Housing & Homeownership
- Support market-rate housing in Foggy Bottom, Chinatown, Logan Circle, and the Southwest
communities, in keeping with the historic neighborhood character
- Increase homeownership opportunities in Logan Circle and address resident and community
concerns at Claridge Towers, Horizon House, James Apartments, Frontier Housing Dwellings,
and the 1400 block of R Street
- Introduce legislation to increase university-student home ownership
- Develop plans for five thousand housing units to be built in downtown in three years
- Protect residents from displacement from their housing because of over-development
- Introduce legislation to seize nuisance properties
- Support legislation that will assist and protect residents that own or rent Cooperatives
- Support the continuation of Rent Control
- Introduce a tenants bill of rights
- Extend the First Time Home Buyers $5,000.00 Tax Credit
Parking
- Improve parking by supporting changes proposed by Georgetown's Neighborhood Pilot
Parking Program and the Dupont and Logan Circle Parking Task Force
- Engage local churches to assist in parking relief on weekends
- Research legislation regarding valet parking
Seniors
- Support new assisted living facilities in Foggy Bottom, Shaw, and the Southwest
communities
- Improve living conditions and outreach in public housing complexes
- Increase job training and employment opportunities for youth and seniors as part of
local economic development initiatives
City Government
- Improve health, housing, and sanitation inspection procedures
- Keep weekly constituent services hours at scheduled locations across Ward 2
- Improve health and sanitation Inspections, DCRA, DPH
- Support improvements with the outreach and implementation of Social Service Programs
that are administered by Department of Human Services, and Addiction Recovery and
Rehabilitation Administration
- Research the development of a Regional Recovery and Treatment Facility at Oak Hill
- Support increased Funding for Metro maintenance
- Require Metro to change all their diesel buses to natural gas by 2003
- Require the Department of Public Works to inspect and purchase equipment on a yearly
basis
- Continue to monitor the Water Treatment Facility at Blue Plains
Youth
- Improve youth employment, job training, and recreational outreach initiatives
- Support the creation of a policy-driven and productive School Board that is an asset to
the learning environment
Economic Development
- Support continued vibrant and diverse development on Connecticut Avenue, 14th Street,
7th Street, and the Theatre District
- Promote and increase opportunities to establish more resident-owned small businesses
- Support every effort to revive and bring quality retail to Downtown Metro Center
- Support Small Business Growth Tax Incentives
- Disburse Federal funding for Small Business Development in Ward 2 Enterprise Zones
Historic Preservation
- Preserve and protect historic landmarks and the historic character of Dupont, Foggy
Bottom, Georgetown, Burleith, Shaw, and all of Ward 2
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community
- John Fanning Supports the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Community
- Hold annual townhall meetings to address Gay and Lesbian concerns
- Require complete and thorough hate crimes investigations
- Champion the development of new assisted-living communities for Gay men and Lesbians
- Supports Gay Marriages
- Supports Power of Attorney
- Needle Exchange Program
- Medical Marijuana
- Support continued funding for Ryan White Care Act
- Unique identifiers for HIV & AIDS name reporting to the CDC
- Full funding for the Civilian Complaint Review Board and Office of Human Rights
- Diversity and Sensitivity Training for all DC Government Employees
- Support appointments of Gay and Lesbians to Boards and Commissions
Latino Community
- Establish the first Ward 2 Latino Task Force to address the needs and concerns of Ward
2's growing Latino population
- Provide more access to minority contracting
Taxes
- Introduce legislation to cut the Sales Tax to four percent
- Continue to Support the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit
- Continue to Support Homestead Tax Exemption
- Support the Low Income Tax Credit
- Cut pension taxes for senior citizens
Education
- Support pay parity for Principals and Teachers
- Support better study procedures for students before the Stanford 9 Testing
- Increase funding for Capital Improvements for School grounds and facilities
- Direct involvement of new hybrid School Board appointees
Health
- Support Insuring all DC Residents who do not have Health Care Coverage
Public Safety - Policing for Prevention
- Request for more Police Bike Patrols in residential neighborhoods
- Provide more oversight regarding hate crimes and murder investigations
- Support for Community Policing, PSAs:
- The District of Columbia is divided into 83 police service areas. The PSAs range in size
from several square blocks that make up a single neighborhood to a few square miles that
encompass several neighborhoods.
