Martin Austermuhle
Voting Rights Signs Popping Up: The movement to grant District residents full voting rights became just a little more obvious in recent days. DC Vote announced on Tuesday that a 10 foot by 20 foot banner bearing the phrases “Go Nats!” and “Taxation Without Representation” was permanently affixed to the western side of RFK Stadium in recent weeks. Similarly, a 12 foot by 24 foot billboard, pictured above, was placed atop the American City Diner along upper Connecticut Avenue NW featuring an image of Uncle Sam and the message “Help Bring Democracy To Our Nation’s Capital! Vote for DC Voting Rights!” The diner is owned by former mayoral candidate Jeffrey Gildenhorn, who chose to forego the estimated $36,000 he could make a year if he sold the space for commercial advertising.
