Category: Accountability

8A03 Commissioner Holly Muhammad’s False Claims, How 8A Commissioners Did Nothing Then Violated DC Law

Cmr Holly Muhammad’s LIES about candidate Tom Donohue needs challenged as Holly has never supported her claims & ANC8A commissioners volated the law by not hosting speccial meeting

ANC8A01 candidate, Tom Donohue, has issued a call to action to constituents of ANC8A. After over two years Donohue asks constituents of ANC8A to demand Holly Muhammad provide anything to support claims Donohue is a racist, that he hates Black Women & Muslims. He also points to every ANC8A Commissioner who has ignored two letters from the Board oF Elections instructing Chair Jamia White to host a Special Meeting on Holly Muhammad’s Claim she moved into a property owned by fellow ANC8A Commissioner Barbra Clarks second property she owns in Ward 8

Donohue, who is vying for a seat in the upcoming election, has expressed his concerns over the alleged defiance of the law by the 8A Commissioners. He believes that it is the duty of every citizen to hold their elected officials accountable for their actions.

In a statement, Donohue said, “As a candidate for ANC8A01, I am committed to ensuring that our community is governed by individuals who respect and uphold the law. I urge my constituents to challenge the claims made by Commissioner Muhammad, and to seek the truth in this matter.”

He further added, “It is our responsibility as citizens to question the actions of our elected officials, especially when there are allegations of legal defiance. We must ensure that our community is led by individuals who are committed to maintaining the integrity of our governance.”

Donohue’s call to action comes in the wake of allegations that the 8A Commissioners have been defying DC law. These allegations, if proven true, could have serious implications for the governance of the community.

In conclusion, Tom Donohue, the ANC8A01 candidate, is urging his constituents to critically examine the claims made by Commissioner Holly Muhammad. He believes that it is the duty of every citizen to hold their elected officials accountable, especially in light of allegations that the 8A Commissioners have been in violation of DC law.Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) Holly Muhammad has been accused of a series of unethical actions and false statements. These accusations include:

  • Fabricated Claims: Muhammad has made repeated claims without providing any supporting evidence.
  • Undue Influence: She has used her position to influence decisions without proper justification.
  • Unlawful Exclusion: Muhammad ejected a resident, Tom, from a public meeting without warning and subsequently barred him from attending ANC meetings for six months. This action stemmed from Tom echoing concerns raised by other community members.
  • Defamation: In response to a recall petition filed against her by Tom, Muhammad publicly accused him of racism and prejudice against Black women and Muslims, again without providing any evidence. These accusations were made both in writing and during ANC meetings where Tom was muted and unable to respond. A flyer was distributed over a several block radius which included a photo and made claims he was a scammer and that he bullied females.
  • Residency Fraud: Muhammad is alleged to have falsified her residency to maintain her eligibility as an ANC commissioner after moving out of her district. She declared her candidacy using the address of fellow Commissioner Barbra Clark.
  • False Accusations: In retaliation against Tom’s defamation lawsuit, Muhammad filed false stalking charges against him, which were later dismissed by a judge.
  • Evasion of Legal Process: A process server made multiple unsuccessful attempts to serve Tom’s lawsuit at Muhammad’s declared address, raising further questions about her residency.
  • Collusion and Cover-up: Other commissioners are alleged to be complicit in Muhammad’s actions, including ignoring her residency fraud and actively attempting to silence Tom and suppress information about the situation.

These allegations paint a picture of misconduct and abuse of power by an elected official. Tom reports Muhammad, Clark, Crawford has dropped out of the election. Tom aims to ensure that the new commission fulfills its duties to the constituents it serves and upholds the oath of office.Tom Donohue

[WATCH] Disgusting Behavior During ANC8A June Meeting. Commissioner Deletes Files the Commision Refuses to Address or Inform the Community About.

Here is video footage of Commissioners from ANC8A deleting comments which included supporting documentation meant to inform the residents of ANC8A on matters the Commissioners refuse to discuss. This removal of ANC documents is likely illegal and will be included in the BEGA Investigation already underway.

In the footage below watch how Tom Donohue a nearly 10 year resident and small business owner submitted a link to a letter that had been sent to Chairwoman White and who has refused to call a special meeting.

