Mendelson Seeks Strong Right Hand for Big Game
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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Are you a political junkie looking for a serious fix? Do you want to work long hours for little pay and deal with the District government full time? Most important, do you think you can help a two-term councilman win a tough citywide reelection campaign?
If so, call (202) 724-8064 and ask for Phil -- that's Phil Mendelson (D-At Large). He is losing his aide-de-camp, chief of staff Alec Evans , and is looking for a new top aide heading into another tough reelection.
Evans, 26, is heading over to a top job with the mayoral campaign of Adrian Fenty (D-Ward 4).
"I really like his politics, especially when you consider the others who are considering running in the race,'' Evans said.
Mendelson has a reputation as a nice guy and policy wonk but not a natural pol like, well, Fenty. He has never received more than 50 percent of the vote in past Democratic primaries against multiple candidates. He is expected to face challenges from David Bowers , an affordable housing executive and anti-crime activist, and A. Scott Bolden , former D.C. Democratic Party chairman.
Detroit Holiday
The city's peripatetic mayor, Anthony A. Williams (D), was joined at the baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday by council members Vincent B. Orange Sr. (D-Ward 5) and Jack Evans (D-Ward 2).
The two council members were strong supporters of building a new stadium for the Washington Nationals last year.
Orange, who would like to replace Williams as the city's baseball fan-in-chief, said they were out at the game to inspect Comerica Park, which was designed by HOK, the same architects hired to design the Nats' stadium.
He said the D.C. VIPs would get a super-special-secret tour of the stadium.
But hey, who needs an excuse to go to Detroit?
Target or Bust
It only took a decade or so, but the city is moving forward on the conversion of the Skyline Shopping Center into a place where people actually want to shop.
