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GREENBELT News ReviewAn Independent Newspaper VOL. 80, No. 46 15 Crescent Rd., Suite 100, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1887 OCTOBER 5, 2017 Roosevelt Center Will Groove Election 2017 To Jazz Festival Saturday Four More Candidates by Peter Reppert Offer Their Biographies Thirteen candidates have now been certified for the Greenbelt The Greenbelt Jazz Festival mer Wyman Lester and bassist City Council by City Clerk Bonita Anderson. The biographies are will be held on Saturday, October Kwame Mfume have also ap- prepared by the candidates and are published in the order in which 14 starting at 1 p.m. at the Roos- peared at the New Deal Café. we receive them. More biographies start on page 10. evelt Center and from 8 to 11:30 Lester and Mfume play with Pete p.m., in the New Deal Café. Five Reppert for jazz brunch weeks different groups, ranging in style, alternating with Not Too Cool. will perform. Brilliant Corners likes to blend Aaron Marcavitch Big Band Tradition starts with modern jazz standards with funk Aaron Marcavitch is a historic preserva- a big bang at 1 p.m. This full- and even go-go and will invite tion and community development profes- sized, seasoned jazz orchestra selected soloists in the spirit of sional with over 15 years of experience. plays songs of the big band era the jam sessions they frequently With degrees in historic preservation from by the likes of Glenn Miller, host. Roger Williams University and public his- Duke Ellington, Harry James, Moving indoors, pianist John tory from Middle Tennessee State Univer- Count Basie and Bennie Good- Guernsey will play standards at sity, Marcavitch has previously overseen man as well as postwar groups 6:30 p.m. Funkis Omnibus plays the largest historic district in the United like Stan Kenton, Woody Her- from 8 to 9 p.m., with Alex Biz- States on Nantucket Island, Mass., and led man, Sammy Nestico and Brian JORDAN TONY BY PHOTO zaro, CC Wilson, Greg Meyer the operations of Housing Nantucket, an Setzer, with an emphasis on the and Bam playing all kinds of Big Band Tradition performing affordable housing agency. He has been ANDREA MARCAVITCH BY PHOTO full gamut of ballroom dance contemporary music, although previously at the New Deal Café the Executive Director of Anacostia Trails Aaron Marcavitch rhythms. Next up is the Not Too they like to explore the funky Heritage Area Inc. for the last seven years. Cool Trio featuring Mike Grasso and starting roughly at 5 p.m. is side of jazz. A mixture of smooth While living in Greenbelt, Marcavitch has overseen or participated on trumpet. Their tasteful straight- Brilliant Corners, whose name jazz, East Bay funk, Weather in the Battle of Bladensburg Bicentennial Committee, Prince ahead sound has accompanied comes from both a Thelonius Report and some very cool origi- George’s County War of 1812 Commission, Star Spangled Ban- brunch at the New Deal Café for Monk song title and the fact that nals, will get the feet moving. ner National Historic Trail Advisory Council and Prince George’s several years (check them out they are one of the house bands Funkis Omnibus is a sophisticated County History Consortium. He is also chair of the Capital Trails every second and fourth Sunday). at the Corner Lounge in David- See JAZZ, page 11 Coalition and has recently submitted a manuscript to Arcadia Finishing the outdoor proceedings sonville. Leader Bill Freed, drum- Publishing for a book on the history of Route 1 between D.C. and Baltimore. Born and raised in southwestern Pennsylvania, the son of a mining engineer and a teacher, Marcavitch was first drawn Proposed Expansions of I-495, to architecture and planning before shifting to historic build- ings. Throughout his life there has been a persistent interest in BW Parkway Could Affect City See MARCAVITCH, page 12 by Carolina Velloso Governor Larry Hogan’s Four lanes would also be add- the area is the most congested in Election 2017 proposal to expand I-270, the ed to MD-295, the control of the nation, and Maryland has the Capital Beltway (I-495) and the which would first be transferred second-longest commute times Answers to Questions Baltimore-Washington Parkway to the Maryland Transportation nationally. (MD-295) could have a signifi- Authority (MDTA) from the U.S. Critics of the project, however, The News Review once again asked candidates for election to the cant impact on the residents of Department of the Interior. The believe that it will do little to Greenbelt City Council to respond to questions posed by this news- Greenbelt, officials say. new and existing lanes would ease traffic in the long term. The paper. Answers are limited to 300 words. If an answer exceeds the The $9 billion project, an- then be built and administered expanded highways would even- limit, the answer is cut off at