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Racially charged fight over rights - 2 Local students win scholarships - 4 Snake season extends through June- 13 Foes & admirers on Muhamad Ali- 15

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“I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong -- no Viet Cong ever called me n****r.”

“Muhammad Ali was The Greatest.

Period. If you just asked him, he’d tell you. He’d tell you he was the double greatest; that he’d ‘handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.’

But what made The Champ the greatest – what truly separated him from everyone else – is that everyone else would tell you pretty much the same thing.

“Like everyone else on the planet,

Michelle and I mourn his passing.

But we’re also grateful to God for how fortunate we are to have known him, if just for a while; for how fortunate we all are that The Greatest chose to grace our time.

“In my private study, just off the Oval Office, I keep a pair of his gloves on display, just under that iconic photograph of him – the young champ, just 22 years old, roaring

like a lion over a fallen Sonny Liston. I was too young when it was taken to understand who he was – still Cassius Clay, already an Olympic Gold Medal winner, yet to set out on a spiritual journey that would lead him to his Muslim faith, exile him at the peak of his power, and set the stage for his return to greatness with a name as familiar to the downtrodden in the slums of

Southeast Asia and the villages of Africa as it was to cheering crowds in Madison Square Garden. “‘I am America,’ he once declared.

‘I am the part you won’t recognize.

But get used to me – black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.’”

- President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

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Virginia is at the center of a racially charged fight over the right of ex-felons to vote SHERYL GAY STOLBERG NYT - On the night Barack Obama became the nation’s first black president, Leah Taylor, a fastfood worker and African-American mother of six, stayed up until 2 a.m. watching the election returns. “I knew that was history, and I wanted to be a part of it,” she said. But she did not vote.

Taylor, 45, has never voted. In 1991, when she was 20, she was stripped of her voting rights after being convicted of selling crack cocaine and sent to jail for a year. So she was stunned when an organizer from a progressive group, New Virginia Majority, showed up one recent afternoon at the church soup kitchen where she eats lunch and said he could register her.

“Your rights have been restored!” the organizer, Assadique AbdulRahman, declared with a theatrical flourish, waving an executive order signed in April by Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Taylor, so moved she nearly cried, promptly signed up.

Thus did Taylor join a wave of newly eligible voters, all with criminal pasts, signing up in Virginia. But what McAuliffe granted, the Virginia Supreme Court may now take away.

Top Republicans in the state legislature are seeking to block McAuliffe’s sweeping order, which reenfranchised 206,000 Virginians who have completed sentences, probation or parole. Last week, the Supreme Court announced a special session to hear arguments in July — in time to rule before the November election.

The suit has plunged Virginia and McAuliffe — a Democrat and close friend of Hillary Clinton’s, the party’s likely presidential nominee — into yet another racially charged voting rights battle. In May, a federal judge

Assadique Abdul-Rahman helped Leah Taylor fill out a voter registration form outside Broomfield Methodist Church in Richmond, last month. PHOTO: Chet Strange/NYT upheld a Republican-backed law requiring Virginia voters to provide photo identification, while the Supreme Court let stand a courtimposed redistricting map, drawn to address Democrats’ complaints of racially motivated gerrymandering.

This next fight over restoring voting rights to convicted felons — an issue playing out nationally — could affect the presidential contest and Clinton’s fortunes in Virginia, a critical swing state. Ever since McAuliffe’s order on April 22, progressive groups have been waging a furious registration campaign; as of last Friday, state elections officials said, more than 5,800 newly eligible voters had signed up.

“This could get really messy,” said Tram Nguyen, an executive director of New Virginia Majority, a leader in the registration campaign. “What happens if the executive order gets overturned? There’s no precedent; 5,800 people are actively on the registration rolls now. Do we purge them?”

That is precisely what Republicans are asking. In addition to overturning the order, they want the new registrations nullified — a request Taylor calls “appalling.”

A teenage mother when she went to jail, Taylor said her time there “gave me clarity.” After her release in 1992, she said, she performed community service, folding clothes in

a Salvation Army store, and paid the state $15,000 in fines, with money inherited from her mother. Today, she has part-time jobs at McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken, and dabbles in advocacy, lobbying lawmakers on behalf of “Fight for $15,” a coalition pushing to raise the minimum wage. She likes both Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, and counts herself a Democrat.

“I did my time; I did everything I was supposed to do,” she said. “I paid the courts, I paid the fines and got my life back on track.”

In issuing his sweeping order, McAuliffe made expansive use of his

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Preliminary recommendations made for AA human remains uncovered in 1990s VCU well construction project

Preliminary recommendations by members of the East Marshall Street Well Project Family Representative Council call for further study of the history of a Richmond well site in relation to the broader experiences of Africans and African-Americans in Richmond and how the site impacts contemporary African-American medical experiences, the use of DNA and microbial analysis to learn more about ancestral human remains, and the establishment of a research advisory board to assist with project development and selection of future research proposals.

The council, formed last summer to represent descendants of the people whose remains were found in an abandoned 19th century well, delivered its preliminary recommendations during a community meeting last week at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Richmond.

It recommends continued study, memorialization and burial of human remains uncovered 22 years ago during construction of the Kontos Building on Virginia Commonwealth University’s MCV campus.

The remains, believed to be largely of African descent, were discovered in an abandoned 19th century well.

“The Family Representative Council spent many hours developing recommendations for research, memorialization and interment of the ancestral remains found in the well,” said Joseph Jones, assistant professor of anthropology at William and Mary. “We bonded as ‘surrogate descendants’ of these children, women and men – quite possibly enslaved Africans – whose bodies helped form the foundation of American medicine.

“Our recommendations reflect the desire to have the stories of our ancestors told as fully as possible,

CHAT honors late state Sen. Ben Lambert

and to have their humanity and sacrifices finally honored. It is my hope that these recommendations help people throughout the city to face the shames of our shared past without blinking – and in a just way that fosters knowledge and pride for this and future generations.”

Memorialization recommendations include the development of four memorial sites within or near the Kontos Building, construction of an appropriate memorial and an interactive learning center at the burial site, and an annual memorialization practice conducted

by VCU medical students prior to anatomy class to pay respect to those who have contributed their remains for the benefit of scientific learning.

The council also recommends that the remains and related artifacts be interred at the African Burial Ground site near I-95, or if that site is unavailable, at

Evergreen Cemetery or at a site to be determined. The council also recommends the remains be placed in coffin boxes designed by West African artisans and the burial ceremony be developed by experts in West African funeral traditions.

“We appreciate the commitment of the Family Representative Council and their thorough work on this effort,” said Kevin Allison, Ph.D., senior assistant to the president at VCU. “And we look forward to continued collaboration with the community as we move to the implementation stage of work on their recommendations.”

The public is invited to offer feedback that will help the Family Representative Council finalize the recommendations, which will be shared with leaders of the university and health system later this year.

Honorees at the Benjamin J. Lambert, III, Volunteer of the Year reception for employees of Dominion Resources received these unique trophies created by high school students who work in Nehemiah's Workshop of Church Hill Activities & Tutoring (CHAT). The students collaborated on a design that would pay tribute to the late Virginia Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert, III’s legacy of service to the community. Each trophy is made from four types of wood that were selected to represent the diversity in communities where Dominion operates and where Lambert served as both a legislator and respected optometrist.

