D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is always keen to point out he is the child of activist parents. Phil and Jan Fenty arrived in D.C. as idealistic civil-rights crusaders.
But as far as D.C.–activist bona fides, his communications director, Carrie S. Brooks, might be able to one-up the boss.
Brooks grew up in the District as the daughter [...]
Now WUSA-TV reporter Bruce Johnson can truly say he's seen it all in his 30 years covering District mayors.
By serving as MC for the swearing-in of the new mayor and councilmembers, the Channel 9 stalwart flew dangerously close to giving the appearance that he was operating on behalf of the folks he covers.
When Johnson stepped [...]
Several potential candidates for the Ward 4 D.C. Council seat that will soon be vacated by Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty have been out and about and making no secret about their plans to kick off formal campaigns after Fenty is sworn in next week.
Despite the official designation of their campaigns as exploratory, no one believes the [...]
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams’ last scheduled press conference revealed something D.C. residents already suspected: His fondest political memory came before a stadium mostly filled with residents of Maryland and Virginia.
When asked to reveal his best times as mayor, Williams turned to baseball. He recalled the feeling after he was introduced to the [...]
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Police Chief-designate Cathy Lanier and another female officer received $75,000 each as part of a settlement of their 1995 sexual harassment case against the Metropolitan Police Department. Court documents, obtained by the Washington City Paper, spell out the justification for the exchange of cash. Portions of the settlement were [...]
Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty seems to have stumbled on a back-up plan if he can't manage a takeover of the D.C. public schools: just keep appointing school-board members to posts in his administration.
His selection Tuesday of appointed school board member Joanne Ginsberg to be his legislative director means Fenty will get to add three people of [...]
When Marion S. Barry Jr. walked into courtroom number 115 at D.C. Superior Court today, a murmur went up among the dozens of defendants waiting for their traffic cases to be called.
The man sitting next to LL angrily complained, “I've been sitting here for two hours. But goddamned Marion Barry just walks right to the [...]
Some voters at Precinct 13 in Kalorama Heights got an unexpected visit from a political legend today.
Scott Bishop, who is still facing charges connected to Mayor Anthony A. Williams’ 2002 nominating petition signature debacle, is back at his old trade: fastening political signage.
Activist Marie Drissel reports that after voting she spotted Bishop putting up a [...]
D.C.'s voting rights push has some new, young energy and a new strategy for winning a vote in Congress. And for once, the new tactics aren't coming from D.C. congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
The latest voting rights push for the District was hatched in a distinctive venue at a dinner Wednesday hosted by District entrepreneur [...]
For the second time in six months, the top staffer to Ward 8 Councilmember Marion S. Barry Jr. has left amid reports that the strain of being the right-hand person to the District's most famous councilmember is an impossible job.
On Friday, Dr. E. Faye Williams packed up her things and left the Barry team. “I [...]
Mayor Anthony A. Williams is suddenly tossing out positive critiques of the yet-to-be-hatched Adrian Fenty administration.
At his weekly press conference, a reporter began a question about schools by mentioning Fenty's trips to visit with officials in New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco.
“Good start,” Williams quipped. “Got to start traveling early.” After the laughter from [...]
Alec Evans, spokesmen and top campaign aide to mayor-to-be Adrian Fenty, has been fired by the candidate just two weeks before the general election.
Evans confirms that he is no longer with the campaign and that his separation was not of his choosing. “It's a shame to part ways so quickly after helping get someone elected,” [...]
Mayor Anthony A. Williams isn't taking any chances in his upcoming benefit tennis match against Ward 8 Councilmember Marion S. Barry Jr.
The mayor used his weekly press conference yesterday to announce that he and Barry will play during the Recreation Wish List Committee's Saturday fundraising event at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center.
The image of [...]
The first building bearing the name of Mayor Anthony A. Williams could be in the perfect place for a guy who set the standard for D.C. mayoral travel: Accra, Ghana.
The idea was dropped by the mayor of Ghana's capital city, Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson—one of the dignitaries Williams hung out with during his spring break [...]
The Washington Post has ramped up the stakes in the hotly-contested at-large D.C. Council race: Judging from the reporter assigned to the contest, the loser among the two main contestants might be written off as politically dead.
The pre-election profile of the Democratic primary contest between attorney A. Scott Bolden and incumbent Phil Mendelson is being [...]
