<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="padding:20px 0px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Some of you probably knew George Valentine, if not by name, perhaps by sight. George walked his black pit bull, Cuddles, a couple of times a day at Lincoln Park. </span><br></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div id="gmail-:duo" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-:dun" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">George has died of Covid-19. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="padding:20px 0px 0px;font-size:0.875rem;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://wamu.org/story/20/03/27/a-deputy-director-in-d-c-mayors-office-has-died-of-covid-19/" target="_blank" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">https://wamu.org/story/20/03/27/a-deputy-director-in-d-c-mayors-office-has-died-of-covid-19/</a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">A sweet man, loving father and dedicated civil servant, George frequently met a group of dog owners who gather at 7:30 a.m. at the Lincoln Park.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">He was such a positive person, aways with a smile and a funny comment or anecdote. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">George, who had a degree from Harvard Law School, worked for more than 16 years as D.C.’s Deputy Attorney 
General before joining the mayor’s legal team last year.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-valentine-b7558143/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-valentine-b7558143/</a></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>