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Will Adrian Fenty Win in 2010?: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"What Was Michelle Rhee's 'Damage Control' for Kevin Johnson?"; "Fenty's 39th Birthday Bash Set for Old Mayoral Mansion Site"; "Pershing Park Case: The Games Peter Nickles Plays"; tweets galore!
Greetings all. WaPo editors asked a half-dozen political observers to assess Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's chances in 2010. DCist's Martin Austermuhle is 'betting that [Fenty] will be reelected,' pointing out 'you still need a viable "someone" to beat an incumbent mayor who retains some popular support.' Maryland politics prof Ron Walters cites teacher firings, crony contracts, and gay marriage in saying that it's 'difficult to envision Mayor Fenty being reelected.' Howard U.'s Lorenzo Morris says 'there is neither a populist outsider nor a business-oriented insider positioned to take on Fenty,' so '[a]bsent a major new issue or scandal, expect Fenty to retain his title.' Terry Lynch says Fenty's 'only real opposition is himself' and notes plenty of 'tangibles' he can run on. Parents United's Iris Toyer sees a Fenty ouster if voters 'vote their interests,' in light of 'too many instances of secrecy, sweetheart deals, unbecoming arrogance, fiscal management concerns and a disdain for the law.' And then there's former Ward 6 Councilmember Sharon Ambrose, who writes that Fenty 'stands a good chance of being reelected. But he needs to watch his step.'
AFTER THE JUMP---Gray's home contractors weren't licensed; Fenty spotted at Cowboys Stadium; violence plagues Northeast charter high school; NYT editorializes on D.C. gay marriage and Catholic Charities; unemployment hits 11.9 percent; BRPAA might not be long for this government
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Rhee Got Involved in KJ’s Personal Mess: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Sullivan to Nickles: 'You're Playing Games With The Wrong Judge'"; "Ximena Hartsock Headed to Youth Trust?"; "Pershing Park Case: Patterson Hopes District Has Learned Its Lesson"; tweets galore!
Greetings all. A congressional report connects Michelle Rhee to unsavory personal accusations involving her now-fiance, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. KJ has been accused of sexual misconduct with young women, and Examiner columnist Byron York writes that Rhee, while serving on the board of Johnson's St. Hope nonprofit, 'learned of the allegations and played the role of a fixer, doing "damage control"' for Johnson. A former St. Hope employee says 'that Rhee told her that "she was making this her number one priority, and she would take care of the situation." A short time later, the employee learned that the girl who had complained about Johnson had received a visit from Johnson's personal attorney.' Allegations against Johnson and St. Hope were first leveled by AmeriCorps' inspector general, who referred the matter to federal prosecutors in California. The L.A. Times reports that Rhee had 'several conversations' with the IG 'in which she made the case for Johnson and the school he ran in Sacramento...[saying] he was "a good guy."' As part of a settlement with St. Hope, the sexual misconduct allegations were not addressed, and the IG was fired by the Obama administration in June. The LAT story notes that Rhee's 'role in the incident may have repercussions among city officials in Washington, where she has developed the profile of a contentious and controversial schools chief.'
AFTER THE JUMP---WaPo ed board calls for probe of Gray allegations; ex-official's name appears in court docs filed in taxi bribery case; Fenty's swim habits spark Wilson pool controversy; council, Catholics explore compromise; DISB changes birth-control policy for insurers; Fenty airplane pitch leads to possible move for Bethesda company; report says UDC should spin off community college
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‘Teach Them a Lesson,’ Said Top Cop: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"The Vincent Gray Home Improvement Invoices"; "Vincent Gray Calls Misconduct Allegations 'Clearly Political'"; "Affidavit: Ramsey Ordered Pershing Park Arrests"; "Jim Graham's New Logo Embraces Sartorial Trademark"; tweets galore!
IN LL WEEKLY---All Bets Are Off: The lottery contract saga goes on. Also: Fired DPR employees claim the stats were juked to force layoff.
Greetings all. LL realizes the drip-drip-drip of recent news related to the 2002 Pershing Park arrests must be making his readers' eyes glaze over at this point, but a rather momentous allegation surfaced yesterday in federal court: A D.C. cop has said in a sworn statement that he heard then Police Chief Charles Ramsey order the illegal arrests, saying, 'We're going to lock them up and teach them a lesson.' WCP's Jason Cherkis notes that Ramsey 'repeatedly stated in depositions that he had not ordered the mass arrest of approximately 400 people during the Sept. 27, 2002, World Bank/IMF protests.' The cop, Detective Paul Hustler, 'states in his affidavit that officers were ordered to funnel people into the park' and that he 'was standing near Ramsey and various police officials at the time' that the order was given. As troubling here is the cover-up: The city has sought to bar Hustler from giving a deposition; federal Judge Emmet Sullivan has ordered it to go forward, with U.S. Marshals or a magistrate judge in the room to make sure city lawyers don't unduly interfere. Also Jordan Weissmann at Legal Times and Del Wilber in WaPo, Scott McCabe in Examiner, and AP. Ramsey's lawyer, Mark Tuohey, says 'Hustler's comments might not be accurate and prove only that the detective overheard a conversation.'
