D.C. Wire: June 6, 2010 - June 12, 2010
Gray bests Fenty in D.C. Democratic straw poll
Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray won a citywide Democratic straw poll for mayor Saturday with a whopping 703 votes. Incumbent Mayor Adrian M. Fenty drew 190 votes, followed by 75 for former television reporter Leo Alexander. Other candidates posted single-digit outcomes, according to the unofficial results. Seventy-four provisional ballots were...
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| June 12, 2010; 8:48 PM ET |
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Video: Personality vs. record in mayor's race
Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. What matters more to voters, what a candidate has accomplished or how they come across? Fenty and Gray both face challenges in the latter department, with the mayor's methods of working (or not) with others in government striking some as arrogant, and with the council...
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Christopher Dean Hopkins
| June 11, 2010; 1:44 PM ET |
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Gray out raises Fenty in last 3 mos.
Vincent C. Gray out raised Mayor Adrian M. Fenty during the past three months, but Fenty mayor begins the summer campaign season with nearly ten times as much cash in the bank as the council chairman, according to campaign finance reports released Friday.
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| June 11, 2010; 8:51 AM ET |
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Campaign finance reports start rolling in
Candidates began filing campaign finance reports today -- the first disclosures since March 10. Much, of course, has happened in the interim. It's the first report for several major candidates, starting with mayoral candidate Vincent Gray (D). As of 6 p.m., he had not completed his filing -- he has...
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Christopher Dean Hopkins
| June 10, 2010; 7:32 PM ET |
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Fenty seems ill-prepared in TV interview
Appearing on set with the morning anchors, Fenty appeared ill-prepared to answer questions about the triple shooting last night near Howard University, the Washington Post story this morning about questionable DUI arrests in the city, or his views on the Office of Campaign Investigation into whether D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee improperly solicited private money to fund the teachers' contract.
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Tim Craig
| June 10, 2010; 2:56 PM ET |
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OPM director has nice things to say about Fenty
President Obama may still be neutral in the D.C. mayor's race, but it appears as if the highest-ranking gay official in the administration couldn't be happier with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D).
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Tim Craig
| June 10, 2010; 12:24 PM ET |
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Ex-Board of Education chief: Gray or Rhee is a bogus choice
(Cross-posted from Bill Turque's D.C. Schools blog) As expected, former D.C. State Board of Education president Lisa Raymond, who scuffled with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty over budget and policy issues, has endorsed Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray in the Sept. 14 primary. In a statement that went out Tuesday night...
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Bill Turque
| June 9, 2010; 3:14 PM ET |
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Same-sex marriage opponents rallying for straw poll
Same-sex marriage opponents, upset that voters were not allowed to weigh in on the issue before gay couples started to marry, are gearing up to try to influence Saturday's D.C. Democratic Committee straw poll. Bob King, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Northeast, and other opponents have been handing out fliers...
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| June 9, 2010; 12:01 PM ET |
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Nickles wants reply time extension for FOIA requests
The D.C. government is unable to handle the crush of Public Information Act requests it is receiving from unions, disgruntled employees, taxpayers, citizens, journalists and others trying to obtain information from Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's administration, according to Attorney General Peter Nickles.
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| June 8, 2010; 1:22 PM ET |
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D.C. to auction off former Greater Southeast Hospital
The District will auction off the United Medical Center property in Southeast Washington next month unless an agreement can be reached with the current owner, Specialty Hospitals of America, over how best to salvage the troubled facility.
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| June 7, 2010; 7:01 PM ET |
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Gray: Fenty took my commencement speaker slot
Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. "Never accept excuses from anyone for why a challenge can't be met," said D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty as he addressed the 2010 class of Dunbar High School. Fenty was met with boos as well as cheers as he delivered the commencement speech, but the...
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Christopher Dean Hopkins
| June 7, 2010; 6:16 PM ET |
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Fenty hits voters with mail early
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, who hit black radio stations with a go-go advertising campaign Memorial Day weekend, has now sent voters what appears to be his first mass mailing. The campaign literature boasts that Fenty is "getting results" and "getting things done." It appears to embrace Fenty's reputation for being...
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Kendra Nichols
| June 7, 2010; 8:40 AM ET |
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