Folks who went Saturday to the Carnegie Library on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, hoping to hear specifics about D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray’s mayoral platform, surely were disappointed. The nearly 30-minute kickoff speech — flatly delivered, despite aid of a teleprompter — was a broad outline of the usual issues and a series of attacks on incumbent Mayor Adrian M. Fenty.
“If we’re going to accomplish … real school reform, jobs for every District resident, and safer communities, we need to restore a public trust in city hall that has been shattered. And for good reason. It seems like every day there’s another story about mismanaged public dollars and shady deals, ” Gray told a cheering crowd of about 300.
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