Harry Jaffe: Doggett comes back to sort out D.C.'s black, white, Brown problem

Even from Heaven, Bud Doggett’s hand is reaching down to keep his home town on a coherent — one might say business-friendly — path.

The parking magnate passed away in August 2008, but if you look closely at who’s sponsoring the new TV ads aimed at keeping D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson in office, you will see BUD’SPAC. Bud as in Bud Doggett. His political arm has shown up infrequently, only when Bud — through his widow, Cherrie — thinks the city is about to take a wrong turn.