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Gray's testy press conference
It was, as even Mayor Vince Gray admitted, the worst-kept secret in town -- Interim D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson would be taking on the gig on a permanent basis. Gray made the official announcement today during a testy...
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Martin Austermuhle
| March 9, 2011; 2:07 PM ET |
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When a good scandal turns bad
Washingtonians are rightly dismayed and upset by recent scandals, including Lincoln Navigators and Sulaimon Brown. We should demand the highest standards from leaders. However, we should also beware that righteous indignation can quickly transform into unstoppable pressure for very...
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David Alpert
| March 8, 2011; 1:01 PM ET |
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The District's fleet: Hardly fully loaded
1,143: that's the number of vehicles that the District of Columbia currently has in its fleet, according to documents obtained by WTOP's Mark Segraves and Paul Shinkman. Add that to that 215 vehicles that the District government currently has...
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Aaron Morrissey
| March 3, 2011; 3:40 PM ET |
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Sulaimon Brown's bridge-burning tour
During an appearance on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt this morning, disgraced former city employee and mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown lashed out at the Gray administration over his firing, which was announced last week after Brown was escorted out of...
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Aaron Morrissey
| February 28, 2011; 1:04 PM ET |
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Hitting pay dirt in the District
So, Gerri Mason Hall, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s chief of staff, “works 14-, 16-hour days. [“Gray adds top staff and pays them well,” Metro, Feb. 20]. I suspect she works those kind of hours because she has to figure...
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Chris J. Krisinger, Burke
| February 22, 2011; 8:22 PM ET |
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Tough budget talk from Jim Graham
During a late-night debate over cuts needed to close a $188 million gap in the District's budget late last year, Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) loudly complained that while the District's government agencies were being forced to cut...
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Martin Austermuhle
| February 21, 2011; 4:37 PM ET |
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