AFTER THE JUMP---Vince Gray starts answering questions about home renos, DNC fundraising; Chaffetz asks city honchos about feuding; Fenty tries to sneak in People's Counsel nominee; Examiner editorial board not Fenty fans; Rhee gets WSJ ink; JBG lawsuit persists
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Vince Gray’s Very Bad News Day: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Elections Board Rejects D.C. Gay Marriage Initiative"; "Traci Hughes Is Out As Police Spokesperson"; "Gay Marriage Debate: Another Reason to Ditch Employer-Based Health Care!"; tweets galore!
Morning all. Two ugly headlines today for Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray. For one, he's been pulled into the D.C. Democratic State Committee's financial mess: Tim Craig reports in WaPo that Gray, on council stationery, sent a fundraising appeal to Comcast for last year's Democratioc National Convention. He asked government affair rep Kathy Etemad Hollinger for $20,000 to finance 'voting rights' activities. Local Democrats ended up getting $10K from Comcast, plus $5K from a cable PAC. (Hollinger, incidentally, is now Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's chief of film and TV development.) Gray tells Craig that he was just 'trying to be helpful.' More serious are the Ted Stevens-esque allegations in WaTimes by reporter Jeffrey Anderson that megadeveloper William C. Smith & Co. did work on Gray's Hillcrest home. 'In an interview in his city hall office Monday, Mr. Gray at first denied that the company did any work for him, aside from arranging for an architect to design a renovation that he said has yet to commence. Later in the day, a spokeswoman called back to say that the company repaired a door to the roof of Mr. Gray's 2,800-square-foot home and installed a lock on his iron gate and exterior floodlights.' The company, which typically doesn't do home renovations, was paid more than $10,000---but only 'after The Washington Times began asking employees of William C. Smith & Co. about the work, and a month after the paper filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking permits on the property.' No permits were issued, either. Gray's explanation: 'I have known Chris Smith a long time, I know the quality of the work....I don't want to sound holier than thou, but I take my integrity very seriously.'
AFTER THE JUMP---BOEE tells marriage initiative supporters to tell it to the judge; Harry Jackson gets the WaPo Style treatment; L.A. Times' editorial board more supportive of D.C. lawmakers than WaPo's; accused child murderer was called 'psychopath'; CSX tunnel work brings out Hill NIMBYs; Durso leaving Hotel Association; Santos is a big boxing fan
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Our Morning Roundup: The “Rogue Cupcake Crisis” Edition
Like locusts swarming from above, a new (pink) cupcake truck and New York-based Crumbs Bake Shop are showering the District with more overpriced, nauseatingly cute cupcakes. Does this mean we have to suffer through another dreadful Washington Post war? Matt, commenting on Prince of Petworth, says: “I see sub-prime cupcake crisis coming! Cupcake bailout?”
Undoubtedly the result of the massive cupcake crisis, WTOP reports that federal and retail positions are being inundated with an unprecedented number of job applications—some federal positions that previously attracted 25 applicants are now getting up to 400. Accompanying the article is a photo of a handsome, sneering man who is clearly thinking: “You won't even get a job at a cupcake place! Have fun decorating your cardboard box, intern.”
The city is distributing more than 122,000 plastic reusable bags to low-income residents to prepare them for the 5-cent bag fee that goes into effect Jan. 1. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty says it’s for the “Skip the Bag, Save the River” campaign, but really it’s due to the massive cupcake shortage! Start stockpiling those crumbs!
Americans are rediscovering frugality and spending money only on life’s staples: specifically, canned beans and Sarah Palin's memoir, which was officially released yesterday. Clearly, the cupcake-crazed are already going rogue.
And finally, the New York Daily News offers evidence that Clint Eastwood is not very impressed by the rogue cupcake crisis: He lamented to GQ that “it seems like our country is in kind of a morbid mood because of the recession or whatever…we have a bunch of teenage twits.”
