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I'm holding Gray to the standard his supporters held Fenty. Because my concern is that Gray will do the exact same things that every politician does (i.e. dole out a certain amount of patronage), but that he'll also open the city's coffers to every interest group, and go back to awarding contracts on the basis of charity rather than whether the work will ever be performed.

Gray campaigned explicitly on the promise that this sort of drama was going to be a thing of the past. Skeptics have a right to wonder whether we've been rooked.

When Gray starts writing $500K checks to his frat buddies, then we'll talk.

Better that than giving $5 million contracts to "deserving" bidders that are incapable of getting the job done--which is how we did it in the pre-Williams days. I don't care if Gray writes checks to a pink Koala bear, if the bear can make sure the work gets done, in a reasonable timeframe, and somewhat on budget.

by oboe on Mar 3, 2011 2:42 pm • link • report