropped African Americans were a lot of good people,” he debate, vandals brokehooves into the organization’s Boston andofSeattle exponentially and the number hitting the hard asphalt able to demand their rights, said. “That we would be in offices and stole the highway, thecomputers. voice of a would continue to drop into they would have had to pay 2012 and anybody would not NOT ON THE LIST BREAD After a Cleveland representative woman shouting, “Get ‘em! the 20th century, Guyot said. fair wages.

It was a whole exercise the right is just a appeared on TV, an e-mail was Get niggers!”

Lewis wrote John Doar, who worked as conspiracy.” shame. The only way we will sent the to the local office saying she in book, Walking With *** maintain what so many have “ishis going to have her life ended.” an assistant attorney general A worker the Wind:inA Providence, Memoir of R.I., the in the Department of Justice Bloody Sunday, as horrible fought for is to make sure our received a threatening call sayRIGHT Movement.

Civil Rights Division in theLEFT as it was, by all accounts voices are heard and the best ing, “We know you get off work “The of the troopers 1960s, said often Blacks were was the event that pulled way to do that is by voting.” at 9” and first uttered racial epithets.

Jennifer Hudson and Relatives Identify Body of Her Slain Nephew

ACORN Fights Back

Leader Calls Voter Registration Fraud Charges ‘Bogus’

Dollar’s Church

By Alan King AFRO Staff Writer

and Dallas Cowboys players Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, among the names submitted to election officials.

Presidential candidate John Continued from A1 Hurd said those workers, who McCain’s attack on ACORN – Police are still looking for on Burdett near Old were doing Road those things without Associated Community ACORN’sHighway knowledge permisOrganization Reform Palmer, who for they think Now fled – National in or south sion, were fired. confirms success in of athe the scene,the possibly black Atlanta.

“The evidence that has surorganization, the head of the Subaru station wagon with Pastor was faced so farCreflo shows Dollar they faked group says. tinted windows.

Lester said not at the church during the “This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they didn’t do, not to stuff ballot Palmer is considered shooting. we’ve done and successarmed we’ve boxes.”

ACORN, she said, is the had,” Maude Hurd, president and dangerous.

Anyone whoof See more on afro.com. victim of fraud, not the perpetraACORN, said in an interview sees him is asked to call 911.

Reprinted with permission tor of it. with the AFRO. The church is located from the Atlanta Daily World.

Hurd said the only things “When this attack started, we bogus are the charges themhad just announced that we had selves. And factcheck. org registered 1.3 million new votagrees. ers,” she said. “That’s just to say It concluded, “Neither that someone’s running scared ACORN nor its employees have because of ACORN’s success.” been found guilty of, or even McCain, who is running for charged with, casting fraudulent president on the Republican tickvotes.” et, lashed out at ACORN in the The problem came about prifinal debate against Barack marily because of the way Obama, contending the group “is ACORN operates. Rather than on the verge of maybe perpetratrely on volunteers, it pays peoing one of the greatest frauds in ple, many of them poor or unemvoter history in this country, ployed, to sign up new voters. maybe destroying the fabric of The idea was to help both those democracy.” being registered and those doing Factcheck.org, a non-partisan the registration.

Web site, found those claims to Maud explained, “We have a be “exaggerated,” with “no evizero tolerance policy for deliberdence of any such democracyate falsification of registration.” destroying fraud.”

Most news account neglect to Hurd believes the McCain point out that ACORN is charges were politically motivatrequired by law to turn in all reged. istration forms. And they also fail She said, “Because it’s lowto note that it was the organizaand moderate-income people, tion, in many instances, that first and people of color, I believe the brought the phony registrations McCain campaign thinks those to the attention of authorities. voters are going to vote The McCain camp apparently Democratic, which is not necesisn’t interested in those fine sarily true.” points, preferring to air misleadACORN is no stranger to ing ads that seek to link Obama controversy. to ACORN, thereby undercutting For 38 years, the non-partisan organization has fought for social his political support.

McCain: I’m John McCain and economic justice for lowand I approve this message. and moderate-income Announcer: Who is Barack Americans. With 400,000 memObama? A man with “a political ber families organized into more baptism performed at warp than 1,200 neighborhood chapspeed.” Vast ambition. After colters in 110 cities nationwide, lege, he moved to Chicago.

ACORN has over the years seen Became a community organizer. its share of criticism while advoThere, Obama met Madeleine cating for affordable housing, Talbot, part of the Chicago living wages, healthcare for the branch of ACORN. He was so underserved— and while organimpressive that he was asked to izing voter registration drives. train the ACORN staff.

But none has been as withering What did ACORN in Chicago and baseless as this one.

Include your contact information. engage in? Bullying banks.

With the presidential election Intimidation tactics. Disruption less than two weeks away, of business. ACORN forced ACORN’s detractors allege the organization has engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans.

The same types of loans that sive voter registration fraud after caused the financial crisis we’re the reported discovery of bogus in today. names, such as Mickey Mouse

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A caller to one office left a message on the answering the crowd at the synagogue. “We need to win Virginia…Please machine, saying: “Hi, I was just calling to let you know that help us.”

Barack Obama needs to get Volunteers said their efforts are not just about getting out the Continued A4 deleted) hung. He’s afrom (expletive individual voters. nigger, and he’sback a piece of Obama campaign electronically. then reported to the “We know that President Obama needs 270 electoral votes (expletive deleted). You guys are The D.C. GOTV volunteers said they have contacted fraudulent, and you need to go to to win,” El-Amine said. “We also know that his opponent 2.6 people on in Virginia hell.million All the niggers oak trees.by phone and that 3.5 million cannot win without Virginia. It’s not just the popular vote, we They’re gonna get all hung hon- have been made. They have volunteer recruitment requests 1 BANANAneed those electoral votes. D.C., let’s win this election. Are you eys, they’re get assassiknocked ongoing moretothan 1 million doors and held 600,000 fired up?” nated, they’re gonna get killed.” conversations about their candidate.

Another message said, “You The synagogue crowd responded with a resounding, “Ready “This is aDumb peoples’ campaign,” Michael Strautmanis, liberal idiots. (expletive to go!” deputy to the You president and counselor for strategic deleted).assistant Welfare bums.

Volunteers said the movement makes them feel part of guys just (expletive deleted) engagement to White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, told a traditional effort like the ones held in the South decades come to our country, consume ago to encourage people to register to vote in the face of every natural resource there is, and make a lot of babies. That’s intimidation. Adam Barr, 30, of Northwest D.C. said he has all you guys do. And then suck traveled to South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, up the welfare and expect everyOhio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin campaigning for Obama’s one else to pay for your hospital reelection. bills for your kids. I jus’ say let Before age five, room is a classroom. your kids die. That’s the best “This has been a every great experience,” he said. “I’ve met more Saint Loyola move. Just let Ignatius your children die. Academy (SILA) will be Fun learning opportunities arethe everywhere.

Simple things like possible. people from across country than I ever dreamed Forget about paying for hospital holding an open house on counting andWhat identifying shapes activate a child’s learning ability, I found out is that people just want their voices heard.” bills for them. I’m not gonna Thursday Nov. 1stdofrom 6:00 pm- 8:00 pmand help them enter school more prepared. That’s why PNC Jon Carson, who served as national field director for it. You guys are lowlifes. And I Up Great and its Spanish-language equivalent Crezca and Saturday Nov. 17th from founded Grow Organizing hope you all die.” formillion America (OFA)toin 2008, said young the race between con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 program help prepare Hurd thinks the hate callsam will– 11:00 am 9:00 Obama too bilingual close forSesame volunteers to relax. children for school andand life.Romney Pick up aisfree Street™ cease soon. for boys entering the 6th grade in the fall of 2013.

“Happy, Healthy,Watts Ready for she School” kitpanicking at a PNC branch.

It’s fithe lledrecent poll said is not yet, despite “In two weeks, I think these with all kindsdata of simple, everyday youmay can do to help a childObama’s lead Saint Ignatius that shows thatthings Romney have narrowed attacks will be over. ButLoyola I think itAcademy is a tuition-free, learn.

Together, we can work with our communities so an entire will be harder for us to get our for boys in Baltimore City. over him. private, middle school generation won’t just grow up... but grow up great. name back on good graces “I’m somewhat concerned, but I’m not dismayed over the SILA is atrashed year-round because they really us in school that offers an polls because polls don’t vote, people do,” she said. academically the last few weeks.” challenging curriculum, small class To find out more, go to pncgrowupgreat.com Volunteers said Maryland and D.C. residents who are But ACORN will not be sizes, and serves low income families. or call 1-877-PNC-GROW. deterred. interested in assisting the Obama campaign should go to https:// Saint Loyola Academy is located at “We’ve beenIgnatius fighting for a my.barackobama.com/page/s/come-to-virginia for information. long time,740 for over 30 years, for N. Calvert St. in Baltimore, MD. “Come to Virginia this weekend,” the website said, adding, the rights of low- and moderateFor more information please visit our website at “Talking to Virginia voters in this final stretch is the most income people all across the www.saintignatius.org or call us country,” Hurd said. “We’re important thing you can do to help President Obama win.” going to continueat to (410) fight for539-8268 ext. 33

economic justice in our commuThe AFRO’s Valencia Mohammed contributed to this report. nities.”

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Question 7 won’t guarantee minority jobs

We’ve heard the empty promises about jobs.

