Summary
A hearing Friday by the D.C. Government Operations Committee into the personnel practices of Mayor Vincent C. Gray features a witness list that could shed a bright light on the inner workings of his administration's postelection hiring spree, but promises - like four previous sessions - to turn the panel's oversight exercise into a political dead end.
Given signs that key witnesses are refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by Committee Chairwoman Mary Cheh, observers say District residents should brace themselves for a hearing - if not a final committee report - of little consequence. Lost in the rhetoric of nepotism and public integrity that has emanated from Ms. Cheh's committee hearings is a trail of conflicting testimony and unanswered, if not unasked, questions.See the full content of this document
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; Key Witnesses Are Refusing to Testify
Sulaimon Brown, the failed mayoral candidate who prompted the hearings with his claims of receiving a job and bag money from Gray confidante Lorraine Green and her operative, Howard Brooks, to stay ...
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