Jim Graham
Jim Graham
Jim Graham is a Scottish-born American politician and a former member of the Council of the District of Columbia. He is a Democrat who represented Ward 1 in Washington, D.C. from 1999–2015...
build league major proposal stadium
Without major concessions from Major League Baseball, the proposal to build a new stadium on the Southwest waterfront is pretty much dead,
hours
We had 63 hours of hearings, ... We were tenacious, but I think we were fair.
company confident gm starting
We are very confident that in two years, GM will be out of this. The company is starting to do the right things internally.
few lost people saved soon wounds
As soon as we got them, we lost a few right away for their wounds were just too great, ... But out of 12 people that night, we saved nine.
clear district drink message send
We need to send a clear and unequivocal message that you can come to the District of Columbia, have a drink and not end up in the slammer,
bid checking serious
We're all checking into it right now to find out how serious the bid consideration is.
cost course spray
Of course the cost of that spray is going to be a consideration.
greatest present rid today
One of the greatest achievements of today is getting rid of the present contractor.
carefully review
I would have to carefully review this before considering any changes.
alive follow information man might
I am very disappointed that DCRA did not follow up on the information on the allegation that we made. If they had, this man might be alive today.
amount determination low money relatively surely year
Let's have a determination to really make this the year of the bus. This is a relatively low amount of money for the system. Surely it can be found.
ongoing security
Security is a cat-and-mouse game, it's an ongoing process.
combined creative dynamic eight experience forward heard lacking last mayor parking williams year
When I heard that the mayor had come forward with a new parking bill, I thought 'Ah-ha, now we get to experience creativity,'? You know this is the last year of the Williams administration, and this will be the combined ... eight years of experience. But I've got to say what's lacking here is something that's dynamic and creative and out of the box.
across cases controlled district proposing rent system thousands
There are thousands of units across the District that are unaffordable but still under rent control. We're proposing to tighten up a system that in many cases hasn't controlled anything at all.