The Barras Report Blog

“The public policy behind these laws is to prevent actual and apparent corruption in our candidates and our elected officials, who must serve the public trust,” Kevin Sobkoviak wrote in his campaign finance complaint.

A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening (April 20); it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum, one sponsored by The 51st, The Washington Informer and SpotlightDC. Six Democratic candidates participated in this week’s forum: Gary Goodweather, Rini Sampath, Hope Solomon, former at-large DC Councilmembers Vincent Orange and Kenyan McDuffie, and current Ward 4 Coun

The can has met the end of its road.

“The current political landscape has witnessed a growing influence of national and local interest groups, often overshadowing the voices...