Church Hill Activities & Tutoring (CHAT) provides many after-school and tutoring programs that empower youth to break the cycles of poverty and reach for their goals. The students, who are involved with Nehemiah's Workshop, a CHAT initiative, created 18 trophies for Dominion Resources' Benjamin Lambert, III, Volunteer of the Year event held recently.

Pictured from left to right are: Steve Trivett, CHAT small business manager; Ja’Mean Tucker, Nehemiah’s Workshop apprentice; Chris Whiting, CHAT’s director of Work Leadership Institute; Javonte Ward, Nehemiah’s Workshop apprentice; Jacob Scott, Nehemiah’s Workshop apprentice; Thomas F. Farrell, II, chairman and CEO of Dominion Resources; and Skip Long, principal of Church Hill Academy where most of the students attend. Not pictured: Marvin Jones, Nehemiah’s Workshop apprentice, who attends Varina High School.

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Tips for stopping elder financial abuse in its tracks Every year, millions of seniors fall victim to financial fraud. Studies show elder financial abuse costs seniors approximately $2.9 billion each year. In recognition of the 10th annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, Virginia Bankers Association (VBA) and its 116 member banks throughout the state are urging older Virginians and their trusted caregivers to safeguard all personal information and stay alert to the common signs of financial abuse.

“Fraudsters often prey on

seniors experiencing cognitive decline, limited mobility and other disabilities that require them to rely more heavily on others for help,” said Bruce Whitehurst, VBA president & CEO. “Appointing someone you know and trust to handle your financial matters aids tremendously in the fight against these crimes.”

The Virginia Bankers Association is offering the following tips: · Plan ahead to protect your assets and to ensure your wishes are followed. Talk to someone at your

financial institution, an attorney, or financial advisor about the best options for you. · Carefully choose a trustworthy person to act as your agent in all estate-planning matters. · Lock up your checkbook, account statements and other sensitive information when others will be in your home. · Never give personal information, including Social Security Number, account number or other financial information to anyone over the phone unless you initiated the call and the other party is trusted. · Never pay a fee or taxes to collect sweepstakes or lottery “winnings.” · Never rush into a financial decision. Ask for details in writing and get a second opinion. · Consult with a financial advisor or attorney before signing any document you don’t understand. · Get to know your banker and

build a relationship with the people who handle your finances. They can look out for any suspicious activity related to your account. · Check references and credentials before hiring anyone. Don’t allow workers to have access to information about your finances. · Pay with checks and credit cards instead of cash to keep a paper trail. · You have the right not to be threatened or intimidated. If you think someone close to you is trying to take control of your finances, call your local Adult Protective Services or tell someone at your bank.

If you believe you are a victim of financial abuse, be sure to: · Talk to a trusted family member who has your best interests at heart, or to your clergy. · Talk to your attorney, doctor or an officer at your bank. · Contact Adult Protective Services or your local police for help.

Richmond Omegas award scholarships Upsilon Nu Chapter, in conjunction with the Upsilon Nu Scholarship and Social Action Foundation recently awarded $12,000 in scholarships to Richmond area college bound students.

Fraternity Chapter members invited scholarship recipients and family members to the event which featured words of inspiration

and encouragement from Scholarship Chairman Stephen Wilson, Immediate Past Basileus James Clark, Basileus Elect Jeffrey Tarpley and Rev. Jerome Ross, Pastor of Providence Park Baptist Church.

Founded on Oct. 12, 1971, Upsilon Nu Chapter initiated the Kavansa B. Smith Scholarship Award in 1976 and has awarded over $280,000.

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(from page 2) clemency powers to effectively nullify a Civil War-era provision in the State Constitution that barred convicted felons from voting for life — one of the harshest disenfranchisement policies in the nation. In an interview previewing his announcement, McAuliffe said his legal authority to do so is “ironclad.” But Republicans say the governor lacks blanket authority to restore voting rights and must instead do so on a case-by-case basis — as his predecessors in both parties have done.

“He’s really put a stick in the legislature’s eye,” said Speaker William J. Howell of the Virginia House of Delegates, the lead plaintiff in the Republican suit.

He said the suit “has nothing to do with” the registration drive, and rejected Democrats’ accusations that Republicans were trying to suppress the black vote: “The governor has whipped them up.”

Still, race is a powerful subtext; African-Americans make up 19 percent of Virginia’s population, but 45 percent of those covered by the governor’s order. The Sentencing Project, a Washington research organization, says one in five

Karen Fountain has signed up so many people that residents have named her “The Voter Lady.” PHOTO: Chet Strange African-Americans in Virginia cannot vote because of felony convictions.

“When you look at the fact that

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of the individuals who are most impacted by this, 45 percent of them are African-American, what conclusion can we draw?” asked State Sen. Mamie Locke, chairwoman of the Virginia Black Legislative Caucus, which held “Voices for The Vote” rallies recently in three Virginia cities.

Organizers of the registration drive say they would like to sign up 25,000 new voters in time to cast ballots on Election Day. “That could make a difference,” said Bob Holsworth, a longtime political analyst in Virginia, noting that some state races in Virginia had been decided by relatively slim margins, of 5,000 or 6,000 votes.

In Richmond, the registration campaign is most intense in some of the poorest corners of the city, in places like Gilpin Court, a public housing development in Jackson Ward, a historically AfricanAmerican neighborhood. Karen Fountain, another New Virginia Majority organizer, has signed up so many people that residents have named her “The Voter Lady.”

Fountain estimated that roughly three-quarters of those she encounters in Gilpin Court have lost their right to vote. On a sweltering afternoonlast week, she walked the neighborhood’s streets, asking people

if they had heard what “Governor Terry,” as she calls McAuliffe, had done. Many had not; some remain ineligible.

“I can’t; I just got home,” one tattooed young man replied, when Fountain asked if he wanted to register. “Are you on probation?” she asked. He nodded his head yes.

“Supervised?” she asked. He nodded again. “O.K.,” Fountain said, “when you get off, you can register.”

For Abdul-Rahman, a cheery 53-year-old with a corny expression — “Cool bananas!” — for things that please him, the work is deeply personal. He spent 17 years in prison, for armed robbery and breaking and entering. In prison, he read history books and taught himself about politics. When he heard about the governor’s order, he signed up to vote, and began registering others.

Then New Virginia Majority hired him; the day he met Taylor was his first day of work. Standing outside the church, on a thin grassy patch under a shady crepe myrtle tree, he registered 11 new voters during the lunch hour — some homeless, some struggling with addiction to drugs.

None seemed happier than Taylor.

“Oh my goodness,” she said, giving Abdul-Rahman a hug after signing her papers. “This is such a beautiful day.”

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Op/Ed & Letters

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Muhammad Ali, the people’s champion GEORGE E. CURRY I know it’s extremely difficult, but if you can, ditch the memories of Muhammad Ali showing up uninvited at Sonny Liston’s training camp, announcing that he was going bear hunting. Put aside his boasts of being the greatest of allllltimmmme. Scratch the images of the “Ali Shuffle” and his patented ropea-dope.

