Vince Gray is no turkey

It’s an easy thing for columnists to waste some paper around Thanksgiving listing the season’s “turkeys” — that is, public figures who have done something truly dumb, cowardly or hypocritical. Instead, I want to give thanks to someone who has served bravely and well.

This year’s public official, who made a hard choice for the pubic good that was counter to his immediate personal and political interests, is D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray.