A group accusing Ward 6 Councilwoman Sharon Ambrose of disenfranchising
her constituents and being absent in the community has filed a notice
of intent to recall her. The group says Ambrose failed to act in the
best interest of her ward on issues such as last year's drinking water
problems and by supporting the new baseball stadium to be built in her
ward. Mary C. Williams, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 6 and
chairman of the Committee to Recall Sharon Ambrose, submitted the
recall notice Jan. 12 to the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics. The
board has scheduled a special meeting Jan. 24 to consider the
committee's petition. If approved, the committee will begin collecting
signatures to recall the councilwoman, which could result in a special
election. "We had 250 people who
attended a meeting to discuss this stadium. Sharon Ambrose was with the
mayor in China," Williams said. Ambrose acknowledged that she and five
of her council colleagues accompanied Mayor Anthony A. Williams in a
trip to Asia in October, at the height of debate over the mayor's
baseball stadium proposal. "It was bad timing for that china trip all
around," she tells ABC 7 News. [more]