Photo by Bev, Creative Commons Attribution License
Blade Feels the Deepest Cut: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Nickles Attempts To Prevent Detective From Testifying"; "Blade Staff to Launch New Publication"; tweets galore---including live coverage of yesterday's council hearings
Morning all. The Washington Blade, what legendary activist Frank Kameny calls 'the voice of record for the gay community,' is closed---temporarily, all hope. The paper's owner, Window Media, succumbed to crushing debt, and then yesterday 'nearly two-dozen employees arrived at their downtown offices Monday to start a new workweek, only to be ordered to clear out their desks by midafternoon,' according to Paul Schwartzman's WaPo A1 requiem. He adds: 'The Blade's closing comes at a moment of extraordinary optimism for many gays in Washington. The big story [Lou Chibbaro Jr.] and the paper's other writers have been covering is the bill supported by nearly all of the D.C. Council's members that would legalize same-sex marriage in the city.' But Blade writers, as WCP reports, are planning a new venture. And hey: Eleanor Holmes Norton, calling the Blade a 'weekly must-read,' pledges her support to any successor publication. Also WaTimes, WBJ, WTOP, WRC-TV, WUSA-TV.
AFTER THE JUMP---Man arrested in 9-year-old's murder; another council contracts hearing, another round of executive no-shows; Catania threatens DOH officials with weekly HIV/AIDS hearings; remembering Oscar; man, in apparent suicide, becomes year's 22nd Metro death; the bag tax is almost here---Safeway and CVS have free reusable bags for you!
A Child Dies in Columbia Heights: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"D.C. Democrats Not Off the Hook, Say Finance Officials"; "The Friday Limerick Review"; tweets galore!
FLASH---The Washington Blade is reported to have closed. Check City Desk for updates!
Morning all. This weekend saw the year's penultimate All Hands on Deck for city police---a program that continues in spite of an arbitrator's ruling ending it, as Theola Labbé-DeBose reported Saturday in WaPo. Sadly, the enhanced deployment of officers failed to stop the violence in city neighborhoods. On Saturday night, a bullet ripped through the door of a Columbia Heights apartment and killed 9-year-old Oscar Fuentes. Just before 10 p.m., WaPo reports, 'the boy's family had rushed into the apartment to avoid an attempted robbery. The assailant, the sources said, fired through the door hitting the boy.' Says one neighbor in today's WaPo followup, 'We have a chronic problem in the neighborhood with these gangs. It's not okay for them to just come in and shoot people.' The building at 1433 Columbia Road NW, Examiner reports, 'reeks of urine and lacks a lock on the front door and even a doorknob, letting all types of problems inside. On Sunday afternoon, no one answered the door at Oscar's apartment. A hole less than a centimeter in diameter was visible in the door. It cut cleanly through at an angle, about a foot above the doorknob. The hallway showed no other signs that a crime had occurred. A Happy Birthday sign hung above the door of the apartment next door.' May the 'assailant'---much too kind of a term---be brought to justice swiftly. Also NC8, WRC-TV, WUSA-TV, WTTG-TV.
AFTER THE JUMP---Rhee says she's to blame if Fenty can't get re-elected; WaTimes does the full foundering-Fenty treatment; neighborhoods still want their parks, contracts be damned; FBI's Persichini calls it quits; feds get serious about regulating transit; lots more on Catholic gay marriage conflict
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The Archdiocese Plays Hardball: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Pershing Park Case: Council Hearings Unlikely"; "David Catania Smacks Down Anti-Gay-Marriage Law Prof"; "WTOP's Mark Segraves to Get TV Show"; "Is Adrian Fenty Exercising Too Much?"; tweets galore!
Morning all. The Archdiocese of Washington is playing hardball, holding that the District's gay marriage bill, as currently written, threatens to end their involvement in various city services. And the D.C. Council has swung right back. In second-day story, WaPo reporters write that councilmembers are 'hardening their opposition' to the archdiocese, 'setting up a political showdown between the city and one of its largest social service providers.' Says Tommy Wells: 'It's a dangerous thing when the Catholic Church starts writing and determining the legislation and the laws of the District of Columbia.' No CM is acting conciliatory at the moment, and the archdiocese is trying to draw a semantic distinction: that the District is 'giving the ultimatum,' not the church. But WaPo columnist Petula Dvorak isn't buying it: 'By trying to play political hardball with the District, no matter how carefully they word their objection to the bill, officials at the Archdiocese of Washington and Catholic Charities are telling our city's most vulnerable people---homeless families, sick children, low-income mothers---that they are willing to throw them on the table as a bargaining chip. What the Church is doing is an uncharitable and cruel maneuver.' Still yet to enter the debate: Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl. Also Examiner, NYT, WaPo blog, WaPo chat, WaTimes, LAT blog, NC8, WRC-TV, WTTG-TV, World mag, Atlantic, TPM, lots more.