Ali’s greatest victories came outside the boxing ring. He was the greatest of all time as a boxer and, more important, as a humanitarian. He consistently displayed unwavering courage and a willingness to be unpopular. In fact, it was his unpopularity with the establishment that made him popular with people all around the word.

I had the pleasure of meeting Muhammad Ali twice, first in the late 1960s as a part of a conference of college newspaper editors in Washington, D.C. and in the late 1990s as a board member of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME).

At that first meeting, I was struck by how physically imposing Ali was at 6’2 ½ inches and about 236 pounds. I pretended to be boxing with him – making sure he knew that I was just pretending – and my fist looked like a small pimple next to The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 2 No. 28 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com

his face. Ali was extremely generous with his time and was playful as ever.

By the time of our second meeting, he had already been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects body movement. Though considerably slowed, he was still the star attraction, communicating with his eyes more than with his mouth.

Whether in his prime or just a shell of his old self, Ali was one of the world’s most recognized and beloved public figures, a brash boxer whose punches and physical dexterity could back up the words that flowed from his mouth.

“Muhammad Ali was The Greatest.

Period. If you just asked him, he’d tell you. He’d tell you he was the double greatest; that he’d ‘handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.’

But what made The Champ the greatest – what truly separated him from everyone else – is that everyone else would tell you pretty much the same thing,” the president and First Lady Michelle Obama said in a statement.

He was also the boldest – unafraid to take a stand. He was widely criticized – and even by African Americans such as Jackie Robinson – for joining the Nation of Islam shortly after his upset victory over Sonny Liston. He later left the NOI but remained an outspoken advocate for Blacks and the downtrodden.

In a interview with Playboy magazine, which is included as part of The Muhammad Ali Reader, edited

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doing today?”

In his typical direct manner, Ali replied, “If I was Cassius Clay today, I’d be just like Floyd Patterson. I’d probably have a white wife and I wouldn’t represent black people in no way. Or I’d be like Charley Pride, the folk singer. Nothin’ bad about him – he’s a good fella and I met his black wife, but Charley stays out of controversy. It’s not only him, because I could name Wilt Chamberlain and others who don’t get involved in struggle or racial issues – it might jeopardize their position. I’d be that kind of man.”

But he wasn’t that kind of man.

And he was sensitive to the type of lifestyle his high-profile career afforded him and the rest of black America.

“Last week, I was taking a ride and thought, ‘I’m driving a RollsRoyce and I got another one in the garage that I hardly ever use that cost $40,000,'” Ali said. “I got a Scenicruiser Greyhound bus that sleeps 14 and cost $120,000 and another bus that cost $42,000 – $162,000 just in mobile homes. My training camp cost $350,000 and I just spent $300,000 remodeling my house in Chicago. I got all that and a lot more.

“Well, I was driving down the street and I saw a little black man wrapped in an old coat standing on a corner with his wife and little boy, waiting for a bus to come along – and there I am in my Rolls-Royce.

The little boy had holes in his shoes

and I started thinkin’ that if he was my little boy, I’d break into tears.

And I started crying.” Ali didn’t know it, but wherever he was going, the FBI was spying on him as part of its COINTELPRO campaign to undermine civil rights leaders and organizations.

According to Racial Matters: The FBI’s Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972 by Kenneth O’Reilly, the agency overheard conversations between Ali and Dr. King as part of its wiretapping of King’s phones and hotel rooms.

A footnote in the book stated, “FBI surveillance of Muhammad Ali sucked in everyone around him, from Howard Cosell to Angelo Dundee and even Johnny Carson. Whenever Ali appeared on the Tonight Show, an agent stayed up to watch and record the telecast.”

Although his own government engaged in such cowardly acts, Muhammad Ali was a true patriot, standing up to his government when it was wrong – costing him more than three prime years of his life – and praising it when it was right.

As Ali liked to say, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

Curry is president and CEO of George Curry Media, LLC. He is the former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA). Curry can be reached through his Website, georgecurry.com.

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

On lawsuits and rights

Editor’s note: In light of the recent lawsuit by Republican leadership to block Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order to restore the rights to 206,000 ex -felons, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus in partnership with other groups, hosted/are hosting ‘Voices for the Vote Rallies’ across Virginia. These organizations note that they stand as voices for the people in the fight against voter suppression. Their leaders have the below to say.

The governor’s action matched our hopes and exceeded our expectations.

The ACLU of Virginia has urged three straight governors to use their executive and constitutional power to restore the rights of all Virginians who have served their time and completed probation and parole. In our most recent letter to Governor McAuliffe on March 7, we pointed to 'the significant and continuing adverse impact of the racial disparities of our racial justice system' as one of the most important reasons to let Virginians who have paid the price for their actions once again be a part of the democratic process and enjoy the full rights of citizenship.

Claire Guthrie Gastanaga Virginia ACLU ***** Republicans in our General Assembly should be ashamed of themselves for behaving this way.

Voting rights are the most basic, fundamental core of a strong democracy and their actions to disenfranchise voters are simply the latest move in a political game to silence the voices of hardworking Virginians. The people affected by

Governor McAuliffe’s executive order have paid their debts and deserve the opportunity to fully participate in our democracy upon reentry into civilian life.

Doris Crouse -Mays Virginia AFL-CIO ***** The disenfranchisement of people who have already served sentences for prior mistakes was an outdated, discriminatory vestige of our nation's Jim Crow past.

Instead of celebrating the progress our state has taken to restore the fundamental right to vote for the hundreds of thousands of Virginians who have repaid their debts to society, conservative lawmakers are trying to send our state back to its discriminatory past. By championing an undemocratic legal effort to limit ballot access - General Assembly Republicans are ignoring the will of the public they represent. The majority of Virginians - 63 percent - agree that Gov. McAuliffe made the right decision by restoring voting rights for people with prior felony convictions. It is our leaders’ responsibility to uphold the values of an inclusive and just democracy this lawsuit represents exactly the opposite. Virginians deserve better.

Democracy demands better.

Tram Nguyen The New Virginia Majority ***** We are disappointed by the recent actions of some in the Republican leadership in Virginia who have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the recent executive order issued by our Gov. Terry McAuliffe to restore the rights of more than 200,000 citizens. The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP has been

persistent in its efforts of advocating for the restoration of rights to those who have paid their debt to society. Despite those who would turn the issues of voter rights and voter suppression into a partisan battleground, we will continue to fight this systematic erosion of enfranchisement.

In this moment, where we find our spirits bolstered by United States Supreme Court decision to dismiss the GOP appeal against the newly drawn Congressional Districts; we will neither ignore, nor will we forget that our progress is still threatened by thinly veiled attempts at voter suppression as a means to partisan political gains.

We vow to be unwavering in our commitment to insure that the right to participate in democracy is never suppressed, threatened or denied.

And we stand boldly with those who share these views.

Linda Thomas Va. State Conference NAACP ***** The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus is proud to stand with our partners in this effort to protect the vote of citizens of the commonwealth.

