At-large D.C. Councilman Kwame Brown may have had a tough time last week, after news broke about his personal financial woes: three separate lawsuits surrounding $50,000 in credit card bills and a total debt of $700,000. Still, his council colleagues didn’t pull their endorsements.
There’s a reason the majority of the council want Brown as their next chairman. It isn’t just that opponent Vincent Orange, a former Ward 5 councilman, has been on the outside for the past three years. Brown — the man, who posted at polls life-size portraits of himself and presidential candidate Barack “Change-we-can-believe-in” Obama — has promised more of the same. No changes to committee structures and no changes to council rules.
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