{"id":18025,"date":"2025-07-25T16:47:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/?p=18025"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:59:40","slug":"news-roundup-mendelsons-deal-still-gives-away-the-land-fwd-fair-fridays-our-last-stand-and-then-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/18025","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup — Mendelson’s Deal Still Gives Away The Land —> Fwd: Fair Fridays: Our Last Stand (and then celebration!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monopoly Man Makes Mumbo Muriel Happy, Sets his Own Stadium Deal Terms Before the Public Hearing on July 29!<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n

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Hill Rag — July 25 — https:\/\/www.hillrag.com\/2025\/07\/25\/council-chair-reaches-deal-with-commanders-at-rfk\/Council<\/a> — Chair Reaches Deal With Commanders at RFK<\/div>\n
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WaPo — July 24 — https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/mendelson-reaches-deal-with-commanders-on-rfk-site-amid-growing-pressure\/ar-AA1Je1IP<\/a> — Mendelson reaches deal with Commanders on RFK site amid growing pressure<\/div>\n
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NBC Sports — July 24 — https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/d-c-council-sets-commanders-stadium-vote-for-august-1<\/a>
D.C. Council sets Commanders stadium vote for August 1, D.C. Council is done dragging its feet. Next week, they'll vote on the proposed Commanders facility, to be built at the site of RFK Stadium.<\/div>\n
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WUSA9 — July 24 — https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/investigations\/commanders-stadium\/commanders-dc-council-rfk-stadium-deal-reached-sources\/65-b80922cc-20ea-41d4-bfb8-b739dc4c1bb3<\/a> — DC Council chair reaches amended deal with Commanders on RFK Stadium, sources say WASHINGTON \u2014 DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson has reached a deal with the Commanders on an amended stadium agreement, which he will put…<\/div>\n
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Councilmember Charles Allen suggest ways to improve the deal:<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
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Robert White Says: “Not Like This:<\/b><\/font>
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Ward 7 Gets Almost Nothing Guaranteed to Help Repair the Disinvestment Harms of the Past & Many Folks Still Feel Left Out<\/font> <\/b>–WUSA9 — July 25 — https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/investigations\/commanders-stadium\/vote-on-rfk-stadium-redevelopment-nearby-residents-left-out\/65-4ea02ae0-791a-44b6-b1c2-fd47fc3de5b2<\/a> — Vote on RFK Stadium redevelopment moves forward, but nearby residents say they\u2019re being left out<\/div>\n
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And Yet Still Almost\u00a0Half of this Public Site's Air Rights<\/u> (the Control of the Public Land) is Given Away for a Pittance to Billionaire Josh Harris for up to 99 Years.\u00a0 Leaving Hundreds of Millions, some say in the Billions in land value and control on the table at a time of deep budget cuts and economic uncertainties.<\/i><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n
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Nothing yet in the terms to promote Social Housing<\/a><\/b> — No terms about retaining municipal control to ensure self-determination for Ward 7 and the City to Build What WE want and what WE need WHEN we need it.
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No one has explained why the land around the stadium has to be given away, when we know the value of the land is exactly where the $ will come to pay off debt serving and then some, including a community investment fund dedicated to East of the River\u00a0peoples in the name of reparations and equity.<\/div>\n

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Subject: Fair Fridays: Our Last Stand (and then celebration!)
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A weekly newsletter summarizing the work we're doing, the campaigns we're working on, and actions you can take to support a\u00a0<\/span>Fair<\/span>\u00a0Budget!<\/span> <\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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On Monday, July 28th is the second (and final) budget vote<\/span><\/b> on the Local Budget Act (LBA) and the Budget Support Act (BSA). This is our last stand, and we\u2019ll show up strong! This budget will have devastating consequences for our communities. But, there are still chances for this harm to be mitigated by our council members introducing amendments to the budget. We\u2019ll be there on Monday to demand that they do everything in their power to #ChooseUs. <\/span>
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    11:45am: <\/span>Sign up to join us to pack the hearing! <\/span><\/a>We\u2019ll be there to <\/span>hold our Council accountable for their work on the budget, and also to bear witness to their choices with our dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    For the <\/span>Healthcare Alliance<\/span>, send a letter anytime <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>, AND call your Councilmember plus at large members! You can see numbers and scripts <\/span>here! <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    Register NOW <\/span><\/b><\/a>to join us next week on Thursday, July 31st, from 5:30 PM \u2013 8:30 PM<\/span><\/b> at <\/span>The Hamilton<\/span><\/b> for a special reception celebrating your contributions and our collective efforts during the FY26 Budget Season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Join us and our partners at No Billionaire\u2019s Playground and Washington Interfaith Network\u00a0 for a press conference & rally next Tuesday morning, July 29<\/b>, outside of the Wilson Building (<\/span>1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW<\/span><\/a>). You can <\/span>click here<\/span><\/a> or scan the QR-Code above to register to attend. The press conference will start at 9am. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    Long story short: Bowser stole all the proceeds of the sale of the Circulator buses, which were supposed to go to former Circulator workers and just pocketed the money herself. Now, we're asking Chairman Mendelson to backfill at least $2.5 million to ensure that we can fund a deal with Metro to bring all the former Circulator workers' wages up.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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        RFK News\u00a0 Monopoly Man Makes Mumbo Muriel Happy, Sets his Own Stadium Deal Terms Before the Public Hearing on July 29! Hill Rag — July 25 — https:\/\/www.hillrag.com\/2025\/07\/25\/council-chair-reaches-deal-with-commanders-at-rfk\/Council — Chair Reaches Deal With Commanders at RFK WaPo — July 24 — https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/mendelson-reaches-deal-with-commanders-on-rfk-site-amid-growing-pressure\/ar-AA1Je1IP — Mendelson reaches deal with Commanders on RFK site amid growing pressure NBC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[59,58,60,61],"class_list":["post-18025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","tag-dc","tag-dc4rd","tag-development","tag-displacement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dc4reality.org\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}