Gov. McAuliffe was within his constitutional authority to restore the rights of 206,000 Virginians who have paid their debt to society and who now should be fully integrated into the communities in which they are now living and working as taxpaying citizens. Voting is a fundamental right of a democracy, not a privilege to be weakened by suppressive efforts designed to undermine the power of the people.

Mamie E. Locke Hampton *****

Having lobbied this issue before the recent General Assembly session, I must take umbrage with the Republican majority of the General Assembly and its leadership.

Once again, this partisan body of legislators has shown that it is more concerned with wasting taxpayers’ dollars in a frivolous law suit against Gov. McAuliffe over restoration of voting rights for 200,000 individuals rather than providing for the medical care of 400,000 families in the commonwealth.

During the 2016 General Assembly session, six bills were introduced calling for an amendment to the Virginia constitution allowing for the immediate restoration of civil rights upon completion of all legal requirements. In fact, one of the bill was introduced by a Republican which would have granted the same effect. The Republican leadership in the General Assembly voted to defeat each bill.

It was because of this shameful irresponsible action on their part that the governor found it necessary to exercise his executive privilege.

The sad thing is that these are the same ill-principled legislators who are presently squandering taxpayer money by challenging the current court-ordered redistricting mandate.

The Republican leadership in the General Assembly needs to cease their tireless efforts to deny and restrict folks the right to vote in Virginia. They need to use that same energy in the expansion of Medicaid, better services for schools, develop truly affordable housing for lowincome residents and create a real level bidding field for small, minority and women businesses throughout the commonwealth of Virginia.

Rodney B. Thomas

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Atheists gather in D.C. for ‘Reason Rally’ FROM WIRE REPORTS Thousands of atheists turned out Saturday on a muggy Washington day to take part in “Reason Rally,” dedicated to boosting the political power of the growing number of nonreligious Americans.

“We are here, we are one, we are joined and we are celebrating our secular movement and we want more of this in our government,” said rally attendee Doc Gregory, from Hagerstown, Md. Signs and slogans bearing atheist slogans -- “I think therefore I’m Atheist” -- proliferated on the National Mall as musical guests and promotional videos played on stage.

A small group of protesters stood nearby, holding signs that said “God Doesn’t Believe in Atheists.”

“Science Guy” Bill Nye, comedian Lewis Black and members of the hip-hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan were part of a high-profile lineup preaching to atheists at the Lincoln Memorial.

The coalition of secular organizations hoped for a turnout of 30,000 people, though the attendance seemed somewhat more sparse.

Still, the speakers seemed inspired by the setting: the Lincoln Memorial, the site of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, among other historic moments.

“I have dream that some day children are encouraged to reach their full potential by providing them with the tools they need to learn and encouraging them to question everything,” said Lawrence Krauss, a theoretical physicist and atheist activist.

Other participants called for a non-religious approach to politics amid a hotly contested presidential campaign. They also hoped to flex the political muscles of the religious unaffiliated, turning one of the fastest-growing groups in the country into a powerful voting bloc.

In an informal survey of the crowd, Bernie Sanders, who has called himself a “non-religious” Jew, was

the standout favorite.

“He seems to be the only candidate that really cares about everybody,” said Brenda Germain, from Aberdeen, North Carolina. Germain, a member of the group Military Atheists and Secular Humanists of Fort Bragg, was at the rally with her husband, an Air Force veteran.

“We’re tired of watching our politicians pandering to the religious and ignoring us as if we don’t even exist,” Germain said.

While the rally featured musical entertainment, flashy speakers and late-night cocktail hours at neighboring hotels, the thousands of “nones” -- people who don’t identify with any religion -- coming to the nation’s capital also have a more serious agenda.

The Reason Rally is “absolutely” a political event, said executive director Lyz Liddell. “That’s the reason we’re holding this in an election year. We want to see reason taking precedence over religious-driven ideology.”

The rally’s major political issues are climate change, reproductive rights and LGBT equality, all hotly contested political topics whose opposing voices often come from the religious right.

Larry Decker, executive director of the Secular Coalition for America, said his group scheduled meetings with more than two thirds of the members of Congress, whom they hope to lobby on behalf of secular values. They also hope to soften some of the social stigma still attached to the “atheist” label.

According to a Gallup poll, 40 percent of Americans would not vote for an atheist president, though that number has declined in recent years.

There is a “small vocal group of people in this country who have really demonized what atheist means,” Decker said.

But while organizers hope to distance religion from the conversation, the rally’s attendees and speakers included people of faith, notably such legislators as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Bobby

Scott, D-Virginia.

“It would be great if we get proportionate representation in Congress, but we are being represented by religious members of Congress and we want to work with them. We want to be heard by them,” said Liddell.

Gabbard said that, as a U.S. soldier serving in the Middle East, she witnessed “endless” conflicts driven by religious sectarianism. Bigotry based on faith also occurs closer to home, the congresswoman continued, citing conservative who insist that

President Obama is Muslim, despite his frequent invocations of his Christian faith.

“A pluralistic, secular government is the only way to ensure that all individuals have the freedom to follow the religious path of their choice,” said Gabbard, who is the first and only American Hindu elected to Congress. When Gabbard ran for Congress in 2012, her opponent argued that she shouldn’t be allowed to serve because her religion doesn’t “align” with the Constitution.

Association of ministers’ wives and widows plans event The Virginia Association of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows is hosting the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the International Association of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows, Inc. in Richmond, where the organization had its origin with the founder, Dr. Elizabeth Coles Bouey.

The delegates, spouses, and their families will come from 42 states, the District of Columbia, and 17 Caribbean islands, noted organizers.

The weeklong event takes place June 24 - July 1.

“Under the leadership and direction of the international president, Dr. Beverly W. Glover and the Virginia state president, Dr. Karen C. Earls, the ministers’ wives and ministers’ widows of the state of Virginia are working tirelessly to bring about an unforgettable celebration in 2016,” noted organizers. [This will make] this another momentous step in the history of this organization.”

The community is invited to the

free public services below: •Saturday, June 25, Husbands’ Worship Service - 7:30 p.m.

• Sunday, June 26, Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. and Holy Communion - 7:30 p.m.

• Monday, June 27, Welcome Night Program - 7:30 p.m.

• Tuesday, June 28, Women In Worship - 7:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, June 29, President's Night (Stewardship) - 7:30 p.m.

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Three’s a crowd

Army Reserve officer crowned Miss USA 2016, wants to spotlight veterans issues An Army Reserve officer and IT analyst from the District of Columbia has been crowned Miss USA 2016 after mounting a strong defense of women in combat roles in the military.

Deshauna Barber, 26, gave the answer during the interview section of the pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday.

When asked by judge Joe Zee whether the Pentagon’s decision to open up all combat roles to women had “put political correctness over our military’s ability to perform,” 1st Lt. Barber responded: “As a woman in the United States Army, I think it was an amazing job by our government to allow women to integrate into every branch of the military.”

She continued: “We are just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I’m powerful, I am dedicated and it is important that we recognize that gender does not limit us in the United States.”

The daughter of a retired Army master sergeant, Barber was commissioned as a quartermaster officer in 2011 and serves as a logistics commander for the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit at Fort Meade, Md., according to her bio on the pageant's website. She hopes to spotlight veterans’ issues during her reign.

