High noon will come after all.
Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans sent a letter today to Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray asking that the highly controversial lottery contract be added to the agenda at the council's Dec. 16 legislative meeting—the last session scheduled for the term.
Evans' request breaks a stalemate that's lasted since spring, when council [...]

Caroline Jhingory, the neighborhood services aide allegedly fired by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in what LL termed "Chamomilegate," has a new gig: She's now an education policy adviser to Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry.
Make of that what you will regarding the state of Barry—Fenty relations.
Yesterday, Jhingory was sitting behind Barry's nameplate on the council dais [...]

This morning, sources tell LL, Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray told his legislative colleagues to lay off the cursing in the presence of reporters.
The admonition, which came in an administrative meeting this morning, was clearly in response to Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans' comments last week to Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry at the pre-legislative [...]

Cary Silverman, who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Jack Evans in the Democratic primary for Ward 2 councilmember, plans to ask the Board of Elections and Ethics for a recount, according to a press release from his campaign.
Why a recount in a race Silverman lost with only 35 percent of the vote? According to the release, that's [...]

Is the District's financial honeymoon over?
This morning, Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi told the mayor and the D.C. Council—and later reporters—that according to his estimates, the District will take in $131 million less in fiscal 2009 than originally anticipated. (The fiscal year starts Oct. 1 of this calendar year.)
The shortfall, Gandhi explained, is primarily, [...]

Cary Silverman, the Mount Vernon Square lawyer who ran a spirited campaign against longtime Ward 2 incumbent Jack Evans, has conceded the Democratic primary.
"I spoke to Mr. Evans yesterday and I congratulated him," says Silverman, who also posted a valedictory message on his blog last night. "I don't expect the outcome [of the election] to [...]

Finally, a look inside the madness at the Board of Elections and Ethics headquarters Tuesday night. When LL arrived shortly before 10:30, about a dozen people had gathered, including Ward 2 incumbent Jack Evans, who was poring over the questionable tallies. Within an hour, 50 people were in the board's lobby and in the hallway, [...]

LL just returned from Shaw, where he accompanied Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans as they accompanied voters from the Asbury Dwellings senior complex to the polls.
"Jack, you got some buses for some seniors, but you got no seniors here," Fenty quipped to the young-at-heart crowd, before they were escorted into [...]

The city's Office of Campaign Finance has opened an official investigation into whether Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans improperly used government resources in connection with an ad featuring police Chief Cathy Lanier that ran in the Current newspapers last month.
The decision comes in response to a complaint filed Aug. 28 by Dupont Circle activist Dave [...]

We're headed into the final weekend. So who will have the biggest war chest to blow in the next five days?
According to reports filed earlier this week, Ward 2 incumbent Jack Evans has better than $184,000 in the bank; challenger Cary Silverman has but $3,440. Unopposed at-larger Kwame Brown has $144,000 in the bank. Republican [...]

Peter Rosenstein, the longtime Dupont Circle gay activist, has broken with his longtime support of Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, announcing today he's endorsing challenger Cary Silverman.
In comments to LL, Rosenstein explained that he thinks it's time for a change. "I endorsed Adrian Fenty for real change in this city. I think that includes new [...]

DENVER—The big question of the evening: Would Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, due in to Denver tonight, appear with the District delegation for Sen. Hillary Clinton's featured speech.
He did not, though one local big shot did show in time—Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.
That means that, ahead of Barack Obama's acceptance spectacular on Thursday night at Mile [...]

LL wrote on Friday about the controversy concerning an ad in the Current newspapers for Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans that featured a photo of the candidate with his arm around police Chief Cathy Lanier, raising questions about the propriety of using a city official for campaign purposes.
Yesterday, Dupont resident and Evans foe David Mallof, [...]

Just in case you were wondering, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans and police Chief Cathy Lanier are buds. That would be the takeaway from the ad, shown above, that appeared in Wednesday's Current newspapers.
But does that make also Lanier a scofflaw?
Federal law prohibits District and federal employees from participating in various political activities. According to [...]

The Phillips Collection auditorium last night hosted what's probably the main event in this year's Ward 2 D.C. Council race, with Democratic incumbent Jack Evans meeting primary challenger Cary Silverman in a 90-minute debate sponsored by the Dupont Circle Citizens Association.
"Debate," however, might be a strong word for what took place. Under the, ahem, firm [...]