Jonetta Rose Barras: The shape of things to come

The District mayor’s race has become a genuine slugfest: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty hammers his chief opponent, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, with the failings of the Department of Human Services during his tenure. Gray slams Fenty with his so-called reckless spending from the city’s savings account.

The forum last week sponsored by the Ward 3 Democrats and the Federation of Citizens Associations offered more of the same. Gray may have felt good after bashing Fenty for allegedly getting his facts wrong, and the mayor may have experienced satisfaction from his offensive. But Ward 3 residents, who went to St. Columba Episcopal Church in Tenleytown expecting to hear the politicos’ plans for District, surely were disappointed.