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Dear Alma, My friend of over 15 years recently made the decision it was time for her and her mother to live together again. After her father died, her mom never could really handle remaining in the childhood home and all the responsibilities that go along with it, so they decided it would be best for financial and health reasons if they sold the house and moved in together.

A little over a year ago, she and her mom purchased a beautiful home and as far as she is concerned, all is well. But if you asked me, I’d have to disagree.

The problem is, now her mother goes everywhere with us. When we go on a girls’ getaway weekend, to a friend’s weddings or to a baby shower and even to the club. She even went with us to go see Charlie Wilson!

Don’t get me wrong, I love my friend’s mother, but I don’t want to party with her or always have her around. I’ve become hesitant when making plans with my friend as she always assumes our plans include her mother.

What can I do? How can I explain to her, her mother is not “always” invited?

Signed, Three’s a crowd Dear Three’s a crowd, Heavens to Hezekiah, girl, say it ain’t so! When you all are hanging out, her mama can’t go!

From what I’ve read, here’s my take: When it comes to her mama, that’s not really your choice or decision to make.

Stay with me now and hear me out. I think this situation is on overload, because it gives them both an opportunity to reconnect at a different phase of life. Two grown up women forming an adult-toadult friendship as appose to the usual “I’m the mother, you’re the child” relationship. Be that as it may, I don’t anticipate it will last forever. Her father has died, both

are grieving and serving as the rock each one needs at this time. Sooner or later her mother will settle into a more independent space.

Does your friend have family in the area, any siblings? Maybe you could encourage her to make plans for her mom to visit extended family for the weekend, alone. Maybe she can spend time with a sister, cousin or childhood friend in a neighboring city. It sounds like her mom was used to having someone around, probably her deceased husband, and now she needs her daughter to fill that void.

Your friend, obviously operating to be the best daughter she can, is ready, willing and able to do what’s necessary to make her mother happy. There’s nothing wrong with that. I can say for sure, your friend will never regret it. Any time we take or commitments we make, devoted to our parents at any age, is priceless.

You miss your BFF, Sweetpea and I totally understand. But she’s the one experiencing this life change, you should cut her a break. Try to understand how her life has been rearranged. As much at this irritates you right now, the best part about it is – it ain’t your mama.

Don’t make her pick, don’t make her choose. When it comes to her mama, you’re sure to lose. It’s not your place to dismantle this threesome, pull up a chair and rest in it. I’m sure your friend has enough room in her heart and space on her plate for the both of you. ***** Want advice? E-mail questions to alwaysaskalma@yahoo.com.Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma *****

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African hair braiders fight for economic liberty UNS - Kune Gueye came from Senegal to the United States for a better life, but she had to overcome yards of red tape to earn her American dream.

To make a living, she turned to a skill she had honed over years of practice in her homeland – braiding hair. With a strong back and a talent for creating beautiful styles, combs and hair oils, Gueye began braiding at her Louisville, Ky., home — frequently working 12-hour days. Within weeks, she was able to pay her bills and send money to her family back home.

Years later, Gueye moved into a shop. She was married and had three children by then and wanted to expand. She was working in her salon — Kine Hair Braiding — one day when an inspector knocked.

“She told me she was from the state Board of Cosmetology…and that I was not allowed to do hair without a license,” Gueye said. “I told her I had been braiding for years, and I did not know you had to have a license.”

Gueye and other braiders in Kentucky won the right to braid without a license when Republican Gov. Matt Bevin signed a law in April to exempt them from the cosmetology school and license requirement. Nebraska’s legislature passed a similar measure in March.

These victories aside, braiders in several states still battle regulations that require them to undergo up to 2,100 hours of instruction at cosmetology schools. These can cost more than $12,000, even though few such programs teach braiding.

Seventeen states regulate braiding the same way they do traditional cosmetology, and 16 states require a special braiding license. Eighteen states, including Virginia do not regulate braiding, said Paul Avelar, senior attorney for the Institute for Justice, a self-described libertarian law firm in Arlington, Virginia.

It has helped braiders fight such rules in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Washington, D.C., since its founding 25 years ago.

As of July 1, 2012, no state

Kine Gueye credentials are required in Virginia to perform hair braiding. Anyone can braid hair regardless of education or experience.

The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation notes that a cosmetology license is still be required for other hair treatments, such as curling, waving, cleansing, and cutting.

The Institute for Justice’s first case, in 1992, was Taalib-Din Abdul Uqdah v. District of Columbia, in which Uqdah and his wife, Pamela Ferrell, the nationallyrecognized owners of Cornrows & Co., successfully challenged Washington, D.C.’s cosmetology code, which was adopted in 1938.

They claimed that they should have been exempt because they used no chemicals, dyes, sharp objects or other items that alter hair structure, as traditional stylists often do.

“This issue is about race, control, power and politics,” Uqdah said.

“You and I wouldn’t be having this discussion, but for the fact that

African-style braiders are making money hand over fist.”

A Kentucky cosmetologists’ trade association complained that the exemption legislation allows braiders to style hair without learning about disorders of the skin and scalp that can result from improper styling, according to news accounts.

Nina Stribling, 38, of Louisville, said she has been going to Gueye for 18 years for micro braids. Her daughter, 23, is also a long-time client. When the family moved to Kansas for four years because of her husband’s military service, Stribling drove 11 hours back to Louisville every six months to get her hair done.

She said she’s never had a problem with her hair or scalp and credited Gueye with taking special care after her hair grew fragile from the medicine she takes for lupus.

Stribling said she has become close with Gueye’s family, including Gueye’s mother, who moved to Louisville and started braiding a few

years before her daughter did.

“She’s very good,” said Stribling.

“There has never been an issue with my scalp being red or my hair being braided too tight. She knows what she’s doing and is very professional.”

Avelar said few states set out to regulate hair braiding, but problems occur, when officials try to apply “broadly worded” codes penned decades ago, to braiding.

“Then they gave the power to enforce this law to a regulatory board and required that the regulatory board be made up of members of the regulated industry,” Avelar said, adding a “financial incentive” to the enforcement of these laws.

Uqdah called licensing an infringement on the “economic liberty” of braiders, many of whom are black or African-born female immigrants whose opportunities for gainful employment would be limited but for braiding.

Avelar said there is a “consensus forming” among liberals, libertarians and conservatives that licensing requirements for workers need to be “pared back.”

Gueye, who testified before the legislature on the exemption, never wanted to speak for a cause.

She just wanted to disentangle braiders from impediments to their work.

“We are free now,” she said. “That’s what we wanted – to be free to just braid hair and help our families.”

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‘Obamaloans’: New CFPB regulations could drive payday lenders out of business The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal regulatory agency established in response to the 2008 Wall Street meltdown to police banks and other financial institutions, has issued new rules that could reshape payday lending.

Payday loans are small-dollar, high-interest loans used most often by low-income workers to help cover monthly expenses between paychecks. The CFPB contends the $40 billion industry that serves an estimated 12 million customers each year traps workers in a cycle of debt that is difficult to escape.

