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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][b]The Park Southern slumlord controversy that has embroiled Bowser and her supporters is probably orchestrated by the Gray administration or Gray supporters feeding information to reporters.[/b] Most recently, Gray and Bowser have been sniping over Gray's school boundary recommendations with Bowser promising to throw them out and start over and Gray ridiculing both that idea and Bowser's suggestion that she would not include DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson in the process. Henderson has publicly supported the recommendations, putting her at odds with Bowser. Bowser has previously committed to keeping Henderson, but they also seem to differ on the issue of Crestwood and 16th Street Heights residents maintaining access to Deal Middle School and Wilson High School. Bowser said she would not accept a plan that eliminated such access (or access to Eastern High School by East of the River students), while Henderson said that she didn't care if those residents moved due to being denied access. She said they would be replaced by new residents, some of whom would have babies.

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What is your basis for saying this? [/quote]

It's a guess on my part which is why I use the word "probably". But, here is some of what makes me think this is the case:

Here is the first article addressing the controversy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-housing-complexs-decline-raises-questions-about-management-politics/2014/07/13/ab99317a-076d-11e4-bbf1-cc51275e7f8f_story.html

Read this article and see how helpful Gray administration officials are to the reporter. Also, check out the involvement of Chuck Thies, Gray's campaign manager. I follow lots of local reporters on Twitter. They all seem to complain constantly about DC's responses to FOIA requests. Yet Aaron Davis (the Post reporter) appears to have had no trouble obtaining documents and emails. I'm sure Davis is a terrific reporter, but I"m skeptical that he stumbled across this story himself. I've done enough political writing to know that there is always someone ready to pitch you a story that makes an opponent look bad.

Just to be clear, I'm not accusing anyone of any wrong-doing. I'm all for Gray's people shedding light on potential scandals of this sort. If this was dumped in Davis' lap, he would be stupid to ignore it.

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