Three D.C. Council members call on Gray to resign (Mayor Vincent Gray)

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Source: Washington Post

Three D.C. Council members are calling on Mayor Vincent C. Gray to step down following a guilty plea by a third associate as part of the ongoing federal investigation of his 2010 mayoral campaign.

On Wednesday, David A. Catania (I-At Large) , Muriel Bowser (D-Ward ) and Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) became the first elected officials to outright call for the mayor’s resignation.

“The people you chose to surround yourself with engaged in a criminal conspiracy to undermine the election process in this city, which means as the leader of that campaign, you forfeit the fruits of that effort,” Catania said.

A growing number of people are asking Gray to explain what he knew about a secret $653,000 effort to help him get elected. Public relations consultant Jeanne Clarke Harris admitted as part of a plea deal Tuesday that she helped disburse and conceal campaign funds spent by businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson, a prominent city contractor.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/mayor-gray-this-is-not-the-campaign-we-intended-to-run/2012/07/11/gJQASDL6cW_singlePage.html

[Freddie Stubbs]

1. If he quits, he should get out of politics and

open a Chinese restaurant in Ward 8.

[Ken Burch]

2. I agree that the guy should go

but what the hell did you mean by that post?

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. It's a Marion Barry joke:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/marion-barry-asians_n_1405212.html

[Ken Burch]

4. Another reason Marion Barry should retire or be defeated.

Marion Barry is not only an anti-Asian racist(why did it matter what the ethnicity of the business owners in Ward 8 was? It's not like there aren't sleazebags of ALL races), but he also opposed the same-sex marriage law in D.C. . You'd think a victim of prejudice would know enough to oppose ALL forms of prejudice, including anti-Asian bigotry and homophobia.

Thanks for the explanation.