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IF the Council and Mayor KNEW that the NDA was not binding (which I do not believe - based on the WAPO article I think that what WMATA told Jinks is different from what was in the email to the project engineer, and that all the elected based their behavior on what they heard from Jinks) then it suggests that both Silberberg and Wilson are equally culpable, ergo this has no bearing on the race for Mayor.  At least the primary, as I presume if the GOP nominates anyone for November, that person will not be an incumbent member of the Council. [/quote]

Both Silberberg and Wilson obviously assumed blindly, with no checking, that what Jinks told them was true: NDA was in force and binding.  They always assume that what Jinks tells them is true.  And sometimes it is.

But they both should have known better.  And the one thing they should be able to agree on is, no more Jinks.  
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IF what Jinks told the WaPo is true, than Jinks was not lying, and checking with the individuals who spoke to Jinks would have given Wilson and Silberberg (and Smedberg, BTW) the same thing - that the NDA applied.  Not clear to me that even with a lot of sniffing around WMATA, they would have hit the person who wrote the email saying it did not apply.

Certainly it would be good to know who at WMATA Jinks was in communication with, and in what format.   Certainly that should be investigated before any personnel action is taken against Jinks or any of his subordinates, IMO.   [/quote]

Before Jinks agreed that the NDA was binding, he should have read the damned thing and given it to the city attorney for an immediate and thorough scrub.  Plainly, he did neither.  As a result, he prejudiced the City's entire position on the project.  Fire him.  Now.  
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