Barras: State of the District, or the government?

When Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced he would hold his State of the District address next week, I reflected on a conversation I had with a senior government manager just after he took office. There had been news reports about revealed questionable activities in Gray’s 2010 campaign. Citizens worried those allegations of corruption would derail progress the city had made under Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty.