Mayor Gray arrested – and he wanted it that way!
By D.J. McGuire | Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 | Politics
Evan Vucci (AP) captures the essence of the Gray Administration
Meet the new boss . . . same as the old, old boss. Look out, Washington; the circus is back in town.
Mayor Vincent Gray is known for two things: (1) bouncing Adrian Fenty from the job last year by running a campaign straight out of Marion Barry’s retro-race-grievance playbook, and (2) a raft of crony hires that has returned the late-20th-Century stench of corruption to the District. Even Barry himself has noticed; DC Examiner columist Harry Jaffe landed this quote from him: “That’s the way I did it for 16 years when I was mayor.” Ouch!
So . . . one would think that the last picture that anyone in the Mayor’s office would want to see is the boss in handcuffs.
One would be wrong. Apprently, the Mayor (or one of his crony hires) decided to do some civil disobedience and got himself arrested because he’d rather spend D.C. taxpayer money on abortions than on letting poor kids go to better schools (DC Examiner).
That’s quite the motto when you think of it: Fewer children in worse schools!
Does Gray realize how many people probably looked at that picture and thought – “Hurray! They’re cleaning up the town!” – before reading the headline? Has he pondered how often “keep him there!” will pop up in comments and blogposts?
What’s next? “Goddamn Congress set me up?”
As someone who lives and works in the Virginia suburbs of DC, I just have to shake my head. I can understand the wishes of Washingtonians to be taken seriously, and how the lack of statehood can make that difficult.
Who knows where the District would be if Fenty had been willing to accept the Republican nomination – which he won on Primary Day, 2010. Sure, Fenty (very recent R) probably still would have lost to Gray (D), but it could have helped create the two-party system the District so desperately needs to save them from the local Democrat machine.
As it is, they have a mayor in handcuffs – again.
Cross-posted to the right-wing liberal
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4 Responses to "Mayor Gray arrested – and he wanted it that way!"
Obviously this is no different than other political machines which fight for the cronies rather than the voters. However, it must be noted that in the recent budget deal the Obama Admin threw DC Dems under the bus while protecting more upscale cronies. Mayor Gray’s tantrum is probably a desperation move to prevent further indignities. He’s also got to be worried about the sinking public sector unions which funded him. Maybe the teachers’ unions and SEIU ordered him to go out there. But national Dems won’t pay attention until DC’s electoral votes are in doubt.
JD- With Marion Barry’s example, he probably didn’t think being seen in handcuffs posed any political risk for a D.C. mayor.
Brilliant move by Gray to distract DC residents and the media from his quickly mounting ethical issues.
I won’t forget, Vinny.
The dude’s mustache, ALONE, should have been enough warning to DC residents that he was a scumbag.
Don’t worry. I sincerely doubt that this is the last time that we will see Vincent Gray in handcuffs. Only the next time it will be FBI public corruption unit agents applying the jewelry, along side of Kwame “Fully Loaded” Brown.
It amazes me that DC residents think that they should be granted full representation in Congress when they insist on electing self-important potentates and hoodlums to public office. Can you say, “Senator Marion Barry?”
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