A judge has ordered Mayor Vince Gray and Councilmembers Jack Evans and Jim Graham to sit for a deposition related to the messy way the council awarded the city's lucrative lottery contract.
Former CFO contracting officer Eric Payne is suing the city, saying he was wrongfully fired after raising questions about political interference in the lotto [...]
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is proposing new legislation that would require political appointees in District government to undergo criminal background checks.
"This bill will help prevent past failures by ensuring that District of Columbia leaders are held accountable for conducting and reviewing the results of [...]
Last week, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans released an opinion from the D.C. Council's general counsel, which gave Evans a pass for not filing a written statement as to why he'd recused himself during votes in the summer of 2009 on public financing for a new convention center hotel. Turns out that pass may have [...]
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Good morning sweet readers! Those Cowboys sure are gracious to allow the Eagles to restore their season and make the NFC East interesting. Also, how about their [...]
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Council's Counsel: Evans in the Clear
Good morning sweet readers! LL is excited to watch his first baseball game of the year tonight. [...]
Since last summer there's been a website devoted to calling on Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans to explain the links between his outside job as a lawyer for the lobbying powerhouse firm Patton Boggs and his role in directing city funds to help finance the construction of a new hotel next to the District's convention [...]
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Waiting for Sekou
Good morning sweet readers! It's Thursday, and we all know what that means: Washington City Paper staffers will be offering [...]
A few weeks ago LL got an email from former Councilmember Sekou Biddle saying he was quitting his job at an education non-profit to "pursue new challenges." LL called Biddle, who likely holds the title as the District's shortest serving councilmember, to see if that meant he was going to take another shot at the [...]
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Key Figure in TeamThomasGate Says He's Not Spoken With Feds
Good afternoon sweet readers! Sometimes LL feels like he's beating a dead horse, [...]
A key figure in the Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr.'s alleged fraudulent misuse of city funds says he's not been interviewed by any federal law enforcement officials, raising questions about when, or even if, Thomas will face federal charges.
Jimmy Garvin, a well-known golf instructor and program director at Langston Golf Course, says he's not [...]
