The Barras Report Blog

May 57 min read

At-large DC Council candidates Robert White and Rodney Grant are fed up

“This is going to be the Super Bowl of elections,” predicted Rodney “Red” Grant, a Democrat who is challenging incumbent at-large DC...

Mar 105 min read

Get ready for a wild election season in DC

THE ritual of signature gathering in the District may seem perpetual — although dozens of candidates for political office, including four...

May 13, 20237 min read

BUDGET MADNESS IN DC, PART 1

THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...

Jan 28, 20237 min read

A City Traumatized By Crime

I am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high...

Oct 2, 20227 min read

THE BARRAS REPORT

IF YOU DON’T WIN A DC CONTRACT, START A CITIZEN PROTEST THAT surely must be the thinking of leaders at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield...

May 8, 20227 min read

Mayor Muriel Bowser fights to lead — for a third time

IT'S difficult to imagine any mayor’s second term like the one with which Muriel Bowser has grappled. It began in 2019, filled with...

Nov 14, 20217 min read

Is the fight at the DC arts commission about race or the hustle?

DURING the recent kickoff for his mayoral campaign, Ward 8 DC Council member Trayon White led his supporters in a chant: “We are going to...

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