Mayor Vincent Gray has had a tough ...week? month? administration? Whatever your opinion, the Mayor has been under fire in recent weeks as former campaign aides, friends and donors plead guilty to charges ranging from campaign finance violations to fraud to obstruction of justice.
A new Washington Post poll of 1,002 D.C. adults revealed, "Fifty-four percent overall say Gray should resign, while 37 percent say he should not and 9 percent have no opinion."
Last week Jeanne Harris pleaded guilty to running a "shadow campaign" that obscured and failed to report some $653,800 in campaign expenses and contributions that benefited Gray's official mayoral campaign.
"This is not the campaign that we intended to run," Gray told reporters July 11 during a press conference.
Councilmembers David Catania, Mary Cheh and Muriel Bowser have each said Gray should resign.
Mayor Vincent Gray has asked residents to draw a fine line between his campaign for mayor, which has faced serious legal scrutiny of late, and the work his administration has done since he took office.
And yet, according to the Washington Post, "The public sentiment that Gray should resign crosses virtually all demographics in the city, according to the poll. Across categories of sex, ideology, party identification, income, age and geography, more say Gray should resign than not."
What do you think?
Dana Hamill
12:13 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012
Georgetowners, where were YOU on primary day just last September? I was shocked to find my polling place, off Reservoir Road, empty of voters before work. Mayor Fenty needed a big turnout from Georgetown. If YOU didn't vote ...DPH, 33d St NW