We know, we told you there would be no referendum on Mayor Adrian Fenty’s school takeover legislation already, but now we’re telling you again. After the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics reversed its earlier decision to approve a referendum petition on the bill, a D.C. Superior Court judge granted a last-minute hearing to activists for the referendum, leaving open the possibility that the judge could rule that the BOEE is not be allowed to…

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics changed its tune yesterday and reversed an earlier decision by stating that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s school takeover plan cannot be the subject of a referendum. Once again, it comes down to the Home Rule Charter: attorneys for the election board said in papers filed yesterday that because Congress and President Bush have approved an amendment to the city’s Home Rule Charter that gives the mayor direct control…

It was a big day Friday for Mayor Adrian Fenty’s school takeover plan. For one, President Bush finally signed the bill into law which will give Fenty direct control over D.C. Schools. Fenty will need to wait until June 12 to assume full authority thanks to congressional review rules, but in the meantime, he is launching an extensive audit of the school system today to track down areas of financial waste and mismanagement. The audit…

Last week we told you about the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics’ decision to approve D.C. resident Mary Spencer’s petition to try to place Mayor Fenty’s school takeover plan, which amends the District’s Home Rule Charter to give the mayor direct control of the school system, on a special election ballot in August. Now an article in today’s Washington Times “>quotes Spencer accusing the mayor’s office of delaying filing their expected appeal, which would…

Yesterday we told you about the referendum petition approved by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics regarding Mayor Adrian Fenty’s school takeover legislation, which recently passed the U.S. Senate. The petition was filed by D.C. resident Mary Spencer, who is seeking to put Fenty’s school plan on a special election ballot so that D.C. residents could vote on the issue directly. Today, the WaPo’s David Nakamura clarifies an issue that was speculated about…

Yesterday afternoon the Senate unanimously approved Mayor Adrian Fenty’s school takeover legislation. The vote finally came after three separate holds were placed, and then quickly lifted, by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and at the very final hour, Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) placed the third Senate hold on the bill. Levin removed the hold after speaking with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Now the bill only awaits approval from President Bush, who…