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Alexandria Gazette Packet PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Alexandria, VA Alexandria Permit #482 Gazette Packet Attention Postmaster: Time-sensitive material. Address Service Requested To: 1604 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314 25 Cents Vol. CCXXIV, No. 27 Serving Alexandria for over 200 years • A Connection Newspaper July 10, 2008 Terminated T.G.I. Friday’s found guilty of discriminating against an H.I.V.-positive employee. By Michael Lee Pope Gazette Packet hortly after an employee of T.G.I. SFriday’s on King Street disclosed to his regional manager that he was H.I.V. positive, he was fired. Company offi- Krafft/Gazette by Louise Photo cials said he was terminated for signing a contract for cleaning the restrooms he was not authorized to approve, then lying about he amount of money that was involved. But the Alexandria Human Rights Commission unanimously rejected that theory, conclud- ing in a decision announced this week that James McCray was the victim of discrimi- nation according to the protections afforded to him under the Americans with Disabili- ties Act and the Human Rights Code for the city of Alexandria. “They only presented one witness as to Celebrating the Fourth the facts and circumstances in the case,” Boy Scout Pack #135 present the Colors at Rosemont’s annual Fourth of July celebration. said Andrew Rivera, a member of the com- For more photos see page 13. mission, referring to T.G.I. Friday’s claim McCray had lied about the cleaning services contract. “And in my opinion, he was not credible.” The case was presented before the com- mission in a 10-hour public hearing on May Taking on More Debt 31. After the hearing, the commission de- liberated and announced its decision in a City Council members press release issued Tuesday. According to the city’s Human Rights Code, a written approve a plan to increase decision in the case will be released before See Guilty, Page 29 the amount of money that can be borrowed. Alexandria Gazette Packet By Michael Lee Pope bers unani- Gazette Packet mously agreed Arts ❖ Entertainment ❖ Leisure to the plan. The ho should pay for the city’s debt limit, new $76-million police which is calcu- Wheadquarters? Should the lated as a per- city’s current residents centage of total shoulder the burden for a facility that won’t personal in- exist for several years? Or should come of all city Alexandria’s future residents pay for the residents, was Graph by Lawrence Foong/Connection Newspapers construction after it becomes operational? raised from According to a plan recently circulated by 3.25 percent to 4.5 percent. didn’t do enough capital construction dur- Vintage Values City Manager Jim Hartmann, budget offi- “Back in the 1980s and 1990s, the city ing that time because we were limited to cials should expect more from the city’s fu- did very little borrowing,” said Councilman the amount of money that was available in Vintage shops are a rarity in Alexandria, but they hold keys to past fads. ture residents. Last month, the city man- Tim Lovain, who advocated for raising the a given year.” Shopping, Page 3 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ July 10-16, 2008 ❖ 1E ager recommended a proposal to increase limit when he was the chairman of the city’s By increasing the reliance on future tax the city’s debt limit, and City Council mem- budget-advisory committee. “As a result we See Borrowing, Page 29 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ July 10-16, 2008 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Alexandria Gazette Packet ❖ July 10-16, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Alexandria Gazette Editor Mary Anne Weber News 703-917-6431 or [email protected] John Leary Bernie Schulz Elynn Simons Marc Williams How to Vote Absentee Meet the Candidates With the special election taking place in the dead of summer, elections officials said that he would like to see the School expect heavy absentee balloting for the Four contenders emerge in advance of the voting for the Aug. 12 balloting in District Board take a “balance of priorities” that B to fill a vacancy on the School Board Aug. 12 special election. placed a greater emphasis on low-perform- created by the departure of Claire ing students and an administration that Eberwein. The absentee ballots will be available on July 18, and the registrar’s spent more money in the classroom. office at 132 North Royal Street will By Michael Lee Pope throughout the city, ensuring a challenging “It’s not a big shocker that there’s been a accept in-person absentee ballots through Gazette Packet curriculum for every student and an increas- lot of money going into the central admin- Aug. 9. For more information, call 703- ing environmental sustainability of the istration,” said Schulz. “I’d like to see a more 838-4050 or visit alexandriavoter.org. our candidates have filed the nec school system’s facilities. He also said he responsible approach to the budget.” essary papers to stand for election would like to see more transparency in the Fin the Aug. 12 special election to governance of the school system, using the ELYNN SIMONS is a native of New York, fill the vacancy left by former ACPS television channel to broadcast com- and she has lived in Alexandria since 1973. MARC WILLIAMS is a native of School Board Chairwoman Claire Eberwein, mittee meetings. He said the board’s Web She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology Versailles, Ky., and has lived in Alexandria who stepped down last month at the end of site should feature complete documentation from American University and a master’s since 1992. He received bachelor’s degree her term as chairwoman to move out of the of all issues before the elected leaders in a degree in conflict management from George in political science from the University of country. Because the School Board seats format similar to the one used by the Alex- Mason University. Since 1990, she has op- the South and a juris doctorate from the represent various areas of Alexandria, the andria City Council. erated a tutoring and educational consult- University of Virginia School of Law. Will- election will be restricted to the central part “We can and should do a better job in- ing business. She is also a substitute teacher iams joined the IBM Corporation 11 years of town, an area known as “District B.” To creasing transparency,” said Leary. “I think in Alexandria City Public Schools. Simons ago and served as IBM’s national-security find out if your precinct is in District B, visit we have an underutilized resource in the said that her professional background in counsel for eight years. He is currently part alexandriavoter.org. The successful candi- ACPS cable channel.” conflict management would be an impor- of IBM’s governmental programs group, date will serve an extremely brief term, with tant asset to the Alexandria School Board, and he is responsible for IBM’s global in- the May 2009 School Board election less BERNIE SCHULZ is a native of Arlington, whose members have frequently been at tellectual property policy. Last year, Will- than a year away. and he has lived in Alexandria since 2000. odds since being elected in 2005. iams helped lead the effort to expand en- He has a bachelor’s degree in political sci- “I think our schools are really the best rollment of honors classes last year and he JOHN LEARY is a sixth-generation ence from Radford University, a master of because our teachers are the best, and I said that effort should continue at the Alexandrian, graduating from T.C. Williams education from the University of South want to get that word out to Realtors,” said middle-school level. High School in 1987. He has a bachelor’s Carolina and a master of public adminis- Simons. “I would like to see people move “We should continue to look at expand- degree in government and international tration from the Maxwell School of Citizen- here because of our schools.” ing the number of children given the op- studies from the University of South Caro- ship and Public Affairs at Syracuse Univer- Simons said that too much money is go- portunity to take Algebra in the eighth grade lina. Returning to Alexandria after college, sity. Professionally, he serves as a special ing into central administration and not and prepare them to do that in the lower Leary spent seven years of his professional assistant to the vice president of campus life enough is going into the classroom. Yet she grades,” said Williams. “I believe in the abil- career as the director of political and at American University. Schulz said his ex- said it was difficult to get a grasp of the ity of our students to do that work.” grassroots membership at the American perience as a university administrator has problem because the administration’s bud- Williams said he would like to see the Medical Association, and he is currently a given him an important perspective on the get document was poorly organized, mak- system hire more science teachers, citing vice president at Goddard Claussen, an ad- value of public high-school education. ing it difficult to follow the money. As a re- George Mason Elementary School as an vocacy communications firm. Leary said “Currently, no one on the board has a sult, she said, increasing the transparency example of a school that does not currently that his background as a product of the city’s university perspective,” said Schulz. “With of the city’s budget would be a priority for have a science teacher.
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