Alston and her staff will serve as a liaison to the gay community and advise the mayor on policy issues affecting that community.
Mayor Picks Personnel Chief
The deputy director of human resources from Columbus, Ohio, will become acting director of the D.C. Office of Personnel, Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) said yesterday.
Lisa Marin, who has worked in human resources in the public and private sectors for nearly 20 years, will begin work Oct. 4, Williams said. If confirmed by the D.C. Council, she would become the agency's first permanent director since the departure of Milou Carolan in November 2002, a spokeswoman for Williams said. Her salary will be $128,300.
A previous nominee withdrew in January after it became clear that several council members opposed granting her an exemption from the requirement that Cabinet appointees live in the city.
GWU Sophomore Dies After Fall
A 19-year-old George Washington University student died yesterday after she fell from the eighth-floor window of an apartment complex near the downtown campus, authorities said. Police said they are investigating the death.
The university identified the student as Susan Shin, a sophomore engineering major from Ashland, Ohio. Shin fell from the Elise apartment complex in the 800 block of New Hampshire Avenue NW about 11 a.m., authorities said. She landed on a roof of the complex and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where she died.
Apartment Complex to Be Renovated
A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday at the Capital Manor Cooperative, a three-building apartment complex in the 1400 block of W Street that was purchased by the tenants association last year and will be renovated over the next year.
The $12 million project will enable 102 low-income households to remain in one of the city's most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, officials said. A few residents will rent their units from the cooperative, but most will own a share in the enterprise.
MARYLAND
Hearing Begins on Access to Stadium
A Prince George's County administrative panel yesterday began hearing an appeal on behalf of Washington Redskins fans who oppose a policy that blocks pedestrian access to FedEx Field from Redskins Road.
The chairman of the county board of administrative appeals, Raymond Krasmick, rejected county efforts to have the appeal thrown out, and the panel heard testimony from security officials at other stadiums, local police, county officials and residents. The hearing will be continued at 2 p.m. Sept. 22.
The policy, which prevents fans from walking along Redskins Road on game days, was overturned on a technicality before the final game last season, but it was reinstated by the county in June.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It is not the role of the trial judge to conduct his own investigation or to generate potential evidence on behalf of either side in the case."
-- Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh, asking Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan C. Thacher to remove himself from the trial of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad. -- Page A1
Compiled from reports by staff writers Jay Mathews, Debbi Wilgoren, Maria Glod and Joshua Partlow and the Associated Press.