that point. Here are the answers to our nounced in a press release by by the MDTA. Hogan has already tually become congested again first question. Hogan’s office on September begun the transfer negotiations and the larger number of cars 21, would add four express toll with Interior Secretary Ryan Zin- using them would increase traffic Question 1. What would you like council to accomplish in the lanes, two in each direction, to ke, the press release said. on smaller roads, said Stewart next term? I-270 and I-495. The expansion Greenbelt officials were sur- Schultz, executive director of the Colin Byrd: I only get 300 leaving. There is no permanent would cover the entire Maryland prised by Hogan’s announcement Coalition for Smarter Growth, in words, so let’s just talk about police chief. And many law abid- portion of I-495 from the Ameri- and are still gathering more spe- a press release. five of my goals: ing residents of color feel that the can Legion Memorial Bridge to cific details about the project and A 2012 study by the Federal First, I will work tirelessly racial profiling has to end. So, for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial its potential impact on Greenbelt. Highway Administration, the Na- to better protect Old Greenbelt Greenbelt, policing is complex, Bridge. The new lanes would be “We were caught off guard,” tional Park Service (NPS) and from shady developers. As a but I am committed to fixing it. built and administered by a pri- Mayor Emmett Jordan said. “We the Maryland State Highway lifelong Greenbelter, I have been That is why my campaign enjoys vate contractor in what would be were very shocked and concerned Administration on the feasibility deeply concerned about recent the support of two county pros- the largest public-private highway about the proposal.” of expanding MD-295 concluded and current attempts to destroy ecutors, former state’s attorney partnership in North America, the The proposed expansion to that a wider Parkway would not Old Greenbelt’s historic charac- Glenn Ivey and current state’s press release said. MD-295 is especially problematic See HIGHWAYS, page 11 ter. It took too long for council attorney Angela Alsobrooks. to the council members. It would to take a stand on the Lakeside Third, I will support more likely require the remov- North development issue. There progressive environmental protec- al of some of the Park- What Goes On was a lack of transparency. And, tions. Donald Trump and Scott way’s natural landscape with the ongoing zoning rewrite, Pruitt have declared war on the and possibly encroach Monday, October 9 I will stand up to developers and environment. Greenbelt cannot into Greenbelt, they said. 8 p.m., City Council Meeting, county officials who look at Old surrender. “The Parkway cuts Municipal Building Greenbelt and only see dollar Fourth, I will promote more right through our city,” Wednesday, October 11 signs instead of seeing a beautiful geographic unity. Greenbelt is Jordan said. “I’m not planned community with time- too divided by region. Wheth- sure how (Hogan) could 8 p.m., Council Worksession on Baltimore Washington Rapid honored treasures like GHI and er you live in Greenbelt East, add more lanes without the Roosevelt Center. Old Greenbelt, Franklin Park, or Rail, Community Center taking down more trees Second, I will work for in- Greenbelt Station, you are first or expanding into Green- Thursday, October 12 creased public safety and less a Greenbelter. This city council belt somehow.” 1 to 7 p.m., Free Flu Shots, biased policing. There are too cannot keep ignoring Greenbelt Hogan’s office touted PHOTO BY AMANDA LARSEN AMANDA BY PHOTO Springhill Lake Recreation many thefts, robberies, stabbings East and Greenbelt West. Living the congestion relief that Kai and Caleb enjoy painting at the Center. and shootings in Greenbelt. Many in the “outer parts” of Greenbelt the 12 new lanes would Lake during Saturday's Paint-out Saturday, October 14 police officers have expressed a does not mean you should be bring to the Baltimore- Picnic organized by the Recreation 2 to 5 p.m., Fall Fest, Schrom crisis of confidence in city lead- Washington area. Accord- Department. Hills Park ership. Many police officers are See QUESTIONS, page 6 ing to the press release, Page 2 GREENBELT NEWS REVIEW Thursday, October 5, 2017 Corrections The biography provided by Letters to the Editor council candidate Susan Stew- art contained an incorrect birth When Silence large donations of groceries. year. She was born in 1976. Thank you to Father Walter Is Not Golden Tappe of St. Hugh’s Church for The Greenbelt City Council his monetary contributions. unanimously agreed to send a To our friend Pamela Gregory GHI Notes letter to the county council at a monetary donation in memory Thursday, October 5, 10 a.m., its September 11, 2017, meeting of Liz Labukas.