Washington D.C. Afro-American Newspaper, June 19, 2010

Volume 118 No. 45 www.afro.com 75 CENTS a f r o . c o m H i s t o r y Y o u r C o m m u n i t y Y o u r N e w s JUNE 19, 2010 - JUNE 25, 2010 See the AFRO on Channel 9 Fridays at Noon Continued on A3 • Home Depot • Trends (Subscribers Only) INSERTS Continued on A6 Music Without Michael B3 World Cup Coverage –afro.com– NFL Stars Host Free Football Clinic B2 Free Father’s Day Finds A4 Mandela’s Great- Granddaughter Dies A2 Haiti Recovery Inches Forward Hurricane season threatens rebuilding S.C. Asked to Probe ‘Mysterious’ Candidate By Dorothy Rowley AFRO Sta Writer What happens when a prominent critic of the District’ s governing body takes on two of its lead decision makers? He comes out a clear winner – at least, in the case of this week’s mayoral forum held at Trinidad Baptist Church in Northeast Washington. Small business owner and former TV reporter Leo Alexander outweighed Mayor Adrian Fenty and City Council Chairman Vincent Gray in his responses to more than one dozen questions posed at the trio in preparation for this fall’s election. The two-hour event, in which the candidates were given one to two minutes to respond, was sponsored by the Washington Ministers Conference and attracted about 100 people. Special to the AFRO Alexander Prevails in Mayoral Forum Photo by Rob Roberts District of Columbia candidates for mayor, City Council Chairman Vincent Gray, left, Mayor Adrian Fenty and Leo Alexander, listen to the questions being posed during the Mayoral Forum on June 14 sponsored by the Washington Ministers Conference. Study: HU Ranks High in Meeting Nation’s New Medical Needs Primary care physicians Physicians Practicing in HPSAs By Zenitha Prince Washington Bureau Chief Haiti is a paradox; a place where dueling forces of life and death exist at an impasse – a reality made even starker by the 7.0-magitude earthquake that shook the nation’s core and destroyed its capital. AFRO freelance photographer J.D. Howard said he felt compelled to capture the Caribbean nation’s story on camera. “I wanted the readers of the AFRO ... the preachers, school children and the politicians to have a very close look at Haiti,” said the 68-year-old, who spent ve days in Haiti from May 14-18. Life, Death Con verge Through Photographer’ s Lens Photo by J.D. Howard Photo by J.D. Howard By AFRO Sta Adversity just seems to foll ow Alvin Greene. Despite accomplishing the feat of becoming the rst African American to be nominated for U.S. Senate by a major party in over 100 years, questions and accusations still follow him. While political gures such as House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., have speculated the legitimacy of Greene’s campaign, a particular government watch dog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Wa shington (CREW), has taken actions to legal proportions. In a letter sent on June 15, CREW asked South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster to investigate whether or not Greene was induced to run for Senate – an act that if true, would be against South Carolina law. CREW all eges Greene failed to le a Statement of Candidacy and that his campaign committee, Alvin M. Greene for Senate, failed to le a Statement of Organization as well as the April 15 and 12-Day Pre- Primary reports . These reports would have disclosed the campaign’ s contributions and expenditures leading up to the June 8 primary. CREW also claimed that Greene and three o ther candidates: Gregory Brown, Ben Fraiser and Bryan Doyle and their campaign committees, violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations by failing to le mandatory disclosure reports prior to the June 8 election in South Carolina. “The people of South Carolina have a right to fair, transparent and fraud-free elections,” said Melanie Sloan, CREW’s executive director, in the company’s press release. “Paying candidates to run for ofce and concealing the sources of campaign funds undermines the integrity of the electoral process and threatens our democracy .” Continued on A6 By Zenitha Prince Washington Bureau Chief At rst glance, you Piles of rubble continue to dominate the landscape in Haiti’s capital, which humanitarian groups say poses the biggest challenge to recovery. wouldn’t think much has changed in Haiti since an unprecedented tremor ravaged Port-au-Prince ve months ago. “There are piles of rubble everywhere and some parts of Port-au-Prince look like Armageddon,” said American Red Cross spokeswoman Julie Sell with a heavy sigh. She added, “People who work in the humanitarian and disaster relief eld for years have said this is possibly the worst destruction of an urban area since World War II.” But despite the ragged landscape, aid workers and ofcials say, the country is steadily eking out a recovery that some hope will make the northern hemisphere’s poorest country better than it was before the disaster. “We’ve had good successes,” said Paul Weisenfeld, coordinator of USAID’s Haiti Task Team. “The response has been robust and extensive and comprehensive but it’s a challenge when you’re working with numbers that big.” Weisenfeld said the earthquake has “unfortunately, given us a lot of records”: largest number of urban displaced people ever with more than 2 million displaced Haitians living in settlements, of which 1.7 million are in Port-au-Prince; largest distribution of temporary shelters; largest distribution of food and water; 1 million and counting persons vaccinated and more. Despite the overwhelming needs and the challenging numbers, aid workers aver, Haitians now have 50 percent more potable water than before the earthquake; the spread of disease—which many feared could cause a second wave of disaster—has AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Alvin M. Greene A homeless man wanders alongside a displaced persons camp. More than 2 million Haitians lost their homes in the 7.0-magnitude quake that devastated Port-au-Prince in January. Continued on A6

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