But here are the facts about Question 7: Fact # 1 – Almost 90% of Maryland construction workers won’t even be eligible to apply for a construction job at the site.

Fact # 2 – When National Harbor was built, less than 4% of the contracts went to local, minority-owned businesses. That’s why the Prince George’s County Business and Contractors Association opposes Question 7.

Fact # 3 – The Baltimore Sun says Question 7 is “a bad deal for Maryland.” (Editorial, 9/7/12)

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The Afro-American, October 27, 2012 - November October 27,2,2012 2012

A First Class Celebration for CIII Leaders from around the region made their way to Sharp Street United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Oct. 21, to exchange remembrances and celebrate the life of the late state senator Clarence M. Mitchell III. At some points between the family hour and special ceremonies of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, the Mitchell family church was filled to capacity. Tributes from government leaders, clergy, the judiciary and family served as reminders of “The Bear” whose demanding cry for justice endeared some and enraged others.

His father, Clarence Mitchell Jr., in a letter written on CIII’s first birthday, explained the way of life he and his wife, attorney Juanita Jackson Mitchell had

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings

chosen for their firstborn.

“It’s a way in which the soft, strong voice has a greater sway that men will listen to has a greater sway that men will listen to than that of the loud tone which cloaks a moral coward,” he wrote.

“It is a way of life in which the golden rule is not a beautiful ideal but a thing alive and reproducing itself forever.”

His wife of 31 years, Joyce T. Mitchell, also in a letter, thanked her beloved for always making her feel protected.

“I thank you for letting me feel your love and the sharing of much of your remarkable life.”

Following the memorial services, a repast was held at New Shiloh Baptist Church.

Photos by J.D. Howard

Sen. Clarence Mitchell III

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Gov. Martin O'Malley Joyce T. Mitchell, wife of the late senator for 35 years, is comforted by Shannon Elizabeth Mitchell, their daughter.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski

Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals

U.S. Rep. Calvin Smyre of Georgia

The Rev. Michael Hunt sang Amazing Grace.

Clarence Mitchell IV, right, sits with his sister, Lisa; her husband, Kamau Sennaar and their son David.

Michael Bowen Mitchell with Donna Watts

The Rev. Dr. Frank Madison Reid III, pastor of Bethel AME Church

Sherry Hunt sang her signature piece, Battle Hymn of the Republic

Tyriq Mitchell, son of Clarence Mitchell III, with his uncle, Michael Mitchell

State Sen. Nathaniel McFadden, left, Dr. Keiffer Mitchell Sr., Michael Bowen Mitchell and Howard L. Tutman, past Grand Polemarch; during the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity memorial service.

The repast at New Shiloh Baptist Church.

These ladies were happy to share in the memorial celebration.

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Protecting our right to vote

By Rep. Elijah Cummings The fires that burn inside of me to protect our vote are personal, as well as social.

My great, great grandfather, Mr. Scipio Rhame, was born a slave. Yet, during Reconstruction -- just 3 years after his slavery ended -- he had the determination to be among the first of our people to register and vote in the 2nd Precinct of Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina.

I still marvel at his courage back in 1868 despite the reactions and personal danger he must have faced. It makes me proud to share his blood – and humbled that so many risked their lives so that we could be full citizens of what now is the greatest nation in the world.

Yet, my reaction to election fraud and deception is grounded is something far more compelling than my own feelings. Voter intimidation, voter suppression, dirty tricks and fraud are cancers that threaten the very life of our democratic republic.

More than 144 years after Scipio Rhame risked reprisal so that his descendants could have better lives, attempts to cheat us out of our franchise continue to be a clear and present danger to our community.

Our first line of defense is to know our rights.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT to vote by provisional ballot if for any reason we are not able to vote on the regular voting machines; to vote without showing identification unless we are a first-time voter who did not show ID when we registered; and to assistance at the polls if we have a physical disability or an inability to read the English language.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT to vote early at any of the Early Voting Centers; to Vote-By-Mail for any reason; and to take

time off from work to vote.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT to have our polling place open promptly at 7:00 a.m.; to vote on the regular voting machines if we are in line at our polling place by 8:00 p.m.; and to vote without being approached or solicited within 100 feet of our polling place.

Yet, we also must be on our guard.

I will never forget Election Day 2002. I arrived at my local voting place and was preparing to vote in the governor’s race. As I walked toward the school, they handed me this big, beautiful, glossy piece of literature - better than any brochure that I had ever produced.

I said to myself, “Boy, this is a wonderful photo. There’s my pastor and Mel Martinez and Tony Fulton and me.”

Then, I saw Robert Ehrlich in the picture with us and the words, “Democrats for Ehrlich.”

That campaign literature was a lie. Even today, I cannot fully express the anger that I felt because of that trickery.

I had been one the biggest supporters of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Republican Bob Ehrlich’s Democratic opponent in that 2002 election. When I discovered the fraud, I immediately went on the radio and television to set my neighbors straight and publicly denounced the dirty trick that the Ehrlich campaign was trying to play on our community.

In 2006, Bob Ehrlich’s campaign for governor and Michael Steele’s campaign for Senate bused homeless people from Philadelphia on Election Day to distribute fliers that were designed to trick African-American Democratic voters into voting for them by falsely suggesting that they were backed by prominent African-American leaders.

Then, in 2010, operatives working with Bob Ehrlich’s

campaign for governor placed robo-calls to voters in predominately African-American precincts in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County, encouraging voters to “relax” and “stay home.”

That Election Day, however, we were prepared to defend our most precious civil right. The deception failed, and those responsible were convicted in court.

Now, in 2012, a group called Election Integrity Maryland (affiliated with the Tea Party group, “True the Vote”) is training poll watchers to challenge legitimate voters on Election Day. True the Vote has a record of filing inaccurate voter registration challenges across the country.

This year, however, as in 2010, we are ready for them.

Our “Voter Protection” effort will counter any blatant deception and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Once again, Attorney Amanda LaForge and a committed army of Maryland lawyers will protect our right to vote and have our votes counted on Election Day, Nov. 6.

Voters will also be able to call a toll-free Voter Empowerment Hotline 1-888-678-VOTE (8683) for help if the need arises.

Our ability to vote for leaders we trust is what Scipio Rhame must have had in mind when he registered and voted back in 1868. Now, it is 2012, and this is our watch.

We will protect our voters because it is the right thing to do the American thing to do.

We shall not fail.

Congressman Elijah Cummings represents Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives

Baltimore Obama Volunteers Work to Rally Voters in Nearby Swing States

By AFRO Staff

Campaign volunteers for President Barack Obama in Baltimore have been traveling to Pennsylvania to campaign on his behalf. This weekend, they will join D.C. Obama volunteers in Virginia to gauge support, lobby undecideds and infrequent voters.

Members of Baltimore City Women for Obama have spent each Monday night for the last four months calling voters in Pennsylvania. Volunteers have traveled to Harrisburg, Pa., in a bus on several Saturdays and others have visited York, Pa., driving themselves or carpooling.

“We know Maryland is already blue, so we are going to Pennsylvania and Virginia, which are so pivotal in this race,”

said Baltimore Obama volunteer Wanda Watts. “Those [voters] are the ones we have to sway.”

The Baltimore and D.C. volunteers are among legions in the U.S. who are moving outside of their local areas to campaign.

As the election draws near, volunteers for Obama and contender Mitt Romney are stepping up their efforts, converging on swing states in droves to try to bolster support for their respective candidates. Both candidates are spending exhaustive hours lobbying voters in the important battleground states like Virginia, where both Obama and Romney were stumping this week.

In the District of Columbia, more than 1,500 supporters of Obama packed a synagogue in Northwest Oct. 17 to plan strategy to win over potential voters in Virginia. D.C. Democrats working on a campaign called GOTV, or Go to Virginia, made plans to visit various locations between then and Election Day. The volunteers believe their door-to-door and phone campaign in the Old Dominion will generate sizable support as Election

Day draws near.

“We need 1,000 volunteers to knock on 90 doors each this weekend,” said Sara El-Amine, Virginia’s GOTV director. In 2008, “Obama won Virginia with an average of 94 additional votes in each precinct than his opponent and we don’t want to lose that edge [in] this election. We registered 140,000 new voters who we need to keep enthused and engaged.”

In Baltimore, volunteers hope Obama’s impressive performance in the last two of the three presidential debates will bolster support among undecided voters and even urge some Romney supporters to change camps.

“From my eyeview, I’ve noticed people changing,” Watts said. “We’ll be able to tell after the phone calls.”

Watts, a public relations and marketing professional, said campaign workers have been using her office at the Finn Group, where she is an associate, to make calls to voters from 6 to 9 p.m. one day a week.

“We try to find out who they are supporting and the issues that are most important to them,” she said. The information is Continued on A8

Voter Information Maryland Baltimore City Baltimorecity.gov/government/ boardsandcommissions/electionsboard 410-396-5550 Early Voting Centers Edmondson Westside HS 400 (Rear of Building) 501 Athol Ave. The League for People with Disabilities 1111 E. ColdSpring Lane Maritime Industries Academy School #431 5001 Sinclair Lane (Rear-Enter on Truesdale Ave.) Public Safety Training Center (Enter on Manhattan Ave.) 3500 W. Northern Parkway.