You can watch the dirty work and read the leter in the below video

Board Of Elections Doubles Down after ANC8A Rejects Calls from Board of Elections to Host Special Meeting on Holly Muhammad Vacancy

Board Of Elections Doubles Down after ANC8A Rejects Calls from Board of Elections to Host Special Meeting on Holly Muhammad Vacancy

On May 2, 2023 Jamilla White, Chair of ANC8A responded to Marissa Corrente, DC Registar of Voters letter for ANC8A to host a special meeting regarding the residency issue of Commissioner Holly Muhammad. Evidence and legal filing ssupport that Commissioner Muhammad is using the physical address of friend and fellow ANC8A Commissioner Barbra J. Clark as her own in order to run and remian a ANC commissioner. In an unprecidented move by the Commissioners of ANC8A and after being advised not to, ANC8A announced during its May 2023 public meeting that they were banning constitutent Tom Donohue a 10 year Ward 8 small business owner for being disruotive ( in a virtual ANC meeting whwre he’s never been permitted to raise these issues)

Letter to Chair White Insisting ANC8A Find a Vacancy in ANC8A03 After Evidence Show Cmr Holly Muhammad Does Not Live at Property Owned by Friend & Fellow ANC8A Cmr Barbra Clark

Letter to Chair White Insisting ANC8A Find a Vacancy in ANC8A03 After Evidence Show Cmr Holly Muhammad Does Not Live at Property Owned by Friend & Fellow ANC8A Cmr Barbra Clark

Mendelson:  ANC’s DO NOT HAVE RIGHT TO BAN Constituents From Attending ANC Meetings

​During the February Meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) ANC8A Meeting, a motion was made to ban Tom Donohue a 9 year resident of Ward 8 and small business owner after Tom attempted to discuss matters the ANC has refused to address such as, ANC Commissioner Holly Muhammad’s use of fellow ANC8A Commissioner Barbara Clark’s physical address. (Ms. Clark owns two properties in Ward 8)  Ms. Muhammad uses Ms. Clark’s address as her own in order to be able to run for public office.  After nearly ten attempts to serve a civil complaint upon Ms. Muhammad three attempts by MPD and seven attempts by a private process server (one during a regular meeting of the ANC) All attempts failed as Ms. Muhammad was not home. The process server in court documents swore that neighbors told them that no one by that name even lives there. (see attached affidavits) 

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During the February 28, 2023 Meet up with Mendelson, Phil Mendelson Chairman  of  Washington DC City Council said “An ANC does not have the right to ban somebody”

Reasoning for the commission wanting to ban Donohue is because Donohue has had multiple matters including whether Muhammad lives where she does along with quarterly financial reports for two years not being signed or discussed during any ANC Meetings from being submittted to the ANC.  Donohue has submitted multiple FOIA requests to the OANC and to Chairwoman White of which have been ignored. Tom has proof that two very different QFR for same periods of time have been submitted to the OANC none of which show any signatures and there is no evidence of any minutues taken of any of these meetings to show that the QFR were brought before the commission during an open meeting for approval.

With Donohue attempting to bring these matters before via the chat messaging feature of Zoom, Commissioners proceeded to make a motion to Ban Donohue from futyure meetings. Chairwoman White moved away from. A FOIA request along with a sunpoena from Superior Court have not resulted in a recording from the ANC being turned over to Tom Donohue as of the time of publishing.

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Commissioner Holly Muhammad Does NOT LIVE At Commissioner Barbra Clark’s Address – She Illegally Ran For Office. Here’s The Proof

Commissioner Holly Muhammad Does NOT LIVE At Commissioner Barbra Clark’s Address – She Illegally Ran For Office. Here’s The Proof

Tonight, Feb 7, 2023, a licensed process server made an attempt to serve Commissioner Holly Muhammad during her ANC Meeting where you’d expect her to be during a virtual meeting and the server got no response.

MPD also attempted three different attempts to serve Commissioner Muhammad with no success.

Here is what a professionally hired process server said about her attempts to serve Holly Muhammad. When will our Commissioners actually take action against Holly Muhammad?

What more is needed? Holly ran for office while saying she was living at a property owned by fellow ANC Commissioner Barbra Clark. Commissioner Muhammad and Clark should be investigated for election law violations. Remember she ran against someone who actually lives in that single member district.

BREAKING: Office of Finance and Revenue withholding of all ANC 8A allotments

What in the world is going on with ANC 8A Finances? Why does the OANC have so many questions yet nothing with any urgency or substance has happened. Why hasn’t matters with this ANC been referred to outside agencies.

New Director of OANC Kent Boese responded to ANC 8A01 resident, Tom Donohue’s below letter with the following:

This is to advise you that the OANC has posed the same questions to ANC 8A.  The answers would ordinarily be found in the statutorily required quarterly financial reports (QFRs) and minutes.  Unfortunately, for various reasons, ANC 8A has continuously failed to submit signed QFRs and minutes for at least two (2) years.  

During this time, ANC 8A repeatedly cited a failure to have a quorum at meetings and the lack of a secretary.  Therefore, in accordance with its responsibilities in this area, the OANC recommended to the Office of Finance and Revenue – and was granted thereby – the withholding of all ANC 8A allotments until it properly complies with the ANC law and supplies the OANC with all previously unsubmitted QFRs and minutes.

