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Mayor Gray Endorses Incumbents

Just in the nick of time, Mayor Vince Gray has endorsed all incumbent councilmembers in today's primary election. Hizzoner is currently on Newstalk with Bruce DePuyt (go here to watch). When DePuyt...

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The Politics of Party Hopping: Who Was Where Last Night

Last year, when At-Large Councilmember Vincent Orange won the special election, then-Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. showed up to make nice. Thomas had supported Orange's opponent, Sekou Biddle,...

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Five Lessons From D.C.’s Elections (Plus One Bonus Lesson)

The mood at Vincent Orange’s house on election night last week sounds like it was pretty tense. As election returns trickled in, Orange and challenger Sekou Biddle exchanged small leads. With nearly...

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Yvette Alexander: For $1,000 Speed Camera Tickets

Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander said today at a radio debate that she's so pro-speed cameras that she wouldn't mind seeing the already-high fines raised a little, or even a lot. "It could be a...

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Ron Moten Launches Attack Ad

When Ron Moten announced he was running for the Ward 7 D.C. Council seat, the city's body politic began waiting patiently for some Web-based campaign videos. It was Moten, after all, who was behind...

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Ron Moten Issues New Attack Song

As promised, Ward 7 challenger Ron Moten has issued a new song attacking his opponent, Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander. Take a listen:

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Barry: Only “Liberal White Folks” Care Who Pays for My Turkey Giveaway

Tis the season for D.C.'s elected officials to gin up some goodwill by attaching their names to Thanksgiving turkey giveaways. LL counts at least five councilmembers hosting turkey giveaways this...

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Yvette Alexander: Gimme Control of the Booze!

Attention bar owners: Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander wants to wrest oversight of the city's liquor laws away from Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham. Graham, whose booze-soaked ward is home to...

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Rhee-visionist History

Like most sequels, the current round of D.C. Public Schools closings is a lot less dramatic than the first wave presided over by former Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee four years ago. That soap opera...

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See the U.S.A. the D.C. Council Way!

A few weeks ago LL brought you the news that Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham spent $1,500 in public funds to travel to Liz Taylor's memorial service in Los Angeles last year. A review of nearly 500...

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The LL Capital Pride Reviewing Stand

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson offers a choice of leis. D.C.'s Capital Pride parade took place on Saturday, and that meant lots of two things: beads, and D.C. politicians making their pitches. LL...

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D.C. May Decriminalize Marijuana

Ward 6 D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells' marijuana decriminalization bill earned nine other backers at today's D.C. Council mega-hearing. That means there could be a Council majority for an inevitable...

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High Hopes: How the District Government Got So Mellow About Pot

Paul Zukerberg just couldn’t get any respect. The defense attorney-turned-D.C. Council hopeful built his campaign for last April’s at-large election around decriminalizing marijuana. Instead of...

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Councilmembers Scrap Over Barry’s Committee and Their Own

The members of the D.C Council are back today from summer break, which means that contentious Council breakfasts are back, too. This morning, the only thing steamier than the eggs was the spat over...

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Constituent Fund Reports: Water Bottles for Everybody

It look a little while, but all the councilmembers have turned in their October constituent service fund reports (except for David Grosso, who doesn't have one). Ostensibly, the funds are meant to help...

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It’s Vince Gray’s Party and He’ll Vacillate If He Wants To

When Vince Gray celebrated his 70th birthday last year at Nationals Park, the team gave him a baseball bat. This year, the mayor got something much more useful: a few more days to keep the city...

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Vince Gray Gets His First Endorsement

Vince Gray's re-election campaign is only a few hours old, but he's already snagged one prominent endorsement. Councilmember Yvette Alexander tells LL that she'll be backing the mayor in next April's...

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Yvette Alexander Throws a Deep-Pocketed Fundraiser for Gray

Heads up to city bigwigs hoping to hop aboard the Vince Gray Reelection Train: you'll want to get your checkbooks ready for Jan. 29. That's the day Ward 7 Councilmember and Gray backer Yvette...

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Overshadowed: Vince Gray Can’t Fend Off Defeat

By the time Vince Gray arrived at Shaw’s Kennedy Recreation Center Tuesday afternoon, the word was out across the city: There weren’t any voters. That left his most devoted supporters to try and drum...

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Yvette Alexander Considers Her Own At-Large Bid

Out of the District's nearly 650,000 residents, Ward 7 D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander is one of the people LL would least expect run for an at-large Council seat in November. After all, Alexander...

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