St. Brigid’s Parish Center 900 S. East Ave. Baltimore County Baltimorecounty.gov/agencies/elections 410-887-5700 Early Voting Centers Bloomsbury Community Center 106 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville, Md. 21228 Honeygo Run Community Center 9033 Honeygo Boulevard, Perry Hall, Md. 21128 North Point Library 1716 Merritt Boulevard, Baltimore, Md. 21222 Randallstown Community Center

3505 Resource Drive, Randallstown, Md. 21133 Towson University, Administration Building 7720 York Road, Towson, Md. 21252

Howard County Howardcountymd.gov/boe 410-313-5820 Early Voting Places Ridgely’s Run Community Center 8400 Mission Road, Jessup Md. 20794 Ellicott City Senior Center 9401 Frederick Road, Ellicott City, Md. 21042 The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia, Md. 21044 Prince George’s County Princegeorgescountymd.gov/elections 301-430-8020 Early Voting Centers College Park Community Center 5051 Pierce Avenue, College Park, Md. 20740 Wayne K. Curry Sports & Learning Center 8001 Sheriff Road, Landover, Md. 20785 Bowie Library 15210 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Md. 20715 Oxon Hill Library 6200 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Md. 20745 Upper Marlboro Community Center 5400 Marlboro Race Track Road. Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772

Early Voting Early voting centers will be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 27 and Oct. 29 through Nov. 1, and noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 28. Addresses, driving directions and photographs of all of the early voting centers are available at www.elections.state.md.us/voting/early_voting.html.

For voters who prefer to vote on Election Day, Nov. 6, polling places will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. To avoid delays, voters should try to vote between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Voters can review a sample ballot before going to vote. Sample ballots are mailed to each voter and are available at www.elections.state.md.us (click the “Look up your voter information” box).

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Black Turnout Expected to Remain High in Coming Election

By Zenitha Prince Special to the AFRO When Americans go to the polls on Nov. 6, support for President Obama will remain virtually unchanged among Black voters, some experts predict.

“I think Black support for Obama would be the same,” according to David Bositis, senior analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington-based think tank that focuses on Black issues. He added, “In terms of turnout, 2008 was a record year. But if there’s going to be a difference this year, it’s going to be small.”

The prediction is puzzling to some given the dramatically different voting climates of 2008 and this year.

“There’s no comparison.

The climate was much more uplifting in 2008,” Bositis said.

Back then, most Americans were willing to take a chance on a thenunknown candidate who sold them on his vision of hope and change. African Americans were buoyed by racial pride in the nation’s first viable Black candidate.

The Great Recession had just begun to bare its teeth and voters were only just feeling the bite. And faced with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Republican presidential candidate, who promised them more of the policies, inspired by the Republican Party, that had brought the nation’s economy to its knees, and Obama, who presented a much more coherent plan than his opponent, voters went with the latter.

The general optimism translated into unprecedented civic participation: campaign volunteerism and individual campaign donations increased, voter registration and turnout spiked, particularly among African Americans.

According to a Pew Research Center report, the Black turnout rate increased 4.9 percentage points, from 60.3 percent in 2004 to 65.3 percent—a 2 million voter increase—in 2008, nearly matching the voter turnout rate of White eligible voters (66.1 percent).

In 2012, the voting climate is a much bleaker one, particularly for Black voters.

Campaigns operate in

much dirtier and rougher political waters, driven by the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens’ United, which has allowed corporations to pour millions of dollars into anti-Obama campaign advertising and lobbying.

Economically, the fortunes of the Black community have plunged. In 2004, half of Black households had a net worth less than $13,450.

By 2009, that median number had fallen to $2,170 – the lowest ever recorded – according to a March 24 study by the D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute.

In contrast, the median net worth of White households fell 24 percent to $97,860 during the same period.

African Americans have also led in joblessness, which reached as high as 16 percent.

In November 2007—a month before the Great Recession began—8.5 percent of Blacks were unemployed. In September 2012, 13.4 percent or 2.44 million Black workers couldn’t find work—and that does not count those who

support at 94-0 percent for Obama, which is on trend with his 2008 figures—and that was even after the president announced his support in May for gay marriage.

While many—particularly religious Blacks—initially were taken aback, the president’s stance seemed to spur an uptick in Black support for gay marriage nationwide.

Bositis, the political analyst, said that’s because African-American voters still believe President Obama will advance their interests more than Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

“The president has done a lot to help African Americans, including the health care bill,” he said.

“African Americans, in terms of politics, are very mature.

They don’t need their hands held or their heads patted….

They know what’s best for them.”

More significantly, Bositis said, “the racism that has appeared in the Republican Party will make African Americans vote, even if they aren’t enthusiastic.”

From the president’s first day in office, he has been the object of racist attacks. From Rep. Joe Wilson (R-N.C.)’s heckling of the president, shouting “You lie” during his first State of the Union speech; to Republican leaders’ priority of making President Obama a one-term president and their stymieing of his legislative agenda to that purpose; to the entire “birther” movement and the unchecked racist elements of the Tea Party Movement among other insults big and small.

All of that could spur Black voters, experts said, to stand in solidarity with the president.

“One of the reasons African-American voters do not support Romney is that they see the Republican Party’s treatment of Obama, from the first weeks of his presidency, as an assault on a kind of racial collective dignity,” Sherrilyn A. Ifill, a University of Maryland law school professor, wrote recently. “Each of these affronts was directed at Obama – butwas experienced viscerally and personally by millions of Black voters.”

Whether that racial animus will translate into sufficient Black turnout, however, remains to be seen.

“When Americans go to the polls on Nov. 6, support for President Obama will remain virtually unchanged among Black voters, some experts predict.” were underemployed or who gave up and stopped looking.

Those dire straits have shaken the faith of many in the Black community, who saw Obama as a potential savior. Michael Jones, an undecided Black voter who questioned the president at the recent presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., exemplified those concerns.

“Mr. President, I voted for you in 2008. What have you done or accomplished to earn my vote in 2012?” Jones asked, then added, “I’m not an optimistic as I was …Most things I need for everyday living are very expensive.”

For Blacks, the path to the ballot box has also been muddied by a steady barrage of Republican-led voter suppression tactics, including restrictive voter ID laws; and plans to intimidate Blacks and other traditionallyDemocratic voting blocs.

Still, African-American support for the president remains resolute—an August NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll put Black

The importance of the Nov. 6 general election extends beyond the Obama vs.

Romney battle for the White House.

Maryland voters face at least seven ballot questions, more in some parts of the state, asking voters to determine the outcome of some of the most important matters in Maryland history.

According to the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California, Maryland voters have been considering ballot initiatives only since 1915. But this is first time many state elected officials say they seen so many key matters clustered on the general election ballot.

“This is the largest number of questions I’ve seen on the ballot in my years in political office,” state Sen. Nathaniel McFadden (D-Baltimore) told the AFRO. “And they are extremely important as they will impact the future of the [local jurisdictions] and the state of Maryland.”

The chart below briefly explains the questions Baltimore and Prince George’s voters will see on this year’s ballot.

Question 2

Qualifications for Baltimore County Orphans’ Judges Requires judges of the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore Coumty to be licensed to practice law in the state and to be a member in good standing of the Maryland Bar.

Question 3

Suspension and Removal of Elected Officials Changes the period at which an elected official charged with certain crimes is automatically removed from office. Under existing law, an official who is convicted or pleads no contest is suspended and removed from office only after their conviction is final.

Under the amended legislation, an elected official is suspended when found guilty and is removed when the conviction becomes final or when he or she pleads guilty or no contest.

Question 4

Public Institutions of Higher EducationTuition Rates Establishes that individuals, including

undocumented immigrants, are qualified to pay in-state tuition rates at community colleges in Maryland if the student meets certain requirements relating to the attendance and graduation from a Maryland high school, filing of income taxes, intent to apply for permanent residency, and registration with the selective service system. It also makes such students eligible to pay in-state tuition at a four-year public college or university if the student has first completed 60 credit hours or graduated from a community college in Maryland.

Question 5

Congressional Districting Plan Sets the boundaries for Maryland’s eight U.S. congressional districts based on recent census figures, as required by the U.S. Constitution.

Question 6

Civil Marriage Protection Act Permits same sex couples to obtain civil marriage licenses, provided they are not otherwise prohibited from marrying. It also would allow members of the clergy to refuse to perform any particular marriage ceremony in violation of their religious beliefs. The measure also affirms that each religious faith has exclusive control over its own theological doctrine regarding who may marry within that faith and provides that religious organizations and certain related entities are not required to provide goods, services or benefits to an individual related to the celebration or promotion of marriage violation of their religious beliefs.

Question 7

Gaming Expansion Asks voters if they are in favor of the expansion of commercial gaming in the state.

Under current legislation, gaming is limited to video lottery terminals and five casinos.

The amended law would add table games and approve the construction of another casino at the National Harbor in Prince George’s County. The proceeds from the taxes levied on gaming are to be earmarked for public education funding.

• Source: The Maryland State Board of Elections

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October 27, 2012 - November 2, 2012, The Afro-American LEGAL NOTICES EVERY SECOND FISCAL YEAR AT LEAST ONCE DURING EVERY 4-YEAR TERM OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, EACH PRINCIPAL AGENCY SHALL ARRANGE FOR AN AUDIT OF ITS OPERATIONS DURING FOR THE PRECEDING 2 4 FISCAL YEARS.