Kent C. Boese
Executive Director – Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions

All of the quarterly financial reports can be found below:

Where is ANC 8A01 Commissioner Holly Muhammad Really Living?

Commissioner Holly Muhammad’s hate towards people makes her unable to represent them. Holly’s reign of any political position shall come to an end.

In March 2022 Holly moved from her residence however never let anyone know
until Tom got a lead from someone who told him she had moved out of ANC 8A01.  Tom researched this lead, found it to be 100% credible and informed the
Board of Elections. When word got to Holly, she immediately submitted a change of address with the BOE and posted a PO Box, making her the only ANC
Commissioner to refuse to make public her physical address by filing a PO Box.

Tom requested the listing of registered voters in DC and within
held Holly Muhammad’s new physical address its located-on Minnesota Avenue in SE DC. Upon further review in My Tax DC, this property is co-owner by Commissioner Barbara J. Clark that’s right Holly’s ally Commissioner in the
same Commission just a different single member district.

Lets Recap!

1. Holly over looks notifying anyone of her move for months

2. Once it was known she moved, she filed an change of address with the BOE

3. She becomes the only Commissioner who chooses to list her PO Box as her address as a public ANC Commissioner

4. Holly’s listed’s physical address is listed as that owned by her fellow Commissioner Barbra J. Clark

How did we get here?

Holly removed Tom Donohue from an ANC virtual meeting after Tom types note encouraging her to move on from an argument between her and another commissioner (again he only supported other neighbors who started telling them to move on and again this was only a text message in the chat)

Holly then blocked Tom from attending six months’ worth of ANC Meetings

She refused to comply with Freedom of Information Act Requests, which remain outstanding.

Holly has someone circulate a flyer with Toms picture on it to all his neighbors with in a several block radius

In retaliation to a warranted recall Holly has printed on the recall petition that Tom is a racist, that he hates black women and Muslims.

Commission leadership allows Holly to personally attack Tom during a public ANC Meeting and prevents Tom from representing the recall petition to the entire ANC meeting (See https://recallinghollymuhammad.com/2022/05/04/racist/)

Just as Commissioner Muhammad has been steadfast towards tarnishing my reputation, I will double down in assuming she will lose her ANC election no matter where she ‘says’ she lives.

Ms. Muhammad is full of hate, as a gay male myself I know firsthand that hate never wins the only thing I can hope for is that Holly finds love within her to accept and love others, I am confident my neighbors in Ward 8 will find Holly’s hate and desire to tarnish others for her gain has no room in Ward 8 politics. The days of her demands and her treating people with disrespect are coming to an end. I will do everything within my ability to inform my neighbors of her actions, make her accountable for them and see she will never have an elected role within DC government again.

I call upon the Democratic party to denounce Holly’s behavior and ask they not support Holly’s election. They have sat by too long watching her represent the democratic party with disgust.

Tom Donohue
ANC 8A01 Resident, Small Business Owner

In Board of Elections Filing ANC08A Commissioner Holly Muhammad Calls Constituent a “RACIST and hates Black Women and Muslims.”

ANC08A Commissioner Holly Muhammad Calls Constituent a “RACIST and hates Black Women and Muslims.” in response to his petition to recall her.

Commissioner Muhammad filed a response to my petition to recall. Its d

Commissioner Muhammad filed a response to my petition to recall. Its disgusting, without any merit, it speaks to her character and its only because she’s mad I’m standing up to her.

Click the text above to read her entire response which she submitted and will be printed on my Recall Ballot.

Her lies. Her antics must stop. An eleced official should never attack a voter in such a disgusting way.

This flyer was distributed over a few block radius to Tom’s neighbors

(flyer was distributed along a several block radius of Tom’s address to all his neighbors – a misc police report was filed)

I have two options:

Accept the petition I submitted to the Board of elections with Holly’s lies and inflammatory remarks meant to pit my neighbors against me

or…

I decline the petition and the petition dies.  Ultimately allowing Holly to continue knowing she will not represent me as an individual or a small Ward 8 business owner.


Since the Board of Elections will allow a response on a petition to read anything the respondent wants it to say. Someone could literally say anything – like he’s a murderer and they say they’d still publish it. I’m stuck with having to accept Holly’s disgusting response no matter what ramifications her words could cause me whether short or long term.  Those are my only two options. 

