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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]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. [b]If this was dumped in Davis' lap, [/b]he would be stupid to ignore it.

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from the article, there was already a lawsuit about the matter, and accussations by CM Catania of wrong doing, before the article was written. And some of the FOIA requests were for court records, presumably not in the control of the Mayor's office. Looks to me like the WaPo was pursuing this on its own using multiple sources - sure the Mayor's office may have expedited the FOIA requests that went to the District, and may have tried to be helpful generally, but I am dubious of the notion that the scandal was raised because of the Mayor.[/quote]

It's possible that you are correct, though I trust my instincts on this one. The general election campaign is only really getting started now that we are past Labor Day. If a few more of these stories pop up, maybe you will be persuaded to my view.
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