For all his talk of “accountability” and “transparency,” Adrian Fenty is starting off his reign as mayor on the wrong foot.

Last week, Fenty unveiled a scheme to take over the dreadful D.C. Public Schools, and he’ll need the approval of the D.C. Council and Congress to do it. Desperate times call for centrally controlled measures, some may say, but Fenty’s plan to seize control includes enriching his cronies from a $2.3 billion, taxpayer-funded school construction and renovation pot.

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