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§ 9 3. BY WHOM AUDIT CONDUCTED (C) BY WHOM TO BE CONDUCTED THE AUDIT SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY: (1) THE CITY AUDITOR; OR (2) AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT OR FIRM OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. § 9 4. COSTS OF AUDIT. (D) COSTS OF AUDIT. IN EACH FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH AN AUDIT IS REQUIRED TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS SECTION, AN THE PRINCIPAL AGENCY SHALL INCLUDE THE COSTS OF THE AUDIT IN THE ESTIMATES THAT IT SUBMITS FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S ORDINANCE OF ESTIMATES.

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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED RESOLVED, That (a) The Mayor shall divide all agencies into 2 groups, each group to comprise agencies whose total combined operating budgets are roughly equal to those of the other group. (b) The Mayor shall then cause the initial audits under this Ordinance to be staggered, as follows. (1) The Mayor shall designate one of the two groups to undergo the initial audit during Fiscal Year 2013. (2) The other group shall undergo the initial audit during Fiscal Year 2014 the audits required by this Resolution shall begin in January 2014.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor Stephen M. Kraus, Chief Bureau of Treasury Management Custodian of the City Seal

CAREER CORNER TYPESET: Wed Oct 24 10:24:59 EDT 2012

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Community Development Administration Team Leader-Multi-Family Rental Housing Programs Recruitment #12-005478-006 (Program Manager III) Hiring Range: $56,496-$73,674 This is a permanent Management Service position with full State of Maryland benefits.

Filing Deadline 11/5/2012 11:59:00 PM. Work that matters. DHCD is the state´s housing finance agency and a national leader in the financing of affordable rental housing. The DHCD has an immediate opening for an experienced multifamily real estate development professional to work as a full-time Team Leader for its Multifamily Rental Housing Programs. The position is located within the Community Development Administration. The position is one of two Team Leader positions with joint responsibility for the underwriting and origination of loans and grants under all Multifamily Housing programs, including Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Rental Housing funds, Partnership Rental Housing Program, Multifamily Bond Program, and Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Grant Program. These loans are made for projects, which utilize other private and public funding.

Please visit http://jobaps.com/md/jobs/dhcd/ for a more in depth description about this exciting, challenging position, to view the minimum qualifications submit an on-line TYPESET: Wedand Octto24 10:25:40 EDT application.

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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Code Compliance Inspector Information Systems Support Specialist Maintenance Worker II Management Aide Park Superintendent Police Communications Operator II Police Officer, Entry Storekeeper I Utility Billing Financial Operations Supervisor Visit our website at www.aacounty.org for additional information and to apply on-line. You may use the Internet at any Anne Arundel County library, or visit our office at 2660 Riva Road in Annapolis. Deadlines to apply on-line.

AEO/DF/SFE TYPESET: Wed Oct 24 10:26:31 EDT 2012 Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Community Development Administration Deputy Director - Multi-Family Rental Housing Programs Recruitment #12-005479-004 (Program Manager IV) Hiring Range: $60,290-$88,030 This is a permanent Management Service position with full State of Maryland benefits.

Filing Deadline 11/5/2012 11:59:00 PM. Work that matters. DHCD is the state´s housing finance agency and a national leader in the financing of affordable rental housing. The Deputy Director of Multi-Family Rental Housing in the Community Development Administration will provide leadership and direction to a team of underwriters and construction management and finance professionals responsible for all multi-family lending. This includes origination and underwriting, construction review, and draw disbursement from application to conversion to permanent financing. The team manages many projects, including new construction, mixed-income, preservation, and subsidized.Please visit http://jobaps.com/md/jobs/dhcd/ for a more in depth description about this exciting, challenging position, to view the minimum qualifications and to submit an on-line application.

TYPESET: Wed Oct 24 10:26:54 EDT 2012 Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Division of Finance & Administration Director, Loan and Mortgage Insurance Accounting (078517) (Program Manager III) Hiring Range: $56,496 - $82,514 This is a permanent Management Service position with full State of Maryland benefits.Work that matters. The Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) is a national leader in financing affordable housing and community development lending. The DHCD is looking for a Director of Loan and Mortgage Insurance Accounting to direct three managers preparing audited GAAP financial statements, disclosures, and the capital budget. Our team needs members that will challenge the status quo, effectively communicate ideas and issues, and independently bring forth practical and efficient solutions and improvements. Preference will be given to candidates with a CPA, strong Excel and accounting system skills, and experience in financial statement preparation or accounting for mortgages. For further information about this exciting position and to submit an on-line application, please visit http://jobaps.com/md/jobs/dhcd/.

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B8 The Afro-American, October 27, 2012 - November 2, 2012 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE The following resolutions of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore proposing an amendment to the Charter of Baltimore City (1996 Edition, as of amended) will be submitted The following resolutions of the Mayor and City Council Baltimore proposing an to the voters of Baltimore City for their approval or disapproval at the General Election to be heldto amendment to the Charter of Baltimore City (1996 Edition, as amended) will be submitted inthe thevoters City of Tuesday the 6th of November, 2012at(Underlining indicatestomatter ofBaltimore Baltimore on City for their approval or disapproval the General Election be held added amendment.

Strikeout indicates stricken by 2012 amendment). in thebyCity of Baltimore on Tuesday the matter 6th of November, (Underlining indicates matter ___________________________________________________________________________ added by amendment. Strikeout indicates matter stricken by amendment). ___________________________________________________________________________ FOR AGAINST CHARTER AMENDMENT CHARTERAGAINST AMENDMENT FOR QUESTION J CHARTER AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION J Charter Amendment – Stormwater Utility Charter Amendment – Stormwater Utility FOR the purpose of establishing a financially self-sustaining stormwater utility; authorizing supplemental legislation to implement the provisions governingstormwater water, sanitary wastewater, FOR the purpose of establishing a financially self-sustaining utility; authorizing and stormwater legislation utilities; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; providing for supplemental to implement the provisions governing water, sanitary wastewater, a and special effectiveutilities; date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for stormwater correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; providing for adoption rejection.date; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for a specialoreffective adoption or rejection.

BY proposing to amend: Article VI - Board of Estimates Section(s) 9(c) and (d) and 18 BY proposing to amend: Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) Article VI - Board of Estimates Section(s) 9(c) and (d) and 18 Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the IT City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. BE RESOLVED

BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter Article VI. Board of Estimates Baltimore City Charter § 9. Uses of appropriations. Article VI. Board of Estimates (c)§ Carry-overs; lapses.

9. Uses of appropriations.

(1) contained in the Ordinance of Estimates for a particular program, purpose, (c)Appropriations Carry-overs; lapses. activity, or project may, upon the the headfor of athe municipal agencypurpose, (1) Appropriations contained in recommendation the Ordinance of of Estimates particular program, concerned and the Director of Finance, and with the approval of of thethe Board of Estimates, activity, or project may, upon the recommendation of the head municipal agency be carried over and to fiscal years subsequent to and the one the appropriation is Estimates, initially made concerned the Director of Finance, withfor thewhich approval of the Board of be if carried necessary program,topurpose, or the project. overtotoaccomplish fiscal yearsthat subsequent the one activity, for which appropriation is initially made (2) encumbered for contracts, projects, or other actualor commitments and funds dediif Funds necessary to accomplish that program, purpose, activity, project. cated by anyencumbered act of Congress or by State law or or by other the terms ofcommitments any private grant some spe(2) Funds for contracts, projects, actual and to funds dedicific purpose beCongress carried over to State the next (3) Allofappropriations not to so some carried cated by anyshall act of or by lawfiscal or byyear. the terms any private grant speover lapseshall at thebeend of the fiscal yearnext from which made, except [that] AS PROVIDED cificshall purpose carried over to the fiscal year.

(3) All appropriations not so carried INover PARAGRAPH THE SUBSECTION. (4)which [any] ANY remaining in the fund shall lapse at(4) theOF end of the fiscal year from made,balance except [that] AS PROVIDED ofIN thePARAGRAPH water, [or] sanitary wastewater, OR STORMWATER utilitybalance (under remaining Section 18inofthe thisfund (4) OF THE SUBSECTION. (4) [any] ANY article) the end the fiscal year shall OR remain to the credit ofutility that utility an estimate of the at water, [or]ofsanitary wastewater, STORMWATER (underand Section 18 of this ofarticle) [such a] shall be included in thattoutility’s budget forutility the next as an at THAT the endbalance of the fiscal year shall remain the credit of that andyear an estimate estimated of [such receipt. a] THAT balance shall be included in that utility’s budget for the next year as an (d) Surpluses. estimated receipt.

(1) case of any surplus arising in any fiscal year by reason of an excess of revenue over the (d)InSurpluses. expenditures (including anyarising appropriation carried over) for thatofyear, the surplus shall be(1) In case of any surplus in any fiscal year by reason an excess of revenue over the come a part of the generalany revenue of the City and shall available forthe thesurplus generalshall expenexpenditures (including appropriation carried over)befor that year, beditures the City the next fiscal year, accordance the Ordinance Estimates for come of a part of thefor general revenue of theinCity and shallwith be available for theofgeneral expenthat year.of Anthe estimate thenext surplus shall beinmade by the Board of Ordinance Estimates and included in ditures City forofthe fiscal year, accordance with the of Estimates for expected that year. An estimate of the surplus shall be made by the Board of Estimates and included in revenues expectedfor the next year. (2) However, any surplus or retained earnings of the water, [or] sanitary wastewater, ORyear.

