David Grosso

For nearly two years, at-large DC Council member David Grosso loved to criticize — some might say hate — fellow Council member Jack Evans. Grosso lambasted the Ward 2 representative for his constituent services fund, for his close…

Don’t expect the DC Council to hold charters to the same transparency and sunshine standards as traditional public schools. That was the unmistakable message I heard telegraphed last week by Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and at-large…

A few years before Stormiyah Denson-Jackson took her own life in her dormitory at SEED Public Charter School, Scott Pearson told the leader of FOCUS, a charter lobbying group, to ignore the mandates of the South Capitol Street Memorial…

They may have been at each other’s throats earlier this year during an acrimonious budget debate over relocating Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to the Shaw neighborhood. This week, however, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson,…

It’s understandable that some DC residents might feel as if they’ve been cast in a remake of Groundhog Day. In that 1993 film, Bill Murray’s character keeps waking up to the same day, replete with the same remarks and the same behavior by…

As if DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 8.2 percent hike in government spending for 2020 were not large enough, two DC Council members hope to obtain more revenue from a tax increase on so-called mansions: residential properties with…

The DC Council’s newly released draft budget plan addresses many of the community concerns raised about Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed changes to the independence and grant-making policies of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. …

It began as part of a criminal justice movement, aimed at reducing the number of African Americans, particularly men, being arrested and jailed for possession of marijuana. Then, people were told it was about decriminalization, making sure…

When I read the email exchange between Michael Musante, a lobbyist for local charter schools, and Scott Pearson, executive director of the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB), I became enraged. I think, perhaps, you would have had a…