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SCHOOL TAKEOVER PLAN
Attorney General Calls Referendum Improper
D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer asked the city's Board of Elections and Ethics yesterday to reconsider its ruling last week that residents will have a chance to force a referendum on Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's school takeover plan.
The board ruled that a referendum will be held in August if residents gather about 20,000 signatures of registered voters by the middle of this month. However, in a letter, Singer cited two reasons a referendum would be improper. First, she said, Congress has approved an amendment to the Home Rule Charter that would allow Fenty (D) to take control of the schools away from the Board of Education. She also said the mayor has signed a budget request act that includes funding for positions created under the takeover plan.
-- David Nakamura
SUPREME COURT
Norton Decries Discrimination Suit Ruling
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) yesterday protested a Supreme Court decision holding that employment-discrimination suits must be filed within 180 days of the alleged offense and said she would introduce legislation to extend the deadline.
Norton, a former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chairwoman, was referring to a case involving Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the case, a female supervisor at a tire plant in Alabama had sued the company for allegedly paying her less than her male colleagues during her 19-year career.
Norton said that such quick legal action was "impossible in a pay case," because it typically involves delving into confidential salary information. She said suspicions about pay differences often develop over time.
Norton plans to introduce legislation after the congressional break that would provide "reasonable time frames" for such suits.