The new rules are the culmination of more than three years of work by the CFPB. When a draft version of the new regulations was released in March, the Consumer Financial Services Association of America, the trade group for payday lenders, said a “substantial part of the industry” could be forced out of business.

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“I’m really encouraged to see the CFPB stepping up to address predatory lending in a way that could offer financially vulnerable Virginians some badly needed protection from these products which, in many cases, do nothing but trap borrowers in an expensive, endless cycle of debt.

“Virginia has developed an unfortunate reputation as a place where predatory lending thrives, and unfortunately the General Assembly hasn't been willing to fight for Virginia consumers.

The CFPB proposals, including an ‘ability to pay’ test, expansion of safer loan products, and limits on overdrafts or multiple loans, can be important safeguards for Virginia consumers. My team and I will be closely reviewing the proposed rule in the coming weeks.”

- Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) week, the CFPB’s own projections show that loan volume could fall by 84 percent under the new rules.

That’s all part of the plan, according to some critics of the CFPB who believe the Obama administration’s goal is to drive payday lenders out of business and clear the way for taxpayer-backed nonprofits — including one with direct ties to federal regulators — to take over the market for shortterm lending with an expansion of

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taxpayer-subsidized loans, called “Obamaloans” by critics.

Iain Murray, a vice president at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., said the groundwork for a federal takeover of the small-dollar lending industry has been laid over the past few years.

“When all other sources of short term cash are outlawed for people with poor credit, where do they turn? The outcry will become overwhelming for federally backed loans to the underserved market,” Murray said in an email.

Along with the expected new regulations from the CFPB, President Barack Obama’s latest budget proposal contains $10 million

for the expansion of the federal small-dollar lending program, administered by nonprofits known as community development financial institutions (CDFI).

What does that mean for lowincome Americans who might occasionally need a payday loan to help make ends meet?

CFPB leaders said the crackdown on payday lending will help them escape the “debt trap,” but evidence from states where payday lending has been restricted offers a different narrative.

North Carolina banned payday loans in 2004 after an intense lobbying effort from groups like the Center for Responsible Lending, which decried the industry as a “debt trap” — the same language now being used by the CFPB as it, at the behest of the CRL, crafts new federal rules.

Three years later, a study from the Federal Reserve of New York found low-income workers in North Carolina were worse off than they had been before the ban. The Fed found higher rates of bankruptcies and bounced checks and found

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June 8, 2016 • 13 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY’S REQUEST TO REVISE ITS FUEL FACTOR CASE NO. PUE-2016-00047

What to know about snakes in Va. WTOP — Although May was the height of snake season, nobody is out of the woods yet.

With the warm weather, more people are spending more time outdoors. But snakes also are out enjoying the warmer weather and basking in the sun.

Kory Steele, a snake expert and past president of the Virginia Herpetological Society, said snakes will really come out in the morning to bask. Steele said there are roughly 32 snake species that are native to Virginia but only three of those are venomous.

Northern Copperheads are found statewide. He said they are the least venomous of venomous snakes in the world.

“There’s no way that a copperhead will ever kill you,” he said. That is unless you are really young or old, have an autoimmune disease or don’t get medical attention.

But if they do bite you, it will hurt.

Steele said they could bite your finger off.

His advice: If you’re out walking your dog and come across a snake, back up a couple of steps and find another way around the snake. It’s a myth that snakes will chase you.

Steele also said it’s frustrating because when a person sees a snake, he always thinks it’s a copperhead, even if they don’t look like a copperhead and is only a snake.

But the Northern Water Snake does look a lot more like a copperhead than other snakes, said Steele, but they are not venomous.

He said the Northern Water Snake is a very common snake that’s found statewide in Virginia.

“They are a water snake that likes to be around ponds and lakes and streams. They vaguely have a pattern that resembles a copperhead.”

But they will strike repeatedly if bothered.

He said the Eastern Ratsnake doesn’t seem to mind being around people. It’s nonvenomous and eats rodents. Although this snake is a gentle giant — growing larger than six feet, Steele said sometimes you can handle it and it won’t bite you.

He feels that snakes just get a bad rap.

When he talks to people about their fear of snakes, it turns out that, they don’t have a basis for their fear, other than they’ve been told they should be afraid of snakes.

Tips to reduce the chances of snake bites from the Fairfax County Police: •Don’t try to handle a snake; it will bite if provoked; •When walking or hiking, stay on trails, sidewalks or cleared pathways; •Wear boots or closed-toe shoes and long pants when walking in wooded areas or working outdoors; •Wear leather gloves when handling brush and debris; •Keep dogs on a leash and cats indoors to cut down on the chances of them meeting up with a snake; and •Use a flashlight at night if walking in areas where snakes could be.

•For help, contact Wildlife Conflict Helpline toll-free 855-571-9003 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon. through Fri.

On May 4, 2016, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power (“Dominion Virginia Power” or “Company”) filed with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) its application (“Application”) pursuant to § 56-249.6 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) seeking a decrease in its fuel factor from 2.406 cents per kilowatt-hour (“¢/kWh”) to 1.971¢/kWh, effective for usage on and after July 1, 2016, on an interim basis.

The Company’s proposed fuel factor, reflected in Fuel Charge Rider A, consists of both a current and prior period factor. The Company’s proposed current period factor for Fuel Charge Rider A of 2.115¢/kWh is designed to recover the Company’s estimated Virginia jurisdictional fuel expenses, including purchased power expenses, of approximately $1.4 billion for the period July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017. The Company’s proposed prior period factor for Fuel Charge Rider A of (0.144¢/kWh) is designed to return the approximately $95 million overcollection, which represents the net of two projected June 30, 2016 fuel deferral balances.

In total, Dominion Virginia Power’s proposed fuel factor represents a 0.435¢/kWh decrease from the fuel factor rate presently in effect of 2.406¢/kWh, which was approved in Case No. PUE-2015-00022. According to the Company, this proposal would result in an annual fuel revenue decrease of approximately $286.2 million between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017. The total proposed fuel factor would decrease the average weighted monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh of electricity by $4.35, or by approximately 3.8%.

The Commission entered an Order Establishing 2016-2017 Fuel Factor Proceeding (“Order”) that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing to be held on September 14, 2016, at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear 15 minutes before the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Individuals with disabilities who require an accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact the Commission at least seven (7) days before the scheduled hearing at 1-800-552-7945.

In its Order, the Commission also allowed the Company to place its proposed fuel factor of 1.971¢/kWh into effect on an interim basis for usage on and after July 1, 2016.

Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

The public version of the Company’s Application, pre-filed testimony, and exhibits are available for public inspection during regular business hours at all of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A copy of the public version of the Company’s Application also may be obtained, at no cost, by written request to counsel for Dominion Virginia Power, William H. Baxter II, Esquire, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Riverside 2, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means.

On or before August 30, 2016, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before August 30, 2016, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00047.

Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before June 29, 2016. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be filed with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at counsel’s address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE-2016-00047. Interested persons should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for further details on participation as a respondent.

On or before July 13, 2016, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service; 5 VAC 5-20-150, Copies and format; and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUE 2016-00047.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at the Commission’s website: http:// www.virginia.scc.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order Establishing Fuel Factor Proceeding in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above.