STORMWATER fund (under § 18 earnings of this article) the end revenues for the next (2) However, utility any surplus or retained of the at water, [or]of the fiscal year shall remain to the credit of that utility and the estimate that balance shall beof sanitary wastewater, OR STORMWATER utility fund (under § 18 of of this article) at the end included inyear that shall utility’s budget for credit the next as an estimated receipt.of that balance shall be the fiscal remain to the of year that utility and the estimate § included 18. Water, sanitary wastewater, AND utilities. in [and] that utility’s budget for the next yearSTORMWATER as an estimated receipt. (a)§ To separate enterprises.

18.be Water, [and] sanitary wastewater, AND STORMWATER utilities.

(1) sanitary wastewater, AND STORMWATER utilities each shall be conducted (a)Water, To be [and] separate enterprises. as(1) a separate enterprise[, thatAND nothing herein shall prevent theeach transfer Water, [and] sanitaryprovided, wastewater, STORMWATER utilities shallorbeassignconducted as a of separate enterprise[, provided, nothing shall prevent theboard, transfer or assignment employees from either utilitythat to the other herein or to any department, commission ment of employees from either utilityoftothe thetime otherbetween or to any department, commission and agency of the City, or the division either utility orboard, between either and agency the City, or board, the division of the time betweenofeither utility or between either utility and anyofdepartment, commission and agency the City]. utility anyutilities department, board, commission and agency the City].

(2) Eachand of the shall be financially self-sustaining andofshall be operated without profit Each of other the utilities be financially self-sustaining and shall be operated without profit or(2) loss to the funds shall or programs of the City. orUtility loss tobudgets; the otheragency funds or programs of the City. (b) budget estimates. (b)Separate Utility budgets; budget estimates.

(1) budgets, agency which shall include estimates of revenue and expense for the ensuing (1) Separate budgets, whichANNUALLY shall include for estimates of revenue and expense for theAND ensuing fiscal year, shall be prepared the water, [and] sanitary wastewater, fiscal year, shallutilities. be prepared ANNUALLY for the water, [and] sanitary wastewater, STORMWATER [annually subject, however, to this section which shall also AND control STORMWATER utilities. [annually subject, however, to the thisCity section which[thereon] shall also control the action] THE ACTIONS of the Board of Estimates and Council ON the action] THE ACTIONS the Board of Estimates the City Council [thereon] ON THE UTILITIES’ BUDGETSofARE SUBJECT TO THISand SECTION. THE BUDGETS SUBJECT TOshall THISinclude SECTION. (2) TheUTILITIES’ budget estimates of eachARE agency of the City items for THE USE OF (2) The budget estimatesBY of THE each water, agency[and] of thesanitary City shall include items THE USE OF SERVICES PROVIDED wastewater, ANDfor STORMWATER SERVICES[to PROVIDED THE [and] sanitary wastewater, AND STORMWATER UTILITIES, be used byBY them] ASwater, APPLICABLE. [to other be used by them] AS APPLICABLE. (c)UTILITIES, Interfund and borrowing. (c) Interfund and other [Nothing contained hereinborrowing. shall be construed to prevent] NOTHING IN THIS SECTION [Nothing contained herein shall be to prevent] NOTHING IN WITH THIS SECTION PREVENTS THE FOLLOWING, IFconstrued OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE LAW: PREVENTS THE FOLLOWING, IF OTHERWISE ACCORDANCE (1) interfund cash borrowings between the water, [and]IN sanitary wastewater,WITH AND LAW: (1) interfund cash borrowings the cash water,requirements; [and] sanitaryorwastewater, AND STORMWATER utilities to meetbetween temporary STORMWATER utilities to temporary cash requirements; or (2) [to prevent] borrowings bymeet [such] THESE utilities from the General Fund or any other (2) [to prevent] THESE utilities fund of the City[, borrowings if otherwiseby in [such] accordance with law]. from the General Fund or any other fund of the City[, otherwise in accordance with law].

(D) TRANSFER OFifEMPLOYEES. (D) TRANSFER OFSECTION EMPLOYEES. NOTHING IN THIS PREVENTS: NOTHING IN THISOR SECTION PREVENTS: (1) THE TRANSFER ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES FROM ONE UTILITY TO (1) THE TRANSFER ANOTHER UTILITY OR ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES FROM ONE UTILITY TO ANOTHER UTILITY OR TO ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, OR AGENCY OF THE CITY; OR OR TODIVISION ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, ORUTILITIES AGENCY OR OF THE CITY; OR (2) THE OF EMPLOYEES’ TIME AMONG THE BETWEEN THE DIVISION OFDEPARTMENT, EMPLOYEES’ BOARD, TIME AMONG THE UTILITIES OR BETWEEN A(2) UTILITY AND ANY COMMISSION, OR AGENCY OF THE A UTILITY AND ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, OR AGENCY OF THE CITY. CITY. (E) SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATION. (E) SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATION. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MAY ENACT, FROM TIME TO TIME, ORDITHE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM TO TIME, NANCES NOT INCONSISTENT WITHMAY THISENACT, CHARTER, ASTIME NECESSARY ORORDIDESIRNANCES NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS AS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OFCHARTER, THIS SECTION. ABLE TO 2.

IMPLEMENT PROVISIONS OF THISThat, SECTION. SECTION AND BE ITTHE FURTHER RESOLVED, if adopted, this amendment SECTION AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, if adopted, this amendment takes effect on2.July 1, 2013. takes effect on July 1, 2013.

FOR CHARTERFOR AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT

AGAINST CHARTERAGAINST AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT

QUESTION K QUESTION K Charter Amendment – Municipal Elections Charter Amendment – Municipal Elections FOR the purpose of confirming State Legislation, by providing for the election of the FOR purpose ofand confirming State and Legislation, the election the Mayor, thethe Comptroller, the President Membersbyofproviding the City for Council in 2016 ofand the Comptroller, President Members thethose City elected Councilinin2011; 2016and and inMayor, every succeeding fourth and year;the adjusting theand terms of officeoffor in every succeeding fourthtoyear; adjustingvoters the terms office those or elected in 2011; and submitting this amendment the qualified of theofCity for for adoption rejection. submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

BY proposing an amendment to BY proposing amendment to Article III - Cityan Council Article III City Council Section(s) 2(a)(1) Section(s)City 2(a)(1) Baltimore Charter (1996 Edition) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) Article IV - Mayor Article IV1(a)(1) - Mayor Section(s) Section(s) 1(a)(1) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) Article V - Comptroller Article V1(a)(1) - Comptroller Section(s) Section(s) 1(a)(1) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALSECTION 1. BE RESOLVED

BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the IT City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: TIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter Baltimore CityCouncil Charter Article III – City Article III – City Council § 2. Members.

2. Members. (a)§ Election and term. (a) Election (1) The votersand shallterm. elect the members of the City Council on the Tuesday next after the first (1) The voters shall elect the members of the City Council on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November [2007] 2016, and on the same day and month in every succeeding Monday in November [2007] 2016, and on the same day and month in every succeeding fourth year. fourth year.

Article IV – Mayor Article IV – Mayor

§ 1. Election, term, etc. (a)§ Election and term, qualifications.

1. Election, etc.

(1) votersand of Baltimore City shall elect a Mayor on the Tuesday next after the first Mon(a)The Election qualifications. day in November [2007] 2016, andshall on the same day and in every succeeding fourth (1) The voters of Baltimore City elect a Mayor onmonth the Tuesday next after the first Monyear. day in November [2007] 2016, and on the same day and month in every succeeding fourth Article year. V – Comptroller § Article 1. Election, term, etc.; Deputy Comptroller, staff.

V – Comptroller (a)§ Election and term, qualifications; term;Comptroller, salary.

1. Election, etc.; Deputy staff.

(1) The voters of Baltimore City shall a Comptroller of the City on the Tuesday next (a) Election and qualifications; term;elect salary. after the first Monday in November [2007] 2016, and on theof same day and month in every (1) The voters of Baltimore City shall elect a Comptroller the City on the Tuesday next succeeding fourth year. after the first Monday in November [2007] 2016, and on the same day and month in every SECTION ANDyear.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Mayor, the Comptroller, succeeding2.fourth and the President and Members of the City Council who areThat holding office when this amendSECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Mayor, the Comptroller, ment is ratified will each hold office for an additional year and until their respective succesand the President and Members of the City Council who are holding office when this amendsors have been elected and hold qualified. ment is ratified will each office for an additional year and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.

FOR AGAINST CHARTERFOR AMENDMENT CHARTERAGAINST AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION L CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION L Charter Amendment – Minority Party Representation on Boards and Commissions Charter Amendment – Minority Party Representation on Boards and Commissions FOR the purpose of allowing voters registered as unaffiliated or as third party members to sit onFOR City the boards and commissions as minority partyasrepresentatives; defining a certain term; to purpose of allowing voters registered unaffiliated or as third party members generally relating toand minority party representation on City boards and commissions; and term; sit on City boards commissions as minority party representatives; defining a certain submitting amendment to the qualified voters ofon theCity Cityboards for adoption or rejection.and generally this relating to minority party representation and commissions; submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

BY proposing to amend Article IV - Mayor BY proposing to amend Section(s) Article IV8 - Mayor Baltimore Section(s)City 8 Charter (1996 Edition) Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) SECTION 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, ThatIT theRESOLVED City Charter BY is proposed to be amended to readCOUNCIL as follows:OF SECTION 1. BE THE MAYOR AND CITY BALTIMORE, That the City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Charter Article IV.City Mayor Baltimore Charter Article IV. Mayor § 8. Minority party representation.

