Comments on: A conversation with Mayor Gray http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/06/09/a-conversation-with-mayor-gray/ the gay community's news source Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/06/09/a-conversation-with-mayor-gray/#comment-25417 Chris Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:32:51 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=24623#comment-25417 This Administration is the second biggest joke in Washington.

]]> By: John Fanning http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/06/09/a-conversation-with-mayor-gray/#comment-24748 John Fanning Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=24623#comment-24748 This is a wonderful change from the Fenty Administration regarding the Mayor’s Office of GLBT Affairs. It’s just a testament at how committed Mayor Gray is going to be to our community. It also really show’s that he cares and is concerned about us and our issues…

]]> By: LB http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/06/09/a-conversation-with-mayor-gray/#comment-24746 LB Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:10:14 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=24623#comment-24746 Re: The troubled Gray administration’s relationship with Congress — it’s been half a year, has the Mayor found the time to connect with Tom Davis yet? This is another baffling, and strategically dangerous, example of Gray’s reactive slow-motion approach to managing his priorities. Time for texting with Sulaimon, time to have all city stationery and signs carry “One City,” time for so many things, but half a year goes by, in the most challenging time for District-Congress relations, and he can’t sync up with our last good batter on Capitol Hill, a man with a golden GOP rolodex?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-dc-mayor-vincent-gray-building-relationships-with-republicans-is-unfamiliar-territory/2011/06/08/AGY97IMH_story.html

…former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, a moderate northern Virginia Republican who fought for voting rights for the city…said he has tried to advise Gray, to little avail, describing the mayor’s top aides as “a pretty insular group.”

Some people say they don’t understand why the mayor wouldn’t take advantage of such an influential potential ally as Davis.

“If I were mayor, he’s one of the first I would reach out to,” said longtime D.C. Council member Jack Evans, D-Ward 2.

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