(Washington Post) — Mary Cuthbert, who describes herself as a “seasoned citizen,” doesn’t shy away from telling people what she really thinks. And having lived in the District’s Congress Heights neighborhood in Ward 8 for 25 years, Cuthbert said she’s tired of watching other areas of the city flourish with new shops, businesses and public […]
(Washington Informer) — D.C. Mayor-elect Vince Gray on Tuesday announced two of his top education officials, including one who is a senior adviser to the mayor of Newark, N.J. De’Shawn Wright, who is currently with Newark Public Schools and has been an adviser to Cory Booker since 2006, will be Gray’s deputy mayor for education. […]
(Washington Examiner) — Mayor-elect Vince Gray chose not to conduct a national search for the city’s next fire chief, he told The Washington Examiner. Instead, Gray selected a fired department leader already dealing with controversy. Gray had two months to find a new fire chief after outgoing chief Dennis Rubin made clear in October that […]
(Washington Post) — Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray can only hope that better times are ahead for the District’s juvenile justice agency. For nearly a year, he has watched from his seat on the City Council as one crisis after another has buffeted the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. At least a dozen wards under its […]
(Washington Examiner) — If the D.C. Council and incoming Mayor Vince Gray don’t act soon on a corporate tax shelter-busting initiative the city’s budget gap could grow by an additional $22 million, said the District’s Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi. Gandhi’s budget numbers for the next fiscal year already rely on the dollars that would […]
(Washington Informer) — The Mayor-elect of the District of Columbia recently named the top leaders of his incoming administration, stressing that his appointees are quality individuals who possess the stamina and the competence to lead the city over the next four years. D.C. Mayor-elect Vincent Gray announced on Wed., Dec. 8 that Allen Y. Lew […]
(Washington Post) — Keeping a mayoral campaign promise to hold a job-creation summit, Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray assembled about 50 company chiefs, entrepreneurs and college presidents to discuss how to tackle one of the Ditrict’s most frightening statistics: an unemployment rate as high as 30 percent in Ward 8. Employers repeatedly brought up obstacles – […]
(Washington Examiner) — Mayor-elect Vince Gray says he will consider removing caps the District has placed on the growth of the city’s universities as part of an effort to create jobs for D.C.’s lagging economy. The universities are required to keep to long-term planning guides that have been approved by District officials, the result of […]
(Washington Informer) — The District of Columbia Council passed a supplementary budget, 11-2, on Tue., Dec. 7 that will not include tax increases but will mandate that city employees be furloughed for four days and some programs will have to endure cuts. The budget was sent over to the D.C. Council after the Thanksgiving holiday because the […]
(Washington Post) — Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray has raised more than $180,000 for his transition operation and inauguration festivities, tapping a network of business interests that includes real estate developers that gave heavily to his electoral opponent, Adrian M. Fenty. Gray (D) disclosed details on his transition finances Wednesday, less than a month after announcing […]
(Washington Post) — President Obama met with District Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray on Wednesday for nearly an hour about the incoming city administration’s priorities, but the two men did not come to a consensus on how best to advance the cause of District voting rights, Gray said. Emerging from the White House after his one-hour […]
(Washington Post) — D.C. Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray is billing it as a “get-to-know-ya meeting.” On Wednesday, Gray (D) will make his first visit to the White House for a luncheon with the man who will soon be his most famous and powerful constituent, President Obama. Gray’s 45-minute visit with Obama will mark what many […]