Following a heated battle with its landlord, Anacostia's Spirit Fitness Health and Wellness Center has been evicted. Spirit—whose president is former mayoral candidate and Union Temple Baptist Church senior pastor Willie Wilson—was forced to leave its home on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE on Monday.
Spirit's landlord, the Salvation Army, moved to evict Spirit for failure [...]

Last week, I wrote about the strange story of the Spirit Fitness Health and Wellness Center in Anacostia. Briefly, the Salvation Army is trying to evict Spirit for being $160,000 behind in its rent, and Rev. Willie Wilson, former mayoral candidate and president-although-he-won't-admit-it of Spirit, is accusing the Salvation Army of breaking its promises. (Also involved [...]

A battle is brewing over an Anacostia health center facing eviction—and it appears to involve an alleged central figure in the so-called "shadow campaign" to help elect Mayor Vince Gray.
The fight is between the Spirit Fitness Health and Wellness Center and the Salvation Army. Rev. Willie Wilson, the president of Spirit and a senior pastor at Anacostia's [...]