Holly expects me to reject it, so my petition goes away. It seems she’ll do it at any cost.  However she also knows that by her calling me a racist, by her saying I hate black woman and Muslims not only is she potentially putting my safety in jeopardy when I walk to peoples doors asking for signatures but she is defaming my name via the Board of Elections who will print this false information and force me to walk around to my neighbors asking my neighbors to sign in support of Holly to being recalled from office.  Rather than defending her job-related reasons (nothing personal) I’ve listed, Holly wants to attack me personally with lies in hopes she can influence our neighbors. I am not an elected official I should not have to defend myself personally I’d be fine with defending my reasons if that was the case.  The elected official should not be able to attack the citizen personally.  

To address the other things she mentions, I have only been in her physical prescience I think twice. All communication has been virtual or via email. I have never been ‘aggressive’ I’ve never thought we was weak or any of that. I do have cameras on the outside of my building. They capture only public areas – no areas where there is no expectation to privacy. These cameras have captured violent crime such as the killing of Mr. David Farewell when he was intentionally struck and ran over left to die on 22nd Street SE or when one of our neighbors were robbed at gunpoint, two instances where it was the right thing to do for all of us to provide video to the authorities. Everything else is all about Holly’s vendetta towards me for my attempts to recall her.

Yes, she is right regarding one thing… I was hoping and expecting her fellow ANC Commissioners to step up and stop her from keeping me from entering ANC Meetings for six months. I stand by my words that their lack of any action should be known and would be included in any report to news outlets.  It’s a shame they just watched each month as she refused me access month over month, I had expected the Commissioners to strip Ms. Muhammad from her leadership role. However, they stood by and simply allowed Ms. Muhammad to continue to grant me access or return any of my FOIA requests, to this day she has completely ignored my request.

So, It’s truly disgusting that the Board of Elections feels they must allow these falsehoods to be printed and distributed by them.  Only other option is to drop it and have it go away leaving her to continue her unethical ways.  I have no choice but to allow the Board of Elections to print and publish my petition which will include her response.  I will walk around asking people to support me in having her recalled and hope they will look at what she wrote and see her words are just as good as her job performance as ANC – lacking anything really.

I want to make it clear I have no intentions of filling her seat if she is recalled or running for her seat. I do want to make it clear that our ANC should be ran and respected and that can only happen if Holly is no longer part of our commission.

To The Government of the District of Columbia

The BOE says go to OANC, OANC says to go to AG, AG  OAG tells me to go to ethics board, ethics board tells me to go to OANC.

An Emal to the District of Columbia April 22, 2022

This is just crazy. The District of Columbia Government appears to just want to pass the buck till I go away Or you are just as influenced by Holly Muhammad as the rest of the ANC08 Commissioners!

Tom Donohue
Small business Owner
Ward 8

The BOE says go to OANC, OANC says to go to AG, AG  OAG tells me to go to ethics board, ethics board tells me to go to OANC.

I’ve filed an updated petition Ms. Muhammad’s response is just – I honestly don’t have words. “He is a RACIST and hates Black Women and Muslims.” Besides being responsible (Theres no other explanation) for the attached flyer…

This process has been disgusting how this elected official can do this to a regular guy – not involved in politics yet is pushed into it to protect his rights and step up for what is right.

Can’t the District of Columbia do better than this?

Oh, I’ve also learned that this ANC08 commission has not filed quarterly financial reports for an entire year.  Sit on that too. See what happens.

Respectfully,

Tom Donohue
Small business owner
Ward 8
202-525-4390 x 102

OAG:

“This appears to be a matter for which the enforcement power would lie with other District government bodies rather than with this Office.  If the Chair is continuing to eject you from public meetings without ANC approval (see this letter we recently issued on a similar question: https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/ANC-2A01-Letter-re-Commissioners-Speaking-in-ANC-Meetings-.pdf), you should contact the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability.  Concerns about the conduct of an ANC Chair should also be brought to the other members of the ANC, since each ANC has the power to take appropriate action by a majority vote of its members.”

Joshua A. Turner
Assistant Attorney General
Legal Counsel Division
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

Board of Ethics and Government Accountability –

 Our review of this complaint indicates that the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, oanc@dc.gov , would be in the best position to address the issues raised in your complaint. We appreciate you taking the time to file this matter. However, we must respectfully decline to further investigate these allegations.

Ashley Cooks
Director of Government Ethics
Board of Ethics and Government Accountability

Office of Inspector General –

“The Office of Inspector General is in receipt of your complaint regarding the ANC and Commissioner Muhammad. However, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) does not have the authority over the enforcement of Freedom of Information Requests. Appeals are to be made to the Mayor’s Office, which you claim you have done. If you disagree with their opinion on the matter, you would need to take legal action. Additionally, the OIG has limited jurisdiction over ANC meetings or the conduct of commissioners unless it involves fraud realted to the use of District funds. Harrassment claims should be made to the Metropolitan Police Department. Thank you.”

Office of The Inspector General

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