Mayor Dixon promised an investigation of the complaints and said remedial action would be taken to help the Hispanic community.

At one such meeting, a man told Mayor Dixon: "What the protesters did last night was just the tip of the iceberg."

At an afternoon meeting attended by Mayor Dixon, many Hispanic people demanded immediate remedial action by the city.

"They are struggling people," Lila Nunez, the store's manager, said this morning as Mayor Dixon began her tour of the neighborhood.

Mayor Dixon made history in November by becoming the first female leader of the capital.

So why did Mayor Dixon oppose the law?

In fact, the President struck up a working relationship with Mayor Dixon well before the Congress did.

This time both whites and blacks here, including Mayor Dixon, who is black, have made such confessions.

After Mr. Bliley's action, Mayor Dixon asked the Council to repeal the measure.

The Lexie shooting is not explicable - except as another disturbing sign of the times, as Mayor Dixon put it.