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-- Tim Craig

SOMETHING EXTRA AT BREAKFAST

D.C. Delegates Get Flier Attacking Fenty

DENVER -- Labor groups are distributing a flier at the Democratic National Convention that criticizes the relationship of D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty with local union workers, the D.C. Council and community groups, according to a news release sent out by the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO.

Calling him "the un-reformer" in bold type, the flier reads: "D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has become the national poster child for reforming urban schools and streamlining city government. But the image-conscious Fenty is not the reform whiz kid. Far from it."

The flier says Fenty is "a budget-shattering, union-busting, promise-breaking political boss."

Metropolitan Washington Council President Joslyn N. Williams said in the release, "We are deeply disappointed that the mayor of our nation's capital has refused to meet with us, to talk with us and to work with us to solve the District's many challenges."

D.C. delegates were greeted with the flier at their morning breakfast. The mayor, who is staying at a different hotel, did not show up.

-- David Nakamura

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