Hiring Scandals Shake D.C.'s New Mayor

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Hiring Scandals Shake D.C.'s New Mayor

We explore accusations that the campaign of now-Mayor Vincent Gray paid one of his opponents to stay in last year's race to launch attacks on then-Mayor Adrian Fenty.

A former DC mayoral candidate claims now-Mayor Vincent Gray's campaign paid him to stay in the race and attack their opponents, and promised him a city job if Gray won. Washington Post reporter Nikita Stewart joins Kojo to talk about the allegations by Sulaimon Brown, who was fired last week from his D.C. government post.

Guests

Nikita Stewart

Reporter, The Washington Post

Related Links

"Gray Acknowledges 'Missteps,' Calls for Investigation" by Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post (3/7/2011)

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In August 2010, then-mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown came to our studios to talk about his campaign and why he thought he was uniquely qualified to be mayor:

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