Is D.C. Councilwoman Yvette Alexander running scared? That’s the question some have asked after learning the incumbent Ward 7 legislator expects to pull from the morgue Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s nomination of Elizabeth Noel to the Public Service Commission, which regulates the utility and telecommunications industry.

Noel’s nomination had languished in Alexander’s Committee on Public Service and Consumer Affairs for months. There were concerns Noel’s 30 year-history as the “people’s counsel,” representing residents in cases brought against the industry, would adversely affect her ability to serve on the PSC.

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