When the D.C. Council agreed in July to sell public facilities on the West End to Georgetown developer EastBanc, critics cried foul.

Not only was the sole-source agreement passed via emergency legislation and preceded by virtually no public comment, opponents argued, but D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer’s husband, Joseph Sternlieb, was an EastBanc vice president directly involved in negotiations with Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration.

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