Vinny B. Is Back in Vegas
When Vincent B. Orange Sr. was the councilmember from Ward 5, he never tired of talking about his biggest success. Orange claimed to have wrangled the Brentwood Home Depot during a trip to Las Vegas. For at least five years, the councilmember was part of the city’s delegation to the gambling mecca for the annual conference of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
But Orange’s departure from public life via a trouncing in the 2006 mayoral contest hasn’t meant his Vegas streak was broken when reps from Target, Kmart, and JCPenney gathered in Sin City this week
Orange was sighted in the D.C. Economic Partnership booth yesterday, representing his new employer, Pepco.
Orange could not be reached for comment, but At-Large Councilmember Kwame Brown, who is in Vegas this week, confirms that Orange was shaking hands and slapping backs in the Partnership’s 2,000-square-foot booth. It’s one job his new bosses didn’t have to train Orange for.
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May 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 am
So since DC law prohibits former councilmembers from doing any lobbying for a year after they leave office, why is Vinny O. always around the Wilson Building?
May 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 pm
[...] Ex-councilmember Vincent Orange wasn’t the only D.C. dealmaker who felt it necessary to be seen at the International Council of Shopping Centers convention. [...]
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:45 am
Vinny O. must be a convincing spokesperson for the sophistication of DC. I’m sure you recall his wonderful singing commercial in the mayoral primary, the one to the tune of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.