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D.C. Pols Love to Praise Obama, Just Don’t Like to Give To Him

D.C. politicians are crazy for President Barack Obama. Go to one of Mayor Vince Gray's public events and there are very good odds Hizzoner will speak in glowing terms of Obama's leadership. Pictures...

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Where are the At-Large Poll Workers?

Where are the at-large poll workers? LL has just been on a tour of some of the bigger-turnout precincts east of the Anacostia River and couldn't help but notice the dearth of campaign workers for any...

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D.C. Votes Early, Often

More than 11 percent of registered voters in D.C. had already voted by the time the polls opened this morning at 7 a.m., D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics figures show. The BOEE just uploaded all the...

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Here’s Who Won All the Local Races

At-large Councilmember-elect David Grosso Barack Obama won four more years last night, plus D.C.'s three electoral votes. Ballot initiatives in Maryland allowing gay marriage and expanded gambling both...

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Vernon Hawkins Celebrates Barry’s Victory

Marion Barry's victory party last night at Georgena's had a special guest: Vernon Hawkins, an alleged coordinator of what federal prosecutors called an illegal "shadow campaign" that helped Mayor...

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Down Goes Brown

At Michael Brown’s re-election campaign headquarters at 9th Street and Florida Avenue NW, a campaign banner bearing Brown’s name and picture hung outside. Whoever put the banner up didn’t properly...

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Free Turkeys Aren’t Free

While Mayor for Life-turned-Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry was getting all the attention for giving away turkeys last week, several other District elected officials were doing the same with much...

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Pat Mara Running, Jim Graham Gets A Challenger

Republican Pat Mara just announced on Newstalk with Bruce DePuyt his candidacy for the special election in April for an at-large D.C. Council seat. Mara is hoping that that the third time is the...

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The 2012 Loosies

Oh 2012, what turmoil you brought to D.C. politics. Two councilmembers who started the year as elected officials are either in federal prison or under house arrest wearing an electronic monitoring...

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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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Cash Is the Best?

Matthew Frumin knows a thing or two about long-shot political campaigns. In the mid-’90s, his father tried to get him to run for Congress as a Democrat in a safely Republican district near Detroit....

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Council’s Contract Oversight: Often a Waste of Time

When it comes to oversight hearings on city contracting, the D.C. Council sure knows how to waste time. Every few months, the council gets roped into and riled up over some relatively low-dollar...

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Vincent v. Vince

Earlier this year, Councilmember Vincent Orange was upset that his committee staff had to move offices. The relocation was prompted by new committee assignments, and several other councilmembers’...

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How to Fix D.C.’s CBE Program

Mayor Vince Gray and Councilmember Vincent Orange are headed for a showdown today over the fate of a bill designed to increase the amount of city and construction funds being awarded to Certified...

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Money Update: Frumin Still in the Lead

The second round of campaign finance reports for the April 23 special D.C. Council election are out, and Ward 3 education advocate Matthew Frumin continues to have a sizable fundraising edge over the...

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Gray Asks Foxes to Arrange CBE Henhouse

Mayor Vince Gray has been seeking reforms to the embattled Certified Business Enterprise program for nearly nine months now and so far has precious little to show for it. The beefed-up enforcement of...

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Gray Fires CBE Boss

Two days after Mayor Vince Gray told reporters at a news conference that he was unhappy with the pace of efforts to reform the embattled Certified Business Enterprise set-aside program, his...

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Plurality Rules

One by one they came to celebrate at the Channel Inn, the Southwest waterfront hotel, restaurant, and bar whose glory days are long gone. Once a favorite hangout of Marion Barry, his mayoral...

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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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Power of Attorney

J. Wyndal Gordon has spent the last nine months calling Michael Brown a rat, but on Monday, he felt sorry for him. Gordon, an outspoken Baltimore attorney who calls himself the "warrior lawyer,"...

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