For the November 2014 & 2016 General Elections I ran for DC Council Chairman as a member of the DC Statehood Green Party. If you wish to support my future candidacy or this blog, please send a check marked ELECT G. LEE AIKIN, to 1754 Swann St., NW, Washington, DC 20009. My current biggest issue is saving McMillan Park from a NO-BID developer.
Year 2015:
11/25/15 DC Government Fails to Use $Millions of HUD Money, In Apparent Effort to Speed Up Gentrification (guest post Angela White Narain)
11/19/15 Excelon/PEPCO takeover, PSC Hearing Nov. 17 & 18, 2015. They Desperately Need Our Ratepayers. Testimony from anti-Exelon Witnesses
11/19/15 DC PSC Community Hearing Witness List for 11-17 & 18, 2015 Hearing (condensed)
9/28/15 Hajj: Muslim Tragedy in Mecca - Mass Casualties in 2015 Hajj, Cause & Prevention?
8/14/15 Chinese Disasters - Environment and Social Problems of Rapid Development
4/15/15 DC Taxes - 2015 Update: GOOD and BAD News, This Could Save YOU Money
2/19/15 A Solar Energy Revolution in Washington, DC Could Inspire the World (guest post Don Wharton)
1/21/15 Exelon/PEPCO Merger--Is It Good for DC Residents?
Year 2014:
11/12/14 McMillan Park, an Opportunity for DC Council to Serve the People Not Developers (guest additions from Daniel Wolkoff and Kirby Vining)
10/21/14 Shipping Containers Homes, Can Creative Use Help Solve the Low Cost Housing Crisis?
10/6/14 HOW MANY EBOLA VICTIMS COULD BIG PHARMA KILL? If They and the Medical Establishment Don't Try Low Cost Available Treatments
10/3/14 DC Taxes to come down in 2019?, or NOT, as DC Council Approves 2 Tax Revision Commission Recommendations to FINALLY Put $85 million Annually in Our Pockets!
9/22/14 Free DC: The US Capital is the Last Plantation (guest post Scott McLarty)
9/20/14 G. Lee Aikin answers DC Alliance of Youth Advocates, Candidate Questionnaire
9/12/14 DC Mayoral race, 2014, Catania and Schwartz Views on Small Entrepreneurs/Street Vendors (1998)
9/9/14 G. Lee Aikin, Experience, Goals & Hopes, as Candidate, Chairman, DC Council, 2014
8/14/14 DC Elections Heat Up: Out to See the Action at DC for Democracy
3/18/14 DC Council Approval of 2 Tax Revision Commission Recommendations Will Put $85 Million Annually in Our Pockets
3/10/14 - League of Women Voters Questionnaire--Tax Revision Comm., Affordable Housing, Electoral Reform, Charter/Public Schools
3/4/14 We Must Implement DC Marijuana Laws--Decriminalization & Legalization
1/17/14 Pres. Obama, "Save the Middle Class;" Sen. McCain, "Put an End to Greed!"
1/11/14 Congress Illustrates DC's Need for Statehood Once Again: Prohibits Using Our Tax $$
Year 2013:
12/8/13 Keystone XL Pipeline, Prevent Future Tragedy Now: Qingdao Pipeline Explosion Kills 62
11/18/13 Can Our Middle Class be Saved by DC Tax Revision Commission?
9/5/13 $12 Minimum Wage Sought for Montgomery Co., MD; and DC Mayor's $12.50 LRAA Decision
9/3/13 INDEX of all Posts, Recent to Oldest, Dates, Titles (Click to Updated Index)
9/1/13 50th Anniversary MLK March - Statehood Dreams, Personal Memories
8/13/13 The LOWV questionnaire from 3/27/12 was jumped to this date??