- Each PSA is led by a lieutenant, who is accountable for the overall quality of police
services on that PSA. The PSA lieutenant is assisted by a regular team of PSA sergeants
and officers. Individual residents, community organizations and other stakeholders work
with the PSA team by providing information, participating in PSA meetings and helping to
design and implement problem solving strategies.
- Support the Re-deployment of Police Officers to put more officers on the streets
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Dupont Circle
- No more private-club liquor licenses in residential neighborhoods
- Begin again the re-development planning process of the Dupont Circle Underground
- Support a Negotiable Public Space Policy
Foggy Bottom
- Stop the sale of city tax bonds for wealthy, tax exempt institutions
- Stop the sale of Engine Company #1 and the 2nd District Police sub-station
- Introduce legislation imposing a moratorium on the lease or sale of commercial and
residential property to George Washington University for further University expansion into
residential neighborhoods
Georgetown & Burleith
- No profit-making development by Med-Star Health at the Georgetown Hospital site
- Increase residential input concerning disbursement of city-owned school properties
- Introduce legislation imposing a moratorium on the lease or sale of commercial and
residential property to Georgetown University for further university expansion into
residential neighborhoods
- Develop a plan for DC agencies to help control under age drinking on M Street
- Monitoring and inventory of Public Hall Licenses
- Increase inspections for crowd control at ABC establishments
- Increase health and sanitation inspections at food establishments
Logan Circle & Blagden Alley
- Eliminate prostitution and consistently enforce laws that seize the automobiles of
prospective johns
- Targeted outreach initiatives to the homeless population with the ultimate goal of
bettering their lives and reducing the impact on quality of life
Shaw, Northwest One, & Chinatown
- Stop further Convention Center and new hotel development intrusion into residential
neighborhoods
- Increase employment opportunities at the Convention Center construction site and the
finished site for Shaw residents
- Turn on the lights at Kennedy Playground and Shaw Junior High recreation facilities and
keep them on until 10pm
- Develop a new outdoor swimming facility
- Eliminate open-air drug markets by addressing the root causes of the problem and demand
consistent police enforcement
- Seize nuisance properties of negligent landlords
Southwest
- Revitalize Waterside Mall and the Southwest Waterfront into a "Main Street"
shopping district
- Renovate Landsburg Park into a state-of-the-art recreational facility
- Expand the Arts and Theatre District into Southwest
- Support the residents on what development they would like on the Waterfront
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September 7, 2000
Dear Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual & Transgender Community,
I am writing to ask for your Vote and Support for my candidacy for Ward 2 City
Councilman, on Election Day, Tuesday September 12.
For the last eighteen years, as a long term resident of Ward 2, I have been an openly
gay activist working on your behalf, lobbying and supporting gay, lesbian and bisexual and
transgender causes and issues. I was first elected in 1990, as an openly gay candidate for
the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, then re-elected in 1992, as Vice-Chairman of ANC 2F,
Logan Circle. I have also been active with various political and social gay and lesbian
organizations. I was appointed to the Mayor's Office and the HIV & AIDS Community
Planning Committee in 1995, and assisted with the Ryan White Care Act Funding, I was also
instrumental in the distribution of HIV & AIDS services.
During my tenure as an ANC commissioner, I was able to work on some wonderful projects
like the development of the Whitman Walker Clinic's Elizabeth Taylor Medical Facility,
located at 14th & R Streets, NW. For years, I have participated and supported many
causes, including the annual AIDS WALK, AIDS RIDE and Capitol Pride Festivals, to name a
few. I will continue to be supportive of the many gay and lesbian owned and operated
businesses in our city that we so much rely on. Much work still needs to be done, both in
our community and city government.
I will continue to work on your behalf for all issues including, gay, lesbian, and
bisexual and transgender issues. I need your vote, please come out and vote and support
our efforts on Tuesday, September 12. Encourage your neighbors to vote, arrive with five.
Vote for John Fanning, #3 on the ballot!
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
John Fanning, Candidate
Ward 2 City Council |
