Recall Petitions Delaye...

For anyone just waiting to sign those petitions to get a recall of Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown on the ballot, you’ll have to wait two more weeks to do so. [ more › ] Read the original: Recall Petitions Delayed by Two...

Peebles Hints That He M...

Recalling an elected official in the District, especially one elected citywide, takes organization and money. The money might be coming for an effort top recall Mayor Vince Gray — and from a man that supported him in the 2010 mayoral race. [ more › ] More here: Peebles Hints...

Survey Be Damned, Let&#...

Despite a survey in which District residents said they preferred yellow as a uniform paint job for the city’s taxi fleet, Mayor Vince Gray and Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3), who sponsored the query, want to go with red and white. [ more › ] Go here to see the...

Birthday Parties Are Mo...

Even though WTOP’s Mark Plotkin got all worked up about it, Mayor Vince Gray was invited to the State of the Union, just not by the White House. But he had other plans Tuesday night. [ more › ] Here is the original post:  Birthday Parties Are More Fun Than Speeches...

Organization Accuses D....

The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a civil-rights watchdog group, released yesterday a set of emails from District officials that it claims as proof that Mayor Vince Gray’s administration is “[inflating] the cost of the Occupy movement.” [ more › ] See the rest...

Would the Owner of the ...

That silver Jaguar with the jack under it outside the Wilson Building belongs to none other than our mayor-for-life. It’s hardly the first of Marion Barry’s auto woes. [ more › ] Read more from the original source: Would the Owner of the Silver Jaguar Please… Oh,...

Barry Must Hate Eddie M...

As we wrote last week, Eddie Murphy has been chosen to play Marion Barry in a Spike Lee-directed biopic on the mayor-for-life. So far, Barry has been quiet on this choice, but given this tweet he sent Lee on Sunday night, he must want to give the acclaimed director at least 140...

It’s Official ...

Never one to operate by anyone’s schedule but his own, Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward finally picked up his nominating petitions for the April 3, 2012 Democratic primary yesterday afternoon. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the mayor-for-life is running for re-election again. [ more...

Odious Occupiers...

Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette County workers removed 200 pounds of human excrement from where Occupy Santa Cruz protesters encamped. Occupy Wall Street protesters defecated on their doorsteps, residents of lower Manhattan complained.New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg evicted OWS...

The Future of the Obama...

Thomas Edsall, New York Times For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working...