Opposition crescendos to West End resolution

A growing chorus of community organizations are calling on the D.C. Council to revoke an emergency resolution adopted in July that virtually guaranteed public facilities on the West End would be dealt to a developer with interests nearby.

The deal with EastBanc Inc., proposed by Mayor Adrian Fenty and strongly backed by Ward 2 Council Member Jack Evans, infuriated advisory neighborhood commissions and other activist groups that described the process as secretive and the deal as sweetheart. From the Federation of Citizens Association to the Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan advisory neighborhood commissions, myriad resolutions have been adopted in the last two months calling on the council to reverse its decision.