AFTER THE JUMP---More on the fate of Hardy MS; Harold Brazil sues tattoo shop whose floor he soiled; movie tax pondered to fund arts groups; murdered Rawlings brother said to be implicated in Halloween killing; D.C. Jail to join federal immigration-check program
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Our Morning Roundup: The “Freedom Is Dead, Friday the 13th” Edition
Mornin', y'all! Welcome to ex-Freedom Friday! As Mike Riggs, your favorite freedom-lover, reported last week, he is no longer doing City Desk's Morning Roundup on Fridays. And that means only one thing: Freedom is dead.
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Rewhitening DCPS: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Cathy Lanier: The True Victim Of Fenty's Latest Scandal"; "Archdiocese Threatens To Cut Services Over Same-Sex Marriage Bill"; tweets galore!
IN LL WEEKLY---Is Fenty's Exercise Regimen Clouding His Judgment? Plus: Ron Moten may be retiring, but he isn't going anywhere.
Morning all. Jonetta Rose Barras with a very nice column about racial/educational politics in the western wards. The dispute centers on the Ellington School for the Arts and newly renovated Hardy Middle School. 'No one cared much that they have substantial African American populations, although their surrounding communities are predominantly white. The education reform movement and construction of new buildings changed that. Now, parents in Wards 2 and 3 have begun pushing for fewer slots for out-of-boundary students and more traditional academic programs.' Barras discusses a possible plan to move Ellington and convert the former Western High building back to a general-enrollment high school, as well as plans to change the academic program at Hardy to lure more in-boundary (read: white) parents. Michelle Rhee, she reports, 'told the Citizens Association of Georgetown to expect a "major announcement" next month. "[Hardy's] not going to turn overnight, but I think the plan we're moving forward on is one that is really going to boost [it as an] option."' The comments have black parents with kids enrolled out-of-boundary at Hardy upset: '"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Keenan Kellar, Ward 1 resident and Hardy parent. "African-American parents have a great sensitivity to that kind of coded language."'
AFTER THE JUMP---Fenty: 'Going forward, I'm not going to use a motorcyle anymore'; archdiocese lays down an ultimatum; HUD threatens to keep AIDS money from District; 21-year-old shot on H Street NE in broad daylight is brother of DeOnte Rawlings; NTSB wants Metro crash hearings; rock-throwing kids terrorize Hill East
Happy Birthday Vince: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Fenty Promises To Replace Hartsock By Dec. 1"; "Pershing Park Case: Is Peter Nickles Ready To Deal?"; tweets galore!
Good Veterans Day morning to all. Yesterday, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray celebrated his 68th birthday with a party/fundraiser at the Beacon Hotel. LL, feeling under the weather, couldn't make it, but WaPo's Nikita Stewart did, calling it 'like a pre-mayoral campaign kickoff.' From her D.C. Wire report: 'Go-go godfather Chuck Brown, who is also the father of Ward 4 activist Cherita Whiting, led the crowd in a chorus of "Happy Birthday."...There were some interesting faces in the crowd: Greg O'Dell, who heads the Washington Convention and Sports Authority and happens to be a fraternity brother of Fenty; Adrienne Todman, the interim director of the D.C. Housing Authority who has had to answer questions about controversial construction contracts; and Lateef Mangum, Fenty's former photographer.' Also there: Sharon Pratt, Linda Cropp, and Virginia Williams, and all CMs except Marion Barry, mourning his mother.
AFTER THE JUMP---The D.C. sniper mastermind is dead; more stories about Fenty's biking habits; council and mayor come to an understanding on Hartsock; gay marriage bill is out of committee; Randi Weingarten as next DCPS chancellor?
Our Morning Roundup: The “Technology Has Exceeded Our Humanity” Edition

Have you thanked a veteran today? What are you waiting for? Technology is only getting faster! That’s right, soon you will be able to thank a veteran by using a technology chip in your mind! (No, there’s no actual link to that…it's just a theory.)
Can’t remember if the Georgetown Circulator exists? Download the new iPhone app! And while you’re at it, you may soon be able to pay for parking at meters with your cell phone! Isn’t technology great? Oh wait, WUSA has just reported that there is a new virus that downloads child porn onto your computer. Does it call Chris Hansen too?
Do you Twitter? Do you use LinkedIn? This was actually a secret intern test to remember not to trust you (because you are obviously over 30, we don't touch that stuff). Anyway, the two companies announced a new partnership yesterday.