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(from page 12) that more borrowers were seeking assistance from CDFIs and other nonprofit lenders.

One of the largest, and certainly the most politically influential, community development financial institution in the country is the Center for Self Help, which is based in North Carolina and was fingered by the Federal Reserve as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the ban on payday lending in the state.

Now, Self Help stands to benefit from both the expansion of federally funded small-dollar loan programs and the coming extinction of their competitors in the payday lending industry.

Some critics see a conflict of interest there, because the Center for Self Help owns the Center for Responsible Lending, which acts as its lobbying arm and has a direct conduit to the CFPB. Last year, emails obtained by Politico revealed that the Center for Responsible Lending spent hours consulting with senior Obama administration officials, giving input on how to implement the rule that would restrict the vast majority of short-term loans.

“The group regularly sent over policy papers, traded emails and met multiple times with top officials responsible for drafting the rule,” reported Politico’s Anna Palmer. “At the same time, the group’s financial services business, Self Help Credit Union, was pushing CFPB to support its own small-dollar loan product with a much lower interest rate as an alternative to payday loans.”

With the final rules set to be unveiled this week, critics are pointing to those emails and to a revolving door between the CFPB and the Center for Responsible Lending to claim that the progressive nonprofit had undue influence over policy.

Martin Eakes, who founded the Self Help Credit Union in 1988 and now serves as it’s CEO – as well as the CEO of the Center for Responsible Lending – has been pushing federal regulators for years to crack down on payday lending. In 2007, while serving on an advisory panel for the FDIC, which regulates banks,

Hilary O. Shelton Eakes suggested allowing banks to extend small-dollar loans to anyone with overdraft protection on their checking account.

According to meeting minutes, Eakes said the most viable outcome of that proposal would be persuading policymakers that there are alternatives to payday loans, “thereby making it more palatable to prohibit payday loans.”

When Eakes pitched that idea in 2007, the CFPB did not even exist yet. Less than a decade later, though, he and other progressives who want to reshape the country’s financial institutions have found the perfect vehicle for doing that.

Created in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB has nearly unchecked regulatory authority over U.S. banks and financial institutions. To the cheers of progressives such as U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, the CFPB has cracked down on auto loans, payday lenders, community banks and mortgage brokers – though it has also helped to entrench the idea that some banks are “too big to fail,” the very thing that the CFPB was, in theory, supposed to fight against.

Payday lenders are the CFPB’s next target, but reshuffling the small-loan industry might not help American workers as much as Eakes and other reformers claim.

Almost four in 10 Americans say they don’t have enough savings to

cover the cost of a $500 emergency, so there is no doubt that payday lending fills a vital role in helping people get by from paycheck to paycheck. But do lenders take advantage of their borrowers?

The CFPB certainly think so.

When starting the crusade against payday lending in 2013, the agency issued a report slamming payday loans as too expensive and not suitable for sustained use. A sizable share of consumers end up in cycles of repeated borrowing and incur significant costs over time, the report found.

“For too many consumers, payday and deposit advance loans are debt traps that cause them to be living their lives off money borrowed at huge interest rates,” said Richard Cordray, director of the CFPB. But that’s not the experience of most borrowers. The CFPB’s own publicly available data shows that just 1.5 percent of all complaints submitted to the federal agency were regarding payday loans.

The Consumer Financial Services Association of America says its research shows 96 percent of customers report payday loans to be useful and 84 percent said it was easy to repay the loans.

Some people do use payday loans irresponsibly and end up trapped in a cycle of debt, but even that minority might be worse off without payday lending as an option. A 2007 paper

by Mercatus Center researcher Todd

Zywicki suggests that regulators are wrong to look at short-term loans using the same metrics as long-term borrowing like credit cards and mortgages.

In a rather typical payday loan, a borrower might take out $300 with a promise to repay $350 in two weeks.

That’s an annual percentage rate of 435 percent – an absurd interest payment, when even the worst credit cards typically carry APRs of around 30 percent.

Zywicki says that’s the wrong way to look at payday loans, since they’re not meant to be paid back over the long term — there is no “annual” to the percentage rate. And for comparisons’ sake, the effective APR on overdrafted checking accounts can be as much as 1,000 percent, according to the FDIC. “Although expensive, payday loans are less expensive than available alternatives,” wrote Zywicki.

“Misguided paternalistic regulation that deprives consumers of access to payday loans would likely force many of them to turn to even more expensive lenders or to do without emergency funds.”

In this case, the regulations will do little to protect consumers’ finances, while driving more people to use the products offered, at taxpayers’ expense, by organizations such as the Self Help Credit Union — just like what happened a decade ago in North Carolina.

“The infrastructure for this — the community development financial institutions — is already in place,” said Murray. “Obamaloans will be the only game in town.”

The national NAACP supports CFPB. “...[W]e strongly support the CFPB’s announced proposed rule to rein in the “debt trap” caused by abusive small dollar predatory loans.

This rule has the potential to make a significant and positive impact in the lives of ordinary Americans, particularly racial and ethnic minority Americans, by protecting them from financial predatory lenders,” said Hilary Shelton, NAACP executive vice president for policy and advocacy and director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau.

“By ensuring that a strong and enforceable ability to repay standard is incorporated in the final rule, the CFPB will make major steps forward in its mission of consumer protection.” © Watchdog

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Former rivals, foes & admirers, remember Ali Tributes to Muhammad Ali poured in from across the sporting, cultural and political world after his death June 3 at age 74, with many saying there would never be another one like “The Greatest.”

Ali was fondly remembered not just as a heavyweight boxing icon but also for his fight for social justice, while others recalled his warmth and generosity, how he was equally at home with presidents and people on the streets.

George Foreman, Ali’s most famous knockout victim from the Rumble in the Jungle, noted Ali’s other main rival, Joe Frazier, in tweeting: “Ali, Frazier and Foreman... we were one guy. A part of me slipped away, the greatest piece.”

The front page headline on Ali’s hometown newspaper, the CourierJournal of Louisville, Kentucky, simply said, “The Greatest,” with a legendary 1965 photo of Ali standing over a flattened Sonny Liston.

“We lost a legend, a hero and a great man,” said Floyd Mayweather, who retired last year as an unbeaten welterweight boxing champion. “He’s one of the guys who paved the way for me to be where I’m at. Words can’t explain what Muhammad Ali did for the sport.”

Another former world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, tweeted: “God came for his champion. So long great one. The Greatest. RIP.” Don King, who promoted the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’, said Ali will live on forever alongside other U.S. civil rights heroes.

“He was tremendous, not just a boxer, a great human being, an icon,” King said. “Muhammad Ali’s spirit, like Martin Luther King Jr., will live on. That’s why Muhammad Ali will never die.”

Ali spoke out for African-American civil rights in the 1960s, carrying on his fight against injustice and sacrificing the prime years of his own career in the process.

“When people saw what he had done for what he believed in, threw away three-and-a-half years of his career and he remained steadfast, he came through all of that bigger and more important than ever before,”

Muhammad Ali posing for an undated portrait. boxing promoter Bob Arum said.

