“There is a crisis of leadership in America,” Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich said Sunday during an appearance on “Meet the Press,” adding that the problem isn’t just in the political arena. Anyone paying attention to District affairs during the past six months would second that sentiment. There has been a palpable absence of vision and a dearth of courage. Regrettably, there also has been an overabundance of unethical and other questionable behavior by many city leaders, particularly politicians.
Mayor Vincent Gray may have been involved in dirty campaigning, possibly paying an opponent cash and promising a job to him if he trashed incumbent Adrian Fenty. This week, the Washington Post’s Nikita Stewart reported new allegations: Gray’s campaign accepted cash contributions that exceeded legal limits and converted them into money orders, allowing the alleged violation to go undetected.