Stop the presses (are there any left to stop?)—commenters on Prince of Petworth universally agree that the new mural on Sherman Avenue and Barry Place NW is awesome. Read More "Our Morning Roundup: The “Technology Has Exceeded Our Humanity” Edition" »
Mind Your ABC’s: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Nickles Seeks Order Barring Public From Seeing Pershing Park Discovery Materials"; "WTOP: Fenty Uses D.C. Cops to Escort Cycling Team"; tweets galore!
Morning all. The big news yesterday came from WTOP's Mark Segraves, and his report, complete with video evidence, that Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is in the habit of regularly having police motorcycles accompany himself and his cycling team on midday training rides. Picking up on the story were WJLA-TV, WTTG-TV, WUSA-TV, DCist, and LL---meaning that Hizzoner has lost yet another news cycle to allegations of arrogance and misdealing. WRC-TV's Tom Sherwood takes a more expansive view of Hizzoner's style, noting that it's not unusual for 'take-charge mayors of big cities' to, well, take charge. It's just that Fenty seems particularly tone-deaf about how he does it, leading to 'a consistent drumbeat around town that he's overdoing it with his "I'm in charge; you're not" frame of mind. Even discounting the criticisms from people who have lost their jobs or who are tied to the old-school way of doing things, there still seems to be too much grumbling about this mayor's ABC's -- arrogance, bullying and cronyism.'
AFTER THE JUMP---City settles first protest lawsuit; Wepman is out as DCPS financial officer; religious freedom provisions strengthened in gay marriage bill; Barry reality show taping confirmed; prosecutors explain handling of Tony Randolph Hunter case; the teabagger angle on the teacher layoffs
Get Along to Keep Going Along: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Fenty Fundraises in San Francisco"; "City Agencies Asked to 'Dig Deeply' to Cover $300M 2011 Budget Gap"; tweets galore!
Morning all. Kathy Patterson, in a WaPo op-ed, begins her advice for Chancellor Michelle Rhee by invoking names like Arlene Ackerman and Julius Becton. The lesson from those failed DCPS chiefs: 'You can't fix schools from the top down, and working from the bottom up requires working with the duly elected legislature of the District. How to get along with the council? Pretending it doesn't exist isn't the answer. Far better would be a program of preventive maintenance made up of regular conversations and a policy of "no surprises."' Furthermore: 'Communication is a two-way street, and politicians no less than superintendents have a responsibility to keep channels open. The notion of a superintendent or chancellor as change agent on horseback, single-handedly rebuilding a system and improving learning, is illusory.' A must-click.
Also: Mattie Cummings, mother of Marion Barry, has died at 92 in Memphis. In a release, Barry 'asks that you keep him and his family in your prayers.' LL offers his condolences to the CM and family. See Tim Craig's item at D.C. Wire for more.
AFTER THE JUMP---Barry reportedly taping reality show; Colby King says Hizzoner needs to watch out, lest he get Bloomberged; Jonetta recounts the history of cronyism in the District; Georgia Avenue liquor store holdup leads to shopkeeper slaying; deer becomes dinner for zoo lions
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Michelle Rhee Gets Engaged: Loose Lips Daily
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT---"Another D.C. Council Hearing No-Show!"; "The Number Of Homeless Families In Need Jumps"; "Daycare Fight Continues: Union Files New Lawsuit"; tweets galore!
Morning all. Reliable Source with the scoop! D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is engaged to Sacramento mayor/ex-Phoenix Sun Kevin Johnson. 'Rhee, 39, spoke Wednesday night at a Democrats for Education Reform/DC School Reform Now event downtown, and a pretty sparkly thing on her left hand caught the eye of more than one audience member.' So transcontinental power couple, rad. But what does that mean for Rhee's continued tenure here in D.C.---the two Fenty terms she promised to serve? 'Rhee told us she's not leaving D.C. They plan on a long engagement -- no wedding date set, and none envisioned in the near term -- and will keep this a commuter relationship for a while.' (Also WRC-TV.) Sooo...when LL saw KJ in the JAWB last Friday, was he asking Hizzoner for permission to take his chancellor's hand in marriage? JK---best LL wishes to the happy couple!
AFTER THE JUMP---Complete rundown of contract hearing antics; another possible Ward 1 candidate pops up; WaPo ed board tsk-tsks over UDC board fighting; Lanier says marriage debate may have prompted GU attacks; father of Bowman daughter sues District for wrongful death; and OCTOgate nears a conclusion





