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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's said that MB did help some -- basically the local contracts leech and chiseler class who moved out to PG County.  That's how PG got such luminaries as Jack Johnson and his bribe-stuffing missus.  MB disserved the poor souls who stayed behind in DC and actually depended on the DC government for  a decent education for their kids and basic social services.[/quote]
Jack and [b]Leslie Johnson had nothing to do with the DC government[/b].[/quote]

Wrong, bro!  Leslie Johnson in particular was schooled and steeped in the fetid, corrupt, pay-to-play DC political culture.
 
"Mrs. Johnson eschewed the law firm life that many of her Howard classmates chose, preferring a 9-to-5 job that would let her get home to her kids. She worked for the D.C. government for 27 years, becoming an administrative law judge, a post that paid $91,000 when she retired last year."
 
Ms. Johnson's "service" with the DC government, from 1982-2009 began under the Mayor-for-Life and continued through three of his mayoral terms and a number of his years on the DC Council.
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120706997.html?sid=ST20101112040

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MB's DC was sort of the primordial ooze (or sludge) that spawned the Johnsons' era in PG and, I'm increasingly afraid, the Bowser era of today.[/quote]

As someone who has observed DC politics and DC government for a long time, I am also concerned that a lot of the signs of the bad old days are returning.[/quote]

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