Jonetta Rose Barras is a columnist for The Washington Examiner. She is the author of the critically acclaimed The Last of the Black Emperors, and former associate editor of the Washington City Paper. She has appeared as a commentator for CNN, C-SPAN, and PBS and is widely considered one of the freshest female voices speaking for the African-American community today.
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/30/13 06:10 PM
Initially, I planned to slam the move to decriminalize marijuana in the District. There isn't a drug in existence that doesn't have some kind of harmful side effect -- ask the pharmaceutical industry. Then, I thought I might salute Mayor Vincent C. Gray for his decision to lease some empty...
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/27/13 05:20 PM
D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi imagines himself invincible. Why else would he court another multimillion-dollar lottery scandal -- even as U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen investigates the 2008 and 2009 contracting processes? The latest mess, which has been percolating for months,...
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/24/13 08:10 AM
Anyone who has followed the declining career of D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi isn't surprised by the inspector general's recent report indicating his office failed to collect nearly $7 million in tax penalties from businesses who failed to file electronically. There is a trail of...
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/21/13 06:28 AM
Oh, let's nip it right now. Tommy Wells isn't running to be the city's first white mayor. If Jack Evans or David Catania jumps in the race, as has been predicted, they won't be vying to be the District's chief executive based on the color of their skin either. When a candidate plays the race...
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/16/13 06:35 PM
Call it the little red and gray bus that could. Launched in 2005, the Circulator had been designed mostly to get riders from one tourist attraction, entertainment center or retail hot spot to another. Inexpensive, reliable and clean, the Circulator has become so popular it seems every D.C....
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/13/13 05:35 PM
"Opaque." That word was used consistently by many D.C. Council committees to describe Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2014 budget. Legislators may have made their way through the voluminous document, but they screamed for more transparency. An obscure plan makes it difficult for the council to...
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/10/13 06:45 AM
The D.C.Council, through David Catania's leadership, began this week to find its education reform voice. It sent an unequivocal message to Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and others about the standard it expects. Further, it redirected taxpayers' money to programs...
By Jonetta Rose Barras | 05/06/13 07:50 PM
That rumbling sound coming from the John A. Wilson Building is D.C. Council members tussling over recommended changes to Mayor Vincent Gray's $12 billion 2014 budget. Committees have begun reducing expenditures or searching for additional funds to address select programs or satisfy demands of...
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