Except as otherwise provided in the Charter or by other law, at least one member, in the case § 8. Minority party representation. ofExcept commissions or boards composed not more than fivelaw, members, least twoin the case as otherwise provided in theofCharter or by other at leastand oneatmember, members, in the case of commissions composed more thanand fiveatmembers, of commissions or boards composedor ofboards not more than fiveofmembers, least two shall bemembers, registeredinvoters [of of thecommissions minority party] in Baltimore CityofWHO REGIS- shall the case or boards composed moreARE than NOT five members, TERED AS MEMBERS MAJORITY PARTY. The [“minority party”] be registered voters [of OF the THE minority party] in Baltimore City WHO ARE NOT“MAJORITY REGISPARTY” be that political partyMAJORITY which had the [second] number of registered TEREDshall AS MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. Thelargest [“minority party”] “MAJORITY voters at theshall timebeofthat the political municipal election the largest date of number the appointment.

PARTY” party whichnext hadpreceding the [second] of registered voters at the time of the municipal election next preceding the date of the appointment.

FOR AGAINST CHARTERFOR AMENDMENT CHARTERAGAINST AMENDMENT CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION M CHARTER AMENDMENT QUESTION M Charter Amendment - Biennial Quadrennial Agency Audits Charter Amendment - Biennial Quadrennial Agency Audits For the purpose of requiring all certain City agencies to have their operations audited at least For oncethe during everyofsecond fiscal 4-year term of the Mayor City Council; audited definingat purpose requiring allyear certain City agencies to haveand their operations certain terms; specifying who may conduct the audits; certain providing for least once during every second fiscal year 4-year termrequiring of the Mayor andreports; City Council; defining a certain stagger terms; in order going thewho audits, and generally to the biennial of City agencies specifying may conduct the relating audits; requiring certainaudit reports; providing for and submitting this going amendment to theand qualified voters of the for adoption a stagger in order the audits, generally relating toCity the biennial auditor ofrejection.

City agencies and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the City for adoption or rejection.

BY adding BY adding Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies Article 1 9-1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies Section(s) through 9-5, to be under the new subtitle, Section(s) 9-1 through 9-5, to be under the new subtitle, "Subtitle 9. Agency Audits" "Subtitle City 9. Agency Baltimore Code Audits" Baltimore City Code (Edition 2000) (Edition 2000) By proposing to add By proposing to add Departments Article VII - Executive Article VII Section(s) 4.5- Executive Departments Section(s)City 4.5Charter Baltimore Baltimore City Charter (1996 Edition) (1996 Edition) SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF SECTION 1. BE ORDAINED RESOLVED

BY THE MAYOR AND to CITY COUNCIL Charter is proposed be amended to OF BALTIMORE, ThatITthe Laws of Baltimore City City BALTIMORE, read as follows: That the Laws of Baltimore City City Charter is proposed to be amended to read as follows: Baltimore City Code Baltimore Article 1. Mayor, City Council,City andCode Municipal Agencies Article 1. SUBTITLE Mayor, City Council, andAUDITS Municipal Agencies 9. AGENCY SUBTITLE 9. City AGENCY AUDITS Baltimore Charter Baltimore CityDepartments Charter Article VII. Executive ArticleGeneral VII. Executive Departments Provisions General Provisions § 9 1. DEFINITIONS. § 9IN1. GENERAL. DEFINITIONS. (A) IN GENERAL. IN(A) THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. INAGENCY THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. (B) (B) AGENCY "AGENCY" MEANS: "AGENCY" MEANS: BOARD, COMMISSION, COUNCIL, AUTHORITY, COMMIT(1) ANY DEPARTMENT, (1) ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, COMMISSION, COUNCIL, AUTHORITY, COMMITTEE, TEE, OR OTHER UNIT OF CITY GOVERNMENT; AND OFFICE, OFFICE, OR OTHER UNIT OF CITY GOVERNMENT; (2) ANY INDIVIDUAL NOT EMBRACED IN A UNIT OFAND CITY GOVERNMENT WHO (2) ANY INDIVIDUAL NOT EMBRACED IN A UNIT OF CITY GOVERNMENT WHO EXERCISES EXERCISES COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE HEAD OF A UNIT OF CITY AUTHORITY AUTHORITY COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE HEAD OF A UNIT OF CITY GOVERMENT GOVERMENT (C) AUDIT: § (C) 4.5.AUDIT: AGENCY AUDITS. § 4.5.

AGENCY AUDITS. (A) DEFINITIONS. DEFINITIONS. (l)(A) GENERAL. GENERAL. IN(l)THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. INAUDIT. THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. (2) AUDIT. MEANS AN AUDIT UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENER(I)(2) "AUDIT" (I) "AUDIT" MEANS AN AUDIT UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND FEDERAL AND STATE ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. LAW. (II) "AUDIT" INCLUDES BOTH: (II)A"AUDIT" INCLUDES BOTH: (A) FINANCIAL AUDIT OF AN AGENCY'S FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, (A) A FINANCIAL AUDIT OF AN AGENCY'S FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING ALL ACCOUNTS, REVENUES, AND RECEIPTS; AND INCLUDING ALL ACCOUNTS, REVENUES, AND RECEIPTS; (B) A PERFORMANCE AUDIT THAT ASSESSES AN AGENCY'S AND PRACTICES TO (B) A PERFORMANCE THAT ASSESSES AN AGENCY'S PRACTICES TO DETERMINE WHETHERAUDIT THE AGENCY IS OPERATING ECONOMICALL Y AND DETERMINEAND WHETHER THE CORRECTIVE AGENCY IS OPERATING ECONOMICALL AND EFFICIENTLY WHETHER ACTIONS FOR IMPROVINGYITS PEREFFICIENTLY AND WHETHER CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR IMPROVING ITS PERFORMANCE ARE APPROPRIATE. FORMANCE ARE APPROPRIATE.

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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY INVITATION FOR BIDS DUKELAND ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM UPGRADE IFB NUMBER: B-1709-12

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (“HABC”) will issue an Invitation for Bids (“IFB”) for qualified and interested vendors to submit sealed bids to upgrade the electrical distribution system located at Dukeland 1800 Blk. Westwood Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216.

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A non-mandatory pre-proposals conference will be held on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 416, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202.

HABC has established a minimum goal of twenty percent (20%) of the total dollar amount of the proposed contract for Minority Business Enterprise (“MBE”) utilization, applicable to all minority and non-minority businesses proposing to provide the requested services as the prime contractor. No goal has been established for participation of Women-owned businesses (“WBEs”), however, HABC strongly encourages and affirmatively promotes the use of WBEs in all HABC contracts.

Housing Authority of Baltimore City Office of the Comptroller, Procurement Section 417 E. Fayette Street, Room 414 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Attention: John Airey, Chief of Contracting Services Tel: (410) 396-3261 Fax: (410) 962-1586

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Howard Snaps Losing Streak to Morgan State with Homecoming Win

By Ed Hill Jr. Special to the AFRO Morgan State failed a game-tying extra point kick to allow Howard University to escape with a 21-20 win in an Oct. 21 homecoming matchup before an overflow crowd of 10,305 at Greene Stadium in Washington, D.C. Trailing 21-14, the Bears (3-4 overall, 2-2 MEAC) rallied and made things interesting when they drove 89 yards in nine plays, scoring on a 35-yard gallop

by Morgan State sophomore quarterback Robert Council. From there, Morgan State set up the potential game-tying extra point.

Morgan State’s Robert Miranda snapped the ball, but it went slightly over the head of the holder Saquan Moody, who reached up to grab it. Instead, the ball was tipped by placekicker Earvin Gonzalez, who attempted to salvage the play by passing for a two-point conversion. His pass was intercepted by junior linebacker Tabrian Resby.

“In all of our wins, special teams have shown up in a big way,” said Howard Coach Gary Harrell. “We were fortunate that Morgan State

missed that snap at the end. We are trying to get away from these kinds of wins; we want to win

convincingly.”

The Bison (5-2 overall, 4-1 MEAC) took over on downs and ran out the clock to

snap a seven-game losing streak to Morgan State.

Howard senior running back Terrance Leffall finished with 134 yards on 26 carries, marking the third time that he has reached that mark this season.

Howard sophomore quarterback Greg McGhee added 44 yards on 10 carries as the Bison amassed 259 yards on the ground.

Morgan State senior running back Travis Davidson led the Bears with 104 yards and two scores while Council was 11 of 20 for 131 yards.

Defensively, the Bison got a sterling performance from Resby, who recorded 13 tackles, a sack and two tackles for losses. Senior linebackers Anthony Whitlow and Keith Pough each had 10 tackles and junior safety Julien David chipped with 9 tackles, a tackle for a loss and a forced fumble.

“This was a must win, not only because it was homecoming, but because it is an MEAC game,” explained Harrell. “Our goal is to finish these last five games 5-0, so this is a good start.”

