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Fenty Sweep Is One for the Record Books
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In a city where fewer than 8 percent of voters are registered Republican, Kranich has had little luck drumming up publicity for his campaign. The silence has been so deafening, he joked, that he has been checking the obituary columns to make sure he's not dead.
"Oh, no. I'm alive," he said Monday.
Kranich said he understands that Democrats have a stranglehold on the District, but he holds out hope nonetheless.
"Is it an uphill battle? Absolutely," Kranich said. But "let's not assume [Fenty] will win. After all, he only received less than 15 percent of the entire registered vote count. That's a pretty amazing number."
Bobb Swings Through Capitol Hill
After 33 years directing city government from appointed positions in Kalamazoo, Mich., Richmond, Oakland, Calif., and the District, City Administrator Robert C. Bobb hit the campaign trail last weekend in his quest to become the next elected president of the D.C. Board of Education.
Sans his signature cowboy boots and cuff links, Bobb greeted voters at a community festival on Capitol Hill on Saturday dressed in a campaign T-shirt, cargo pants and white Nike sneakers, with a pair of Oakley sunglasses atop his head.
Earlier that day, Bobb had faced off with fellow presidential hopefuls Carolyn N. Graham , Timothy L. Jenkins , Sunday Abraham and Laurent Ross in a debate at a Ward 8 Democrats meeting.
As he moved through the crowd at the street festival, Bobb was often quizzed about city issues beyond the public school system, including the ongoing drama concerning parking at the new stadium for the Washington Nationals.
He said he was negotiating with Mayor Anthony A. Williams about his departure date from his position as city administrator.
Bobb, who completed a 10-month program focused on reforming urban education, explained his pursuit of elective office as moving his career "to a different level" and said that he considered the crisis in public education a major civil rights issue.
But what about Democratic mayoral nominee Adrian M. Fenty's overtures to take over the city's ailing schools? Would that make the board and its president impotent?
"Things don't happen easily," Bobb responded. "Sometimes we eat our young unnecessarily."
Staff writer Nikita Stewart contributed to this report.
