Watergate Wrangling
Another Vote Approaches in Battle Over Co-Op Conversion Plan
By Dana Hedgpeth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 8, 2004; Page E01
There are accusations of abuse of power, vote tampering and document shredding. People are trying to involve a Supreme Court justice, a U.S. senator and a top White House official. The League of Women Voters has been called in to restore confidence in the process.
The only thing missing in this latest Watergate scandal is a break-in.
The Watergate has been in an uproar for months over plans to turn the Watergate Hotel into cooperative apartments. Three of the six buildings in the complex are already co-ops, whose residents include national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, opera star Placido Domingo and Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) and her husband, Bob. Leading the opposition is lawyer Jack H. Olender, who says the Watergate's way of life is at stake. "It's another Watergate coverup," he said. He started a group called Watergate East Committee Against the Hotel Conversion to Co-ops.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23461-2004Jun7.html