“They are intimidated by [Mayor Adrian M. Fenty].” That was the reason one D.C. Council member gave me Monday for why members were unlikely to take legal action against the executive.
Ward 5’s Harry Thomas Jr. had hoped to persuade his colleagues on Tuesday to vote on a resolution authorizing the council to join the lawsuit recently filed by the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2741. As an alternative, he had discussed the possibility of the legislature initiating its own suit against the mayor; Fenty continues to ignore laws prohibiting the closing of Department of Parks and Recreation day care centers used mostly by low-income parents.
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