D.C. Council cans Fenty’s choice for parks director

Published October 7, 2009 4:00am ET



D.C. Council members booted the city’s acting parks director from her post Tuesday, a slap at Adrian Fenty that is certain to further degrade an already tenuous relationship between the mayor the council.

Ximena Hartsock, acting director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, is out of a job after the 7-5 vote against her. She is the first Cabinet-level nominee to fall in Fenty’s nearly three years in office.

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