Christian Dorsey
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Christian Dorsey | |
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Member of the Arlington County Board | |
Assumed office November 2015 | |
Preceded by | Mary Hynes |
Personal details | |
Born | 1971 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Arlington County, Virginia |
Alma mater | Georgetown University |
Profession | Politician |
Christian Dorsey (born 1971 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is an American politician in Arlington County, Virginia. He previously worked at the Economic Policy Institute.[1] His areas of expertise are community development, housing, race and the economy.[2]
Career
Dorsey joined EPI in 2008. Dorsey's work there has been to build an awareness of economic policy matters on a grassroots level as an advocate for the EPI with a goal of educating and mobilizing both middle class and disenfranchised communities for equally shared prosperity.
Dorsey also served as the Executive Director of the Bonder and Amanda Johnson Community Development Corporation, and as Executive Director for The Reading Connection, a Northern Virginia-based non-profit organization that provides literacy programs for children.
Education
Dorsey holds a B.S., International Relations from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Controversies
Dorsey declared bankruptcy on October 16th, 2019 (Wash Post, 11-07-2019) just prior to being re-elected to a term on the Arlington County Board in November 2019.[3] Although under no legal obligation to do so, and running largely unopposed, Mr. Dorsey did not notify the public of his bankruptcy, which he later clarified, “In retrospect, I should have had a conversation with the community, no matter how difficult, when I filed for bankruptcy in mid-October...”[4]
Further in November of 2019 Mr. Dorsey was stripped of his chairmanship of the Washington Metro's Finance Committee for failing to disclose an $10,000 donation from Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 for 4 months. Mr. Dorsey pledged to return the funds, but in January of 2020 falsely said [5] he'd already returned the funds. In February he appears to have written another check, only for it to remain uncashed for 5 months. When pressed he claimed the union told him the check had been lost in the mail. The funds remained unreturned until July 30, 2020 [6] when Dorsey submitted a picture of a cashier's check to various news outlets.
References
- ^ "Christian Dorsey's brief bio at Economic Policy Institute Website". Archived from the original on 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "Christian Dorsey biography at aaw.arlingtonva.us". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/christian-dorsey-atu-check/2020/07/22/6591a0d0-cc43-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html
- ^ https://www.arlnow.com/2020/07/31/dorseys-check-saga-may-finally-be-over/
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/christian-dorsey-atu-check/2020/07/22/6591a0d0-cc43-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html
- ^ https://www.arlnow.com/2020/07/31/dorseys-check-saga-may-finally-be-over/
External links
- Christian Dorsey on Fox News's Cashin' In program, 12-29-2009 on YouTube.
- Arlington County Board chair Christian Dorsey filed bankruptcy petition in Oct.
- Metro board weighs penalizing member Christian Dorsey for late disclosure of $10,000 donation from transit union.
- Arlington County Board chair Christian Dorsey yet to repay $10,000 donation. again.
- Arlington County Board chair Christian Dorsey filed bankruptcy petition in Oct.
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