Jonetta Rose Barras: Another progressive voice on the council?

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If there were a sound track to Elissa Silverman’s campaign for the at-large seat on the D.C. Council, it might be the song “Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” She has had a difficult time removing the tax-and-spend liberal label stitched to her after she joined the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.

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