Virginia Union Hands Bowie State a Setback Loss

By Greg Goings Special to the AFRO Virginia Union University used a 16-point second quarter to gain all the momentum needed en route to a 37-13 victory over Bowie State University on Oct. 20 in Richmond, Va. The win improved Virginia Union’s record to 4-4 overall (2-3 CIAA). Bowie State fell to 4-4 overall (2-3 CIAA Redshirt quarterback Jared Johnston led the Bowie State

offense with 98 passing yards, completing nine-of-19 passes with one interception before being pulled in the third quarter.

Redshirt sophomore Keith Brown was Bowie State’s top rusher with 68 yards on 18 carries and junior Corwin Acker added 60 rushing yards on 12 carries. Redshirt junior Delante White paced the Bulldogs defense with eight tackles in the loss.

Another bright spot for Bowie State was the play of junior

Anthony Gary, who recorded two interceptions, two pass breakups and collected five tackles.

The Bowie State defense surrendered 250 total yards in the first half, but only allowed Virginia Union 71 total yards in the second half.

“We had the ball in red zone several times off defensive turnovers but were unable to take advantage of the opportunities”, said Bowie State head coach Damon Wilson.

Virginia Union was led offensively by freshman quarterback Kenneth Graham who was 13-of-30 on passing attempts with 112 yards, but was intercepted three times.

Senior running back Jerrell Washington led the Panthers in rushing with 73 yards on 19 carries. The Panthers defense was led by senior linebacker Obi Ezemma with a game-high nine tackles and senior linebacker Dominique Anderson added eight total tackles and a fumble returned

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Despite receiving fewer first-place votes in the coaches’ poll, the Wildcats edged the Tigers out by two pints (150 to 148).

B-CU pummeled defending national champion Norfolk State 48-3 on Oct. 17.

Spots Nos. 3 – 8 remained the same from last week with four of the six teams winning. Alabama State, and Alabama A&M who received the other first place vote had the week off.

Jackson State and South Carolina State both re-entered the top rankings this week, the Tigers coming off a 14-7 double overtime homecoming victory over Mississippi Valley State and the Bulldogs defeating Florida A&M 27-20 in overtime.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTION The City Temple of Baltimore (Baptist) The Concert Choir and the

Liturgical Dance Ministry will be featured in the church’s 42nd Anniversary Concert,

6 p.m., Oct. 28. For more information, call the church office at 410-462-4800, the

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New Shiloh Baptist Church The Progressive Shiloh Workers of the New Shiloh Baptist Church will sponsor the Morgan State University Choir in concert, 6 p.m., Nov. 11 in the main sanctuary at 2100 N. Monroe St. in west Baltimore. The performance will mark 40 years of continuous and ongoing assistance in helping deserving students realize their goals of attending college. The theme for the year is “Celebrating 40 Years of Academic Achievement: Past and Present.”

For further information, contact the church office at 410-523-5306. The Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Sr. and the Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Jr. pastor the church.

The United House of Prayer for All People The Community Concert Choir of Baltimore presents its annual fall concert, “The Light of the World,” 4 p.m., Nov. 4, at the United House of Prayer for All People, 3401 Edgewood Road in Baltimore. Proceeds from a freewill offering will benefit Educational Activities Programs of Alpha Phi Alpha (Delta Lambda Chapter) for youth in Baltimore area schools. A fellowship reception will follow the concert.

Dr. Marco K. Merrick is founding director of the choir.

Dr. W. Patrick Alston is the organist and Jimothy Rogers, the accompanist. The Rev. Timothy McFadden is concert chair; R. Anthony Mills, cochair. Steven D. King is the fraternity president. For more information or to make a donation, visit DeltaLambda. org.

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Halle and Hanks Star in Film of Sci-Fi Best-Seller Cloud Atlas Film Review by Kam Williams

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Based on David Mitchell’s groundbreaking novel of the same name, Cloud Atlas offers an intriguing and visually-captivating cinematic experience that’s well worth the investment for its unorthodox narrative alone.

Be forewarned, however, that you would be well advised to arrive at the theater already familiar with the cryptic best seller’s inscrutable plot structure, if you hope to have a decent idea about what’s going on.

Since I hadn’t read the British Book Award-winner, I initially found myself quite baffled by the surrealistic saga’s elliptical storyline. Still, I was able to enjoy it immensely after gradually discerning the underlying method to the time-shifting madness.

It essentially consists of a half-dozen isolated adventures which ultimately interlock despite unfolding over the course of past, present and future eras. They transpire in locales as far afield as a Pacific atoll in the 1840s, Cambridge, England in the 1930s, San Francisco in the 1970s, current-day London, Korea in the 2140s and a post apocalyptic Hawaii in the 2340s.

Meanwhile, their equally-diverse themes range from slavery to gay love to corporate mind control.

It took a collaboration by a trio of noted directors, Tom Twyker (Run Lola Run) and Andy and Lana (formerly Larry) Wachowski (The Matrix), to execute this ambitious, $100 million, big screen adaptation. In addition, the principal cast members, including Oscar-winners Tom Hanks (for Philadelphia and Forest Gump), Halle Berry (for Monster’s Ball), Susan Sarandon (for Dead Man Walking) and Jim Broadbent (for Iris), each play multiple versions of reincarnated characters.

Nonetheless, Cloud Atlas is as much a morality play about human fears, frailties and failings as it is a mind-bending sci-fi mystery. For, while you’re busy deciphering complicated clues, the picture intermittently indulges in pretentious fortune cookie philosophy prompting reflection upon the deeper meaning of life.

Hence, the dialogue is needlessly diminished by preachy poster speak like “Separation is an illusion,” “To know yourself is only possible through the eyes of another,” and “From womb to tomb we are bound to others” designed to hit you over the head with a simplistic New Age message. Another minor flaw is the film’s almost three-hour running time, which can easily be explained by the directors’ desire to remain as faithful to the 544-page source material as possible, rather than conflate characters, condense chapters and make other concessions for the sake of a Hollywood formula.

A cleverly-concealed, centuries-spanning head-scratcher constructed with fans of the original sextet of stories in mind.

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In English and Spanish with subtitles Running time: 172 minutes Distributor: Warner Brothers To see a trailer for Cloud Atlas, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8IIxXjtpQk& feature=relmfu

Oprah Returns to Big Screen in The Butler Kimberly C. Roberts Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune

Academy Award nominee Oprah Winfrey, who has not appeared in a film since the 1998 release “Beloved,” will return to the big screen in Lee Daniels’ “The Butler,” a starstudded feature film inspired by a former White House butler.

Currently in production in New Orleans, “The Butler,” starring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, is based on a screenplay by Danny Strong and Lee Daniels and inspired by Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about Cecil Gaines (Eugene Allen in real life), an African-American man who served as a butler to eight Presidents in the White House for over 30 years. From this unique vantage point, “The Butler” traces the dramatic changes that swept American society, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family.

Winfrey, who will play Cecil Gaines’ wife, Gloria Gaines, received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Sophia in Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple,” and reportedly stepped away from the film industry after “Beloved,” produced by Winfrey and directed by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme, did not perform well at the box office. Over the years however, she has provided voiceovers for the children’s feature films “Charlotte’s Web,” “Bee Movie” and “The Princess and the Frog.”

In 2010, Winfrey produced “Precious,” the feature film that garnered a “Best Director” Oscar nomination for Lee Daniels and the Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actress” Reminisce about childhood memories and enjoy the following activities: for Mo’ Nique.

Reports say that in “The Butler,” the “sassy” Gloria Gaines is introduced when 11 a.m. she is 22 years old, and ages Growing Up AFRO and Oral History to 90 as the film progresses.

Bring your family to participate in mini-oral history sessions and The award-winning cast learn how to conduct an oral history interview. Participants are also includes Mariah Carey, encouraged to bring a recording device.

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Butler Films to distribute “The Butler,” said, “Lee tells stories in a way that no one else does.

What struck me most about this story is the perspective it comes from, which in this case is the butler — a man who was a fly on the wall for decades in the world’s most powerful home. It takes an unbelievable cast like the one that’s in place to do this story justice, and we are proud to be given the chance to share this story with the world.”

Producer Pamela Oas Williams added, “This has been a passion project for all involved and we are thrilled to be able to see Laura Ziskin’s vision for this film realized and know it will be a lasting tribute to her incredible career.”

“The Paperboy,” Daniels’ latest release featuring Macy Gray, Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman and John Cusack is now in theaters.

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“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.” Dawna Markova “Thank you for being my friend…” My phone rang as I walked into Ruth’s Chris Steak House Pikesville, on the line was a friend who wanted to know what I was doing.

The next thing I know they showed up and said, let’s ride. Being flexible and spontaneous I agreed, as I mentally envisioned the meal I had planned to order. I was told don’t ask any questions so I was caught up in the idea of a mystery ride. As my stomach rumbled, I thought, “maybe I should have eaten.” The torrential rain made it difficult to read the signs but after many turns, we arrived at Stanford Grill in Columbia.

We walked into a cozy restaurant to the sounds of a jazz combo “killing me softly” with the mellow sounds. It was reminiscent of

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nights at Ed Murphy’s Supper Club in D.C. and Baltimore’s Prime Rib where Charles Harris, Monte Poulston and Claude Hubbard commanded the music.

