Marion Barry Day: A Celebration of DC’s Transformative Leader
“In Washington, DC, over my sixteen years as Mayor, as well as after my sixteen years, over 100,000 young people got jobs, and we put thousands of families in new housing. We put it in the budget and made it a priority for these youth and their families. We wanted to make sure we had […]
Statement on the Reappointment of Karima Holmes as the Director of DC’s Office of Unified Communications
I’m very concerned by the Mayor’s decision to reappoint Karima Holmes as Director of the Office of Unified Communications (OUC), the body that handles the city’s 911 and 311 calls. Last year, the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor found that, under her leadership, the OUC’s 911 operations—for most months in 2019 and 2020—failed […]
Councilmember Robert White’s Statement on MPD Lieutenant with Alleged Ties to the Proud Boys
A lieutenant with the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) intelligence branch is alleged to have ties to the right-wing extremist group, the Proud Boys, a key instigator of last January’s insurrection on the US Capitol. While the lieutenant was rightfully placed on leave, this is a troubling development and his role in MPD intelligence once again raises […]