When D.C. school board President Robert Bobb was lured to D.C. from Oakland, Calif., he brought along a few loyal subjects to make sure he had some friends in the city administrator's suite.
Now that Bobb has moved from the bureaucratic to the elected realm, he's decided one of those Oakland followers should come along too. [...]
One candidate running in the May 1 special election for the D.C. School Board can at least claim to have luck on his side.
When Sekou Biddle showed up at the auction and raffle for Janney Elementary School in Tenleytown on Saturday night, he wasn't making a campaign stop. The candidate for the vacant school board [...]
WATCHMarion Barry on Child Breastfeeding Civil Rights Amendment of 2007 (ASX format, forward to 22:40)
Finally. A clear explanation for the brilliance of Ward 8 Councilmember Marion S. Barry Jr.
The former mayor has never been the kind of guy to be humble about his intelligence. He's fond of talking about how God blessed him with a [...]
You can add one more voter to the list of people annoyed with Ward 7 council candidate Victor Vandell's embrace of the Adrian Fenty colors, game plan, and campaign team.
This time it's Vandell's campaign chairman. Jerome Brocks—who has been with Vandell since the beginning of his quest for the Ward 7 seat—has resigned his post, [...]
Mayor Adrian Fenty didn't pass on the opportunity today to talk about the city's snow removal prowess following an impressive looking, but wimpy, storm that briefly covered the city's streets. After all, he'd heard enough complaints about the city's performance during the last storm.
After briefing reporters on the city's successful snow removal efforts, Fenty took [...]
On Feb. 12, Mayor Adrian Fenty had a last-minute scheduling change. He decided to forgo the opening of a youth drop-in center in Southeast for a chance to stand in front of the salt dome in Brentwood and brief reporters on preparations for the snowstorm.
LL left before the mayor. He almost immediately heard a siren [...]
The battle over an obscure nomination by Mayor Adrian Fenty to the D.C. Zoning Commission has turned into a public soap opera.
Today, the council is debating the nomination of Geoffrey Griffis to the board. "Debating" would be the nice way of saying "dragging Griffis through the mud."
Opponents of Griffis' appointment just can't forgive and forget [...]
The whispers began as soon as Ward 7 D.C. Council candidate Victor Vandell's yard signs started going up. Opponents had obtained information that Vandell, running as a Democrat, was actually a registered Republican until just before he moved to his Deanwood home in May 2006.
Technically, Vandell's opponents are correct. An inquiry to the D.C. Board [...]
It wasn't unusual this week to see cars on side streets or in the parking lots covered with ice and snow. But you wouldn't expect to see a fancy Crown Victoria coated in sleet and ice taking up a prime space in the John A. Wilson Building VIP parking section—right next to the mayor's spot.
The [...]
If the District decided it needed someone to govern behavior in cars, Marion Barry would certainly be the legislator to turn to.
He has unrivaled experience with cars, misbehaving, and the police, which makes the Ward 8 councilmember the perfect guy to introduce a bill that would make it a crime to smoke in a [...]
It didn't take long for former Mayor Anthony A. Williams to get a big check after leaving the public sector.
But the $4,000 payment he recently received wasn't a signing bonus from his new employer. The check came from an outfit he'd rather forget—the 2002 Committee to Reelect Tony Williams.
The former mayor was apparently too busy [...]
Mayor Adrian Fenty will soon have a tough choice to make when it comes to selecting a new director of the Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. But the discussion about the post will probably be less intense than the battle among D.C. gay activists.
Darlene Nipper, who ran the office under Mayor Anthony [...]
The Adrian Fenty administration prides itself on finding new ways to deal with old problems. When it comes to the homeless, for instance, the new mayor's staff has launched a self-esteem offensive, with some help from Oscar nominee Will Smith.
This morning, the Fenty team assembled a group of about 120 homeless people and delivered them [...]
Apparently, Ward 8 Councilmember Marion S. Barry Jr. is doing a better job of keeping his frequent hospital stays out of the press. According to a statement from his office, Barry has been recuperating from pneumonia “for several days” in “an area hospital.”
No reason was given for the release, but LL suspects someone in the [...]
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The Adrian Fenty administration is now officially engaged in Mission Impossible: trying to politely control the outbursts of DC Watch Executive Director Dorothy Brizill.
The fiery community activist has been the thorn in the side of three D.C. mayors now. Each one has learned that muzzling her [...]
