Whoever distributed the fake Bowser cards weren't the only tricksters at work late last night. Michael Brown reports that his campaign office received several calls from homeowners reporting that Brown campaign signs had been placed in their yards. None of those callers had requested a sign.
Brown says his election-eve visibility plan did not include staking [...]

Some Ward 4 voters woke up this special-election morning to find some green-and-white campaign literature that appeared to be pushing candidate Muriel Bowser.
The glossy heavy card stock featured a picture of Bowser and the name "Bowser" next to her head. It even mentioned she was endorsed by the Washington Post. LL obtained a copy from [...]

D.C. pols have gotten carried away during this special election season with imitating their heroes.
The campaigns of Ward 4 candidate Muriel Bowser and Ward 7 candidate Victor Vandell shamelessly adopted the green-and-white literature and signs of the city's latest political darling, Mayor Adrian Fenty.
The candidate in Ward 7 endorsed by council Chairman Vincent Gray—Yvette Alexander—follows [...]

Mayor Adrian Fenty isn’t going to shy away from calling on the private sector to step up in his schools-improvement efforts.
And his timing couldn’t be better.
At a press conference today announcing his school-takeover transition plan, Fenty indicated that he is inviting private companies to participate in what he called “buff and scrub” operations—small-scale [...]

Opponents of Ward 4 D.C. Council candidate Muriel Bowser thought they had her nailed for some type of high-profile ethical gaffe. It looked as though Bowser patron Mayor Adrian Fenty had finally crossed the line in his support for his candidate.
This weekend, several residents spotted what appeared to be a D.C. fire truck sporting a [...]

• The rain proved to be a blessing for organizers of the march in support of a D.C. voting rights bill. The 1,500 or so people who showed up were truly committed and energetic.
Organizers were forced to move the elevated stage in front of the reflecting pond to the ground because of the wind, creating [...]

Mount Pleasant activist Laurie Collins has never had a problem taking on the merchants in her neighborhood. As head of the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Alliance, she spearheaded a successful effort to ban the sale of single servings of booze in the area and was willing to take on anyone who opposed the idea down at [...]

Mayor Adrian Fenty is generously using the resources of his office to pump up attendance at the April 16 voting rights march. Callers to the mayor's citywide call center are urged to attend the march. He mentions the event at almost every public appearance.
But the mayor's enthusiasm for the voting rights cause hasn't reached all [...]

The D.C. government is always keen on coming up with ways to communicate more effectively with their customers.
Recently, the Department of Public Works outdid itself. That is to say, in an effort to explain what happens with garbage pickups after a city holiday, the agency may have devised one of the most confusing visual aids [...]

Despite a huge build-up by local media outlets, the council easily passed Mayor Adrian Fenty's schools-takeover legislation with little drama. A second, final, vote on the bill is slated for next month.
Only At-Large Councilmembers Phil Mendelson and Carol Schwartz voted against the measure.
Fenty's strategy of pushing the schools bill in the first few months of [...]

A dispute within the administration of Mayor Adrian Fenty about regulatory enforcement has led to the departure of the city's leading official for constituent services. Merrit Drucker, director of community relations and services, submitted his resignation March 21 and will leave the government on Friday, according to Drucker.
Drucker ran an office that follows up on [...]

Ward 7 D.C. Council candidate Yvette Alexander seems to be taking a page from the campaign of Ward 4 council hopeful Michael Brown. Literally.
Last week, Brown sent out a campaign update e-mail touting the fact that he drew the No. 2 slot on the May 1 special-election ballot. The missive included a graphic of a [...]

When Mayor Adrian Fenty stepped to the microphone today to officially open the interim library in Anacostia, he called on one of the grade-school students gathered for the photo op to join him.
During a quick tour of the prefab temporary library before the official announcement, Fenty had run into a young girl named Shawna who [...]

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Now we know for sure that Mayor Adrian Fenty's administration is green. And we're not talking about campaign colors or inexperience. Fenty is apparently going to great lengths to conserve paper.
A March 16 response to a March 13 letter from all councilmembers regarding global warming was on [...]

At least two established political groups in D.C. aren't intimidated by the Fenty political machine.
The mayor's choice to succeed him as the Ward 4 D.C. councilmember—Muriel Bowser—has piled up a lot of cash from politicos who have come to understand that helping Bowser translates into pleasing the mayor.
The D.C. Chamber of Commerce clearly isn't so [...]