8/1013 DC $12.50 Living Wage, & Walmart Blackmail (and Perry Redd)
4/22/13 DC Special Election, At Large Candidates, April 23, 2013
4/15/13 Boston Marathon Bombing, Summary & Updates
4/4/13 DC Emancipation Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
4/1/13 Straw Bale Buildings & Solar for a Sustainable Earth
2/8/13 DC At Large Council Vote 4-23-13, Perry Redd DCSGP Candidate
2/8/13 Perry Redd, At Large, DC Statehood Green Party Candidate
1/6/13 New Congress has more Women, Especially Women (guest post Jo Freeman)
Year 2012:
11/5/12 Unemployment Crisis, 5th post - A New National Lifestyle, (a 6 part series)
11/4/12 Unemployment Crisis, 4th post - A New National Lifestyle
11/2/12 Unemployment Crisis, 3rd post - A New National Lifestyle
10/27/12 Unemployment Crisis, 2nd post - A New National Lifestyle
10/26/12 Unemployment Crisis, 1st post - A New National Lifestyle
10/21/12 Saving Social Security, Wage Cap, Marriage Penalty, Failure to Index
10/17/12 Council/Mayor Expulsion for Felony on Nov. Ballot
9/29/12 DC Sacrifice, Blood & Lives, Merit Statehood
9/13/12 Chicago School/Conservative Views of Economy (guest post Don Wharton)
9/4/12 Are You Better Off Today vs 4 Years Ago: "Better" Defined
8/26/12 Rape & Republicans: Their Rape Ideology & Tod Akin Ignorance
8/6/12 Obesity Epidemic, Diabetes, Sugar, Fat and "Obamacare"
7/25/12 Spam Scams from Craigslist and Elsewhere, Buying, Selling, Renting, Responding
6/29/12 Obama/Roberts Empower Health Care - Now Our Duty Begins
6/16/12 A Solar Energy Revolution (guest post Don Wharton)
6/12/12 The Supreme Court, Anniversary of Another Big Mistake
6/12/12 DC Statehood Green "Shadow" Candidates' Declarations Accepted at BOEE, also Chairmanship vote announced
5/14/12 DC Tax Rates Hurt Working Poor & Middle Class, also Loss of Federal Payment
5/11/12 Harry Thomas Inspired Council Act Received by BOEE (and 10/7/12 update comment)
5/3/12 Ballot Access Update: More DC BOEE Fun and Games
4/30/12 DC 2013 Budget: Cut the Poor, Collect More Fines
4/22/12 Bd. of Elections & Ethics, Unethical Games??
4/22/12 McMillan Park Reservoir Development Planning
4/9/12 Let's Promote STATEHOOD and a GREEN City (11 ideas)
4/3/12 ARE YOU A FROG? Jump out, call DC Council (major tax inequities)
3/31/12 Saving Lower Income DC Taxpayers & Businesses
3/27/12 League of Women Voters Questionnaire (for G. Lee Aikin At Large, (repositioned at 8/13/13)
3/26/12 A Family History of Labor Activism (my biography with labor emphasis)
3/26/12 DC People Overtaxed & Underserves: or Rip Van Winkle Sleeps On
2/12/12 DC People Overpay for Years as Council Neglects Inflation Fixes (on DC taxes)
2/12/12 G. Lee Aikin, Experience, Goals, Hopes (my resume for At Large Council race)
10/17/12 Council/Mayor Expulsion for Felony on Nov. Ballot
9/29/12 DC Sacrifice, Blood & Lives, Merit Statehood
9/13/12 Chicago School/Conservative Views of Economy (guest post Don Wharton)
9/4/12 Are You Better Off Today vs 4 Years Ago: "Better" Defined
8/26/12 Rape & Republicans: Their Rape Ideology & Tod Akin Ignorance
8/6/12 Obesity Epidemic, Diabetes, Sugar, Fat and "Obamacare"
7/25/12 Spam Scams from Craigslist and Elsewhere, Buying, Selling, Renting, Responding
6/29/12 Obama/Roberts Empower Health Care - Now Our Duty Begins
6/16/12 A Solar Energy Revolution (guest post Don Wharton)
6/12/12 The Supreme Court, Anniversary of Another Big Mistake
6/12/12 DC Statehood Green "Shadow" Candidates' Declarations Accepted at BOEE, also Chairmanship vote announced
5/14/12 DC Tax Rates Hurt Working Poor & Middle Class, also Loss of Federal Payment
5/11/12 Harry Thomas Inspired Council Act Received by BOEE (and 10/7/12 update comment)
5/3/12 Ballot Access Update: More DC BOEE Fun and Games
4/30/12 DC 2013 Budget: Cut the Poor, Collect More Fines
4/22/12 Bd. of Elections & Ethics, Unethical Games??
4/22/12 McMillan Park Reservoir Development Planning
4/9/12 Let's Promote STATEHOOD and a GREEN City (11 ideas)
4/3/12 ARE YOU A FROG? Jump out, call DC Council (major tax inequities)
3/31/12 Saving Lower Income DC Taxpayers & Businesses
3/27/12 League of Women Voters Questionnaire (for G. Lee Aikin At Large, (repositioned at 8/13/13)
3/26/12 A Family History of Labor Activism (my biography with labor emphasis)
3/26/12 DC People Overtaxed & Underserves: or Rip Van Winkle Sleeps On
2/12/12 DC People Overpay for Years as Council Neglects Inflation Fixes (on DC taxes)
2/12/12 G. Lee Aikin, Experience, Goals, Hopes (my resume for At Large Council race)
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