Council Members Plan Ward Offices: Alexandria Man Slays Himself
The eight D.C. City Council ward representatives are hoping to set up neighborhood offices in an effort to handle thousands of citizen complaints ÛÓranging from unreceived unemployment checks to a dirty mattressÛÓand to keep the new District government within reach of everyone.</br></br>ÐÊ ÛÏWe have to be where the people are ., . everytime they come downtown it's 80 cents,Û said Nadine Winter, council member from ward six. "We have the power to reorganize this government, and when we speak we must have our constituents behind us.Û</br></br>Each of the council members is coming up with ways to establish these offices in the absence .of city funds for such a purpose.</br></br>John Wilson, representative from ward two, said he has received free space for one office from the North Dupont Association and is looking for room in vacant government buildings for two more offices.</br></br>"Mary Helen Murphy (president of the North Dupont Association) cfelled me up to offer space in a garage/the association is renovating,Û said Wilson. ÛÏAnd the folks, in the Southwest area have asked me several times when I'll set up an office there."