Fenty warned against picking strong schools chief

A key political fundraiser lobbied the Fenty administration to pick a schools chancellor who wouldn’t overshadow the mayor and would help isolate Board of Education President Robert Bobb, e-mails obtained by The Examiner show.

“I would make absolutely sure that anyone who is brought here is Mayor Fenty’s and your person,” Marie Drissel wrote to Deputy Mayor Victor Reinoso on May 23, “and not indirectly Robert Bobb’s person.”