Transcending sport Reflecting Ali’s reach far beyond boxing, many of the biggest names in world politics also remembered a man who stuck up for his beliefs -- and for those less influential than himself.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation said Ali had been Mandela’s hero.

“Nelson Mandela, a boxing enthusiast most of his life, acknowledged Ali as his boxing hero.

Madiba, as Mandela was fondly know, had great respect for his legacy and spoke with admiration of Ali’s achievements,” said Sello Hatang, chief executive of the foundation.

Mandela’s favorite book at his office -- where there was a photo of the two men together -- was an autographed copy of an Ali biography, the organization said.

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton said he had been “honored” to award Ali the Presidential Citizens Medal at the White House in January 2001, just before leaving office.

“Through triumph and trials,” Clinton said, Ali “became even greater than his legend.”

“We watched him grow from the brash self-confidence of youth and success into a manhood full of religious and political convictions that led him to make tough choices and live with the consequences.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Ali “an extraordinary

athlete and a remarkable man of good deeds who conquered the hearts of millions.”

“Boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s life-long struggle against racism and discrimination will never be forgotten,” he wrote on Twitter.

‘Touched hearts’ The sporting world also united to remember one of its biggest names.

Retired NBA all-time scoring leader Kareem Abdul-Jabbar praised Ali’s courage in fighting discrimination.

“At a time when blacks who spoke up about injustice were labeled uppity and often arrested, Muhammad willingly sacrificed the best years of his career to stand tall

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The Richmond (VA) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated will donate $100,000 to the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia (BHM of VA) at the Chapter’s Year-End Celebration.

The chapter partners with Franklin Military Academy located in the East End of Richmond. The Chapter has 100 percent participation from its membership through their “Umbrella” project – “Focused Motivated Achievers” (FMA²). They support approximately 15 young ladies in middle school.

The BHM of VA, 122 W. Leigh St., will host the young ladies for future tours and events. For more information, call 804-780-9093.

6.14 & 6.21, 10 a.m.

Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging is preparing an update to the Four-Year Plan (2016-2019) for submission to the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). The agency is holding public comment sessions for input about priorities and future directions. The next sessions takes place at Friendship Café, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 2480 Batterson Rd., Powhatan on June 14 and at Linwood Robinson Senior Center, 700 N. 26th St., Richmond on June 21.

The agency is also seeking information about current services, agency visibility in the community and future needs and priorities. RSVP to 804-343-3054 or mboynton@youraaa.org.

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Housing projects remain rundown, dangerous DREW JOHNSON

UNS - Billions of taxpayer dollars have gone to improve government housing lately, but Jay Owens still lies awake at night holding his daughter while the sounds of gunshots puncture the air.

Congress will spend $6.3 billion this year for overhead and maintenance of federal low-income housing projects.

This expense has risen $2 billion annually since President Barack Obama took office. That record amount is atop $4 billion in stimulus funds for capital improvements and energy-efficiency measures at aging public housing facilities in 2009.

Despite this growing taxpayer outlay, some occupants of housing projects say their residences remain dilapidated and plagued by gangs and drugs.

“My daughter and I hear gunshots almost every night, close to our unit, and there’s major drug use and drug dealing outside the units around here,” said Owens, a tenant of a housing project in the Atlanta suburb of Newnan, Ga. The projects are a “major drug hub,” according to Owens, and it can be challenging to find a parking space because, “so many drug runners park on my street, they take up all the parking.”

Such complaints are common among public-housing dwellers across the country.

“I see lots of gang crime,” said Sharon Jaffe-Johnson, who lives in a Reno, Nevada, project. “I’ve witnessed drunks and fights. A neighbor was just arrested for throwing a potted plant through her neighbor’s front window.”

Violence in public housing seems to be ratcheting up. Just last month, 30 alleged gang members were arrested in association with a dozen murders and 24 shootings across several Harlem projects.

The problems in those areas, however, go beyond crime and drugs.

“There are run-down units. Poor maintenance is a problem,” Owens said.

“There’s trash on the ground even though there are plenty of trash cans.”

Despite increased maintenance dollars, Minneapolis’ Glendale public housing facility lacks the insulation necessary to prevent ice from forming inside the units’ windows in the winter, according to a Facebook group fighting for better living conditions.

Why do these billions of dollars spent to enhance public housing projects fail to furnish inhabitants safer, healthier and more comfortable environments? Much of that money is wasted, said to taxpayer watchdog David Williams of the Washington, D.C.-based Taxpayers Protection Alliance.

“The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s own inspector general caught local housing authorities that run housing projects wasting millions of dollars that could have gone to improving conditions at the projects,” said Williams. “Tax dollars that should have been used fixing leaky pipes, or insulating drafty windows, or funding efforts to increase public safety were just frittered away. Completely wasted.”

Federal inspectors appear to share Williams’ assessment.

In one instance, HUD officials determined that Bridgeport, Connecticut’s housing authority wasted $118,000 in federal funds to build, among other things, restrooms and a break room for employees who oversee the housing projects.

After completion, however, the new facilities failed to comply with the fire code and were unusable.

The federal government took over three housing authorities in southwest Missouri earlier this year after malfeasance emerged. Due to their close proximity, the housing authorities in the towns of Anderson, Lanagan, and Pineville, Missouri, shared the same staff. HUD determined that those employees failed to maintain low-income housing units adequately. They also misused $240,000 of taxpayers’ money that should have funded renovation projects. Instead, they improperly purchased vehicles and illegally engaged in no-bid contracts with friends.

“The maintenance man…is my son-

Richmond’s Gilpin Court is in better shape than other public housing projects across the country. SUBMITTED FILE PHOTO in-law,” LeAnn Martin, the executive director of the combined housing authorities, wrote in a 2015 letter to HUD’s inspector general “He has been employed with us for nine years and done an outstanding job.”

Martin said that the property was maintained properly. Martin also promised that some of the missing taxpayer-purchased items that evaded inspectors who audited the housing authority’s inventory lists might turn up. “We will be cleaning up the garage and inventorying supplies,” she wrote. “In the near future.”

“Clearly, not all of the people in charge of public housing projects have respect for tax dollars or the people who live in the projects,” said Williams, the watchdog. “And that’s heartbreaking because the people living in the projects are low-income Americans who don’t always have the option to move somewhere safer or cleaner or healthier. Where else can they afford to go? Many of them are effectively held hostage and forced to endure dangerous and unhealthy conditions, all because local officials don’t use taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars responsibly.”

(from page 15) Parkinson’s disease for decades and fight for what he believed was right,” said Abdul-Jabbar.

“In doing so, he made all Americans, black and white, stand taller. I may be 7-feet-2 but I never felt taller than when standing in his shadow.”

Ali won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 and lit the torch at the 1996 Olympic opening ceremony.

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said Ali -- who had been battling

-- “was an athlete who touched the hearts of people across the globe, an athlete who was engaged beyond sport, an athlete who had the courage to give hope to so many suffering illness by lighting the Olympic cauldron and not hiding his own affliction.”

Former England football captain David Beckham called Ali “the greatest there will ever be.”

“The biggest and the best,” Beckham said on Instagram.

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