Question: who looks like the bad guy in Frontline's look at former Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's tenure in D.C., which is set to air tomorrow?
Pick one:
A) Teachers' unions, for putting the interests of adults above those of students?
B) Mayor Vince Gray, for putting politics before principles?
C) Rhee, for creating chaos for its own sake?
D) District [...]
Just when you thought the Inspector General Charles Willoughby could not be any worse at his job, he goes and drops reporting showing that his investigators spent significant time doing surveillance on a city employee who was breaking parking laws.
The new IG report details how the $15 million-a-year watchdog agency nailed a DCRA employee who [...]
While LL was away, the city's Office of Inspector General struck again.
The IG released a report on its investigation into allegations of cheating on standardized tests at D.C. public schools. The office began its investigation more than a year ago after a lengthy piece by USA Today in March 2011 questioned why so many tests [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been a busy, productive spring for investigators in the District.
Attorney General Irv Nathan dispelled any notion he’s a softie with a blistering civil suit accusing Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. of redirecting city money earmarked for kids and using it to buy an Audi. The Office of Campaign [...]
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If you're a reader with a lax boss, you might tune in to the entertaining (but very, very long) D.C. Council hearing on the Gray administration's hiring practices.
There's been plenty of grandstanding by councilmembers Mary Cheh, David Catania and Marion Barry. Cheh's trying to show she's serious about investigating her close ally's administration; Catania's trying [...]
The District's inspector general, Charles Willoughby, said his office won't be taking up Council Chairman Kwame "Fully Loaded" Brown's request that he investigate l'affaire Sulaimon because Sulaimon Brown once interviewed for a job at the OIG.
Here is Willoughby's statement. Meanwhile, NBC4's Tom Sherwood is reporting that Brown is currently meeting with FBI agents.
LL is sure [...]
As part of his efforts to control political damage from Sulaimongate, Mayor Vince Gray has asked both his attorney general and the D.C. Council to investigate claims his campaign aides gave payments to failed mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown and improperly promised him a city job.
Council Chairman Kwame "Fully Loaded" Brown has, in turn, asked the [...]
