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MacFarlane's Other D.C. Team
Victor B. MacFarlane, the San Francisco real estate mogul who was introduced Monday as the new majority owner of D.C. United's operating rights, knows the value of teamwork when it comes to making his mark in the nation's capital.
MacFarlane has recruited several former D.C. government heavy-hitters to work for the D.C. office of MacFarlane Partners, his real estate management firm. Linda Greene, who served as chief of staff for council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), is vice president for community affairs and public relations. Dana Bryson, who was chief of staff to former city administrator Robert C. Bobb, is vice president for business development.
Now, MacFarlane is wooing Bobb, who was recently installed as president of the D.C. Board of Education, a part-time job that pays $16,000 a year.
Bobb's expertise in city matters would presumably be helpful for MacFarlane, who is bidding to build a soccer stadium, along with residential and commercial development, on part of the 100-acre site known as Poplar Point.
When reached by telephone, Bobb said he is considering several options and declined to elaborate. But Julie Chase, a MacFarlane company spokeswoman, said: "It's fair to say Bobb has every intention of joining the firm, but it has not been defined what role he would play."
Song of the City
Shortly after Fenty concluded his inaugural address last week, Larry Hylton and N ova Nelson came to the stage. They weren't being sworn into office. They were capping the proceedings with a new song: "The Pride of D.C."
Composed by local songwriter Nolan Williams Jr. for the inauguration, the gospel-inflected ditty has the chorus:
We are building our pride
Turning the tide
Look now and see
The pride of D.C.
Williams, 37, the minister of music at the Metropolitan Baptist Church and a recording artist, said he was inspired to write a song about the city even before he was approached by Fenty's inauguration committee.
"Our city has gone through incredible change when you think about where we were 10 years ago in terms of the development of city life and culture," he said. "While it is easy to focus on the negative, there is much to be proud of about our city in this day and time."
A portion of the song can be heard at http:/
The Mouthpiece's New Boss
Anthony A. Williams's former spokesman Vince Morris has found a new job before his former boss has -- as press secretary for Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.).
"I admire him," said Morris, who was a reporter for the Washington Times and the New York Post. "You can say things like that when you're no longer in the press corps."
Staff writers Hamil R. Harris and Nikita Stewart contributed to this report.