“I must be dreaming.” I was mesmerized as we bypassed the dining room for a seat at the spacious bar surrounded by high-top tables to listen to the combo with a stand-up bass player. The extensive menu included salmon and prime rib. Since this place reminded me of the Prime Rib Restaurant, I ordered the prime rib. The huge slab was perfect. The bartender Jeff Nelson was superb and well versed on the menu and the twelve beers on tap. The dessert list was mouth-watering as he zealously described each item. I rarely order dessert always saving my calories for homemade but finally after a little nudging I ordered the bread pudding with grand marnier sauce, next time I will order crème’ brûlée.

The staff arrived with the bread pudding and a scoop of vanilla ice cream compliments of Jeff the bartender. The restaurant at 8900 Stanford Boulevard is the perfect place to watch the Ravens, spend an intimate evening or happy- hour enjoying the roaring fireplace and friendly staff.

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 A requiem for two heavyweight fighters, Terri Patterson and Shannon Hawkins both died this month after losing a courageous and victorious battle to breast cancer.

“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them.”

Mozart’s Requiem The uniqueness of these young women was unveiled in the celebration of their life.

They lived a life that was full and was to be celebrated not

mourned.

Family and friends described Terri Patterson as a fighter, a person that enjoyed life and could tackle anything. Her latest bout with breast cancer proved too much for Terri and changed her status from survivor to a saint. Living her life freely, her celebration of life captured the essence of her spirit.

“I come to the garden alone,” We gathered outside in the gardens of Michael’s 8th Avenue on a glorious morning beneath a beautiful blue sky “while the dew was still on the roses.”

“In the midst of it all” was Terri’s pink casket majestically placed on the raised gothic gazebo, bordered by rose bushes as if approaching the “stairway to heaven.”

The flow of the water fountains presented a portrait of peace and serenity.

We are sending pink orchids to Odyssey Gray and staff from Russ Funeral Home who were so debonair in their pink ties in honor of Terri and breast cancer.

“Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea.” Alfred Lord Tennyson Shannon wanted no sympathy as she fought the return of cancer, never complaining as she donned her fedora and continued to live the life she enjoyed. She was adamant to parents, Tony and Paula that there be no mourning, when her soul returned home, but

a gathering of family and friends celebrating her life.

“Don’t cry for me baby, I’ll be back with you one day soon. I know that life can make it hard today when the one you love is gone away. But you have to be strong, you must carry on…” Brownstone “There’s a sweet sweet spirit in this place.”

The essence of Shannon was evident as guests gathered at The Hopkins Club for a luncheon celebrating her life, her gift of love and her exuberant spirit. On the worn antique table were pictures of Shannon as a little girl with her long braids and Shannon during her final days with her fedora fashionably resting on her beautiful head minus the hair, still looking like the little girl, content, happy and at peace.

“Live your life so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.” Cherokee Proverb Our prayers to Iota Phi Theta Fraternity on the death of their founder Charles Gregory, to Joyce McCrea’s family and the family of Larry Causion.

It’s your birthday! Wade Taylor, Lyberia “Libby” Massey, Toni Greene, Colin Daniels The Opelousas Massacre occurred Oct. 15, 1868, hundreds of Blacks slain over voting rights.

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Baltimore Co. Police helicopter

Earl Adams, Eagle Scout

Reciting the Boy Scout Oath

Balto. Co. Bomb Squad demo

Kobe Kemp, Dr. Cyril Byron, Barry Williams, Lemuel A. Lewie and Kordell Kemp

CW4 Fred Ellwein; Ethan V. Draddy, BSA CEO; Sgt.1st class Matthew Huddleston and Vic Bernson, event chair

Kobe Kemp, Kevin Kemp and Kordell Kemp Dayna Jackson, Braxton Spruell, son, Bernard Pitts, St. Pius Pk 787

Brandon Rohrbach, Aletha Franklin, Aaron Jones, Kendell Adson, Leo Mesamours and Tony Adson

The Baltimore Area Council of Boy Scouts of America celebrated their 100th year with an Anniversary Camporee, Oct. 5-7, in Oregon Ridge Park.

The weekend that was crammed full of activities included service projects benefitting Fisher House, which provided free or low government lodging to military families receiving treatment at military medical centers. Scouts participated in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) programs.

There was also the opportunity to take the Scout Strong PALA Challenge, a collaboration between the BSA and the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Challenge, a program of the President’s Council on Fitness Sports and Nutrition. Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson served as honorary chair. Barry Williams is the board chair of the Baltimore Area Council.

Explorer Kai Wah, Ofc. Kevin M. Vaught Sr., Explorer Tyon Conway

Taadhameka Kennedy, Angie Griggs, Denise Shoemaker and Joe Spellman

Standing L-R Ethan Draddy, LaShawn Green, Earl Adams, Vic Benson, Justin Tisdale, STEM award winner; and Justin Cammack

Calberta Bert Williams, Unsung Hero-Lay Organization Lay Gala Event-GRACE A.M.E.

Reginald F. Lewis District Scouts, Troop 8548, Pk 4412, Pk 605 Photos by Anderson Ward

Estelle B. Bacon, Lay Organization of GRACE AME Church

Estelle B. Bacon Lay Organization of GRACE A.M.E. Church

Estelle B. Bacon Memorial Tribute From left: Harriett Dunlap; Brenda Jones; Bernard Bacon, husband; Rommel Bacon, son and Olivia Borden

The Grace AME Church LAY Organization of Catonsville, under the pastorate of the Rev. Howard C. Wright and local LAY President Jacqueline H. Thomas held its Centennial Celebration of the Connectional Lay Organization, Sept. 30, at the Turf Valley Resort. Sister Valerie Bell, 2nd Episcopal District Lay President was the keynote speaker.

The atmosphere was full of excitement from the moment you walked in being greeted with a smile, vendors lined the halls, cameras flashing and so much more. The entertainment sounds of jazz by musician Gary Stewart Jr. with his Jazz Ensemble filled the air; the youth are on the move along with Baltimore’s own soloist, Dawn Hudgins.

During the dinner, Flair Modeling Agency showed the latest fashion from hats to full length furs.

As the evening continued, the keynote speaker, Valerie Bell 2nd Episcopal District LAY President, delivered powerful words of encouragement regarding “Being on the Walls,” our walls of faith and building together.

She shared the history of LAY persons making a difference in the church.

The gathering remembered and honored Estelle B. Bacon, a member of Grace AME for more than 22 years. And because of her unselfish work, the organization is renamed as The Estelle B. Bacon LAY Del. Melvin Stukes, Organization of Grace African Methodist Episcopal Church 44th District Photos by Anderson Ward

Sister Valerie G. Bell, keynote speaker, President Second Episcopal District Lay Organization.

Jean Wilson Richie, President-Baltimore Conference Lay Organization

Pastor Rev. Howard C. Wright, GRACE A.M.E. Church Lay President of GRACE A.M.E. Church

Music provided by the GRACE A.M.E. Jazz Ensemble

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More than 750 religious leaders from throughout Maryland rallied, Oct. 23, at the Southern Asian Seventh-day Adventist Church in

Silver Spring to launch the final push for Question 4, the Maryland DREAM Act. Jews, Catholics, Episcopalians, Baptists, Presbyterians, Seventhday Adventists, Methodists, and

Evangelicals, in one voice, explained the importance of Question 4 for Maryland’s future. Participants were also trained in voter mobilization and made specific voter contact commitments for the final push before

Election Day. Maryland Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) has trained over 540 clergy and lay leaders to organize their communities in support of the MD DREAM Act including having congregations hold Dream Sundays where they talk from the pulpit about the importance of voting “For 4.”

Washington, D.C.

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As a way to educate children and get them excited about Election Day, Madame Tussauds Washington D.C. is hosting its first ever Kid’s Election Day, 7 to 10 a.m., Nov. 3. The event will provide children with the chance to let their voices be heard and learn about the election process in a fun and entertaining environment.

At the event, kids will enter the Presidents Gallery

by Madame Tussauds, 1001 F Street, NW (corner of 10th & F Streets), and register to vote at mock Virginia, Maryland and DC tables. From there they will step into an authentic voting station to decide whether Mitt Romney or Barack Obama should be the next president, just days before the rest of the country votes. The final vote will be tallied and the children’s choice for President will be announced at 10 a.m., proving that kids have a voice too. Admission is free for children 12-yearsold and under, and $10 for those 13 and up.

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Up-to-the moment election results for the Nov. 6 General Election will be accessible on the Montgomery County home page to anyone with Internet access.

Early Voting returns will be tabulated on Election Day and will be available as soon after 8 p.m. as possible. Returns from Election Day polling places will be available beginning at 9:20 p.m. on Nov. 6 and will be updated every 20 minutes. Citizens who do not have internet access are invited to visit the Board of Elections, 18753 N. Frederick Avenue, Suite 210, Gaithersburg, where election results will be displayed in the lower level training room as the votes are counted.

Results may be found at www.777vote. org or at www. montgomerycountymd.gov/ elections where an electionrelated logo will provide a link directly to the Board of Elections return page, as well as links to the Prince George’s County, state, and national election returns.

The direct link to the Board of Elections returns page is www.777vote.org/ electionresults/elec_results. html.

For more information on the Board of Elections web site, contact Marjorie Roher at 240-777-8525, or via e-mail at margie.roher@ montgomerycountymd.gov.