D.C. Wire: July 25, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Gray responds to Post's endorsement of Fenty
Earlier today The Washington Post's editorial board announced its endorsement of the re-election of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in his race against D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, one of Fenty's first major endorsements in the race. Senior strategist Mo Elleithee provided the Gray campaign's response: We're not surprised. The...
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July 30, 2010; 2:25 PM ET |
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Post editorial board endorses Fenty for mayor
In one of its earliest decisions in a local election, The Washington Post's editorial board (an entity separate from the newsroom) endorsed the re-election of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in his race against Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray. It represents one of Fenty's first major endorsements of the campaign; Gray...
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Christopher Dean Hopkins
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July 30, 2010; 1:18 PM ET |
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Plan that would strip Congress of D.C. budget oversight advances
House Democrats are pushing this year to give the District full control over how it budgets and spends city revenue, severely limiting opportunities for Congress to intervene in local decisions such as support for same-sex marriage, needle-exchange programs and medical marijuana. In what would be a significant milestone in the...
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July 29, 2010; 6:23 PM ET |
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Fenty campaign challenges independent Gray fundraising
On his blog, Mike DeBonis writes that the Fenty campaign has asked the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance to investigate "Friends of Vince Gray" for possible fundraising violations. The independent fundraising committee, according to founder Clinton LeSueur, stands to significantly aid Gray's effort to unseat Mayor Adrian Fenty (D).
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July 29, 2010; 1:12 PM ET |
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Fenty wants 7-day extension on summer jobs
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is pushing to extend this year's six-week Summer Youth Employment Program by seven business days, but he needs Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray's help to approve the change. Initially designed by former mayor Marion Barry in the late 1970s, the city's summer jobs program places...
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Tim Craig
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July 29, 2010; 9:10 AM ET |
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Wild night of politics in Ward 6
After a wild night of politicking and fighting, Vincent C. Gray scored a decisive victory Tuesday night over Adrian M, Fenty in the Ward 6 Democratic Committee mayoral straw poll. But Gray, who managed to out-organize Fenty in an area of the city where Fenty lawn signs are plentiful, fell...
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July 28, 2010; 9:13 AM ET |
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Candidates vow to fight high-interest lending
The major candidates for mayor and D.C. Council chairman promised Monday night that they would push to remove city money from any bank that charges more than 10 percent interest on consumer loans.
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Tim Craig
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July 27, 2010; 2:09 PM ET |
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Medical marijuana now legal
Medical marijuana is now legal in the District after the Democrat-controlled Congress declined to overrule a D.C Council bill that allows the city to set up as many as eight dispensaries where chronically ill patients can purchase the drug. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said in a statement the bill...
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Erica Johnston
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July 27, 2010; 12:13 AM ET |
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Gray picks up another endorsement
Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, chief challenger to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's bid for reelection, has picked up another endorsement with an announcement from the political action committee of the Washington, D.C. Association of REALTORS.
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Nikita R Stewart
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July 26, 2010; 3:19 PM ET |
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D.C. Latino Caucus endorses Gray in mayor's race
D.C Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray scored a landslide victory in an endorsement vote held Saturday night by the D.C. Latino Caucus, the official voice of Hispanics within the D.C Democratic State Committee. The vote means the caucus is working on Gray's behalf against incumbent Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)...
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Tim Craig
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July 25, 2010; 1:05 PM ET |
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