Move Duke Ellington School?(Commentary)(Editorials)

From: The Washington Times | Date: April 3, 1999 | Copyright information

Now that he has released his FY 2000 budget, Mayor Williams is taking his show on the road, chatting up civic leaders and ordinary folk about policies that he hopes will define his administration as one which reshapes and reforms the District. And reshape it he is.

In the wake of his proposal to move the University of the District of Columbia from its comfortable home in Northwest clean across town to Southeast, Mr. Williams floated another surprise idea Tuesday night:...

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