Most mayors wouldn’t provide an opportunity for legislators to kick him in the gut, especially during a re-election campaign. Adrian M. Fenty may be the exception. This week, he unceremoniously removed Department of Parks and Recreation Director Clark E. Ray, and appointed someone without any background in managing such an agency.

Ximena Hartsock is the former deputy chief for the Office of Teaching and Learning at the D.C .Public Schools. She created the Office of Out of School Time, which has responsibility for after-school, summer school and Saturday programs. She may be a great academic administrator but her resume in parks and recreation is weaker than all four previous DPR directors, including Ray.

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