Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) Single Member District (SMD) 6B06 is the area on the east side of Lincoln Park between 12th Street and 15th Street, bounded north by E Capitol St. NE and roughly on south by South Carolina Avenue SE.
At the end of 2024, incumbent commissioner Chander Jayaraman departs after a dozen years representing his neighborhood, many as Chair of the ANC Alcoholic Beverage Cannabis (ABC) Committee. He will take more than a decade of institutional knowledge about process and language with him, all the more potent a loss as the ANC weighs in on applications for an increasing number of medical cannabis retail outlets.
Two candidates are running to take his place and represent their neighborhood. Meet The Candidates:
SMD 6B06
Burl Haigwood
https://www.lhillrag.casinowinning.net/in/burl-haigwood/
Burl Haigwood centers his campaign around public safety, which he says impacts taxes, home value, personal health and employment. Crime affects not only individual or collective public safety, it lowers tourism and affects the economy, meaning government coffers are depleted.
Haigwood is also focused on alternative fuels which he believes both impact the environment as well as individual health. He is the author of Gasolinegate which examines the relationship between gasoline consumption and health.
“Crime Prevention affects everybody, and environmental protection impacts everybody,” he said, “and both of those things impact the economy. So, a rising tide of environmental and economic protection raises all boats,” Haigwood said.
“I’m a coalition builder,” Haigwood said. “My motto is we’re better together.”
Born and raised in Maryland, Haigwood has called the Hill home for the past 20 years, raising his two children here. He worked with outgoing ANC Commissioner Chander Jayaraman on crime and rats, authoring a public safety report. When Jayaraman decided he would not seek re-election, he asked Haigwood to run.
For more information, visit www.lhillrag.casinowinning.net/in/burl-haigwood/
Anna Krebs
Anna Krebs believes in community collaboration, balanced development, transparent governance and public safety. Residents, she said, are the true experts on neighborhood needs. Balancing growth with the preservation of our neighborhood is crucial, she stated, as is safeguarding existing community .
Public safety is an important concern. She intends to work closely with both the current and former chairs of the Public Safety Committee. She confronts the issue with an understanding that many criminal situations stem from systemic issues.
Anna Krebs was born and raised in the Single Member District she now seeks to represent. She attended DC Public Schools before graduating from the University of Delaware. Currently an events coordinator at Red Carrot, she takes immense pride in her Capitol Hill upbringing. “It’s not just where I’m from, it’s an integral part of who I am,” Krebs said.
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Voters will choose their representatives on the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) in the Nov. 5, 2024 election. ANC Commissioners are elected, unpaid government officials who each represent about 2,000 voters in the Single Member District (SMD) in which they live. Voters elect the commissioner for their SMD to serve a two-year term. To find your ANC or SMD boundary, enter your address in the new 2023 Locate Your ANC/SMD tool at https://arcg.is/1PrKXG.
