Yesterday the Washington Post, along with several other local media outlets, covered D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's "state of the department" speech.
If you read the Post's paper version this morning, you would have learned that Ellerbe is pushing ahead with his plan to change his department's shifts from 24-hours to 12-hours and that the fire [...]
Keith Andrew Perry, whose resume includes working as an aide to former Mayor Sharon Pratt and as chief of staff to Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry and Council Chairman Kwame Brown, has started a new political action committee he hopes will become a major player in District politics.
Perry's PAC, called Northeast Leadership Consortium, was born [...]
Forces beyond LL's comprehension have conspired to make today prostitution Tuesday in D.C. politics.
First off, Ward 7 council candidate Kevin B. Chavous has cut a deal with prosecutors on the charge that he allegedly tried to pay an undercover cop $20 for a blow job a few weeks ago, court records show.
The solicitation charge will [...]
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Kwame Looks To Wells For Occupy Answers
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In yet another sign that D.C. officials have no real clue how to handle the Occupy D.C. protests at McPherson Square, Council Chairman Kwame "Fully Loaded" Brown has asked one of his colleagues to plan some possible ways to better manage the demonstration, which has been going on for four months. (Due to an editing [...]
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Last summer, Council Chairman Kwame "Fully Loaded" Brown showed Ward 6 Councilmartyr Saint Tommy Wells who was boss by stripping Wells of his beloved transportation committee. A side effect of the move was a game of musical committee chairs that left Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser in charge of the government operations committee. And that [...]
True to her word, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has dropped her lawsuit against the District over a fender bender with a police officer, court records show.
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Gray Spokesman: Mystery Campaign Aide Pushed Paper at $92,000-A-Year Rate
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Last Friday Mayor Vince Gray newsdumped a report detailing how his private transition fund raised and spent $1 million, with mystery former Gray campaign aide Howard Brooks getting a $34,500 slice of the pie.
Brooks, you may recall, has been accused by Sulaimon Brown of being the bag man for the Gray campaign and literally stuffing cash [...]
