The security entourage that gets D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty from event to event routinely runs red lights and sometimes does it with police sirens blaring.
Use of the sirens is an apparent violation of D.C. Code which states: "Whenever an emergency vehicle is equipped with a siren, the siren shall not be used except when the vehicle is being operated in response to an emergency call; or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which case, the driver of the vehicle shall sound the siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach of the vehicle."
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"I don't give the mayor exemptions," acting Chief Cathy Lanier said on WTOP's Ask the Chief program Thursday. "It's kind of the other way around. He's my boss." (WTOP)
Jesus Christ, even Richard Daley didn't have a police chief who publicly said that she'd defer to him as to whether or not laws were enforced. That's got to be third on any mayor's wish list, right after 1) Hot secretary, and 2) No budget oversight. Let the good times roll, Mayor Fenty!
Yeah, I know. In all likelihood, she was just discussing this one instance of the motorcade, and not giving him a free pass on all illegal activity. I mean, hypothetically, if Mayor Fenty were to kill a man just for the hell of it, Lanier would arrest him, right? She wouldn't just stand there and ask him for instructions? Ditto if he was ever caught in a hotel room with Rasheda Moore and a ton of crack?
Then again, given how little got done with Mayor Williams and his strict adherence to "the law" (well, except when it came to campaigning), maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to have an all-powerful mayor for whom laws don't exist.
Let's assume that Fenty's heart is in the right place on most things. Like, for example, his proposed takeover of the city's schools, which are obviously in dire condition. Maybe a couple of his opponents on this issue disappear? That would get everyone else on board.
And we'd certainly have the hardest working government in the country. Before, if you weren't willing to give 110%, Fenty would just fire you over the phone. Now, if you start slacking, a couple of MPD officers show up at your home and take you for a little drive, which you don't come back from.
You know, I started off annoyed about the whole motorcade deal. Now I just see it as a promising first step toward Fenty completely transforming the city into a corrupt empire that he rules with an iron fist. And I'm okay with it.
Yeah, I know. In all likelihood, she was just discussing this one instance of the motorcade, and not giving him a free pass on all illegal activity. I mean, hypothetically, if Mayor Fenty were to kill a man just for the hell of it, Lanier would arrest him, right? She wouldn't just stand there and ask him for instructions? Ditto if he was ever caught in a hotel room with Rasheda Moore and a ton of crack?
Then again, given how little got done with Mayor Williams and his strict adherence to "the law" (well, except when it came to campaigning), maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to have an all-powerful mayor for whom laws don't exist.
Let's assume that Fenty's heart is in the right place on most things. Like, for example, his proposed takeover of the city's schools, which are obviously in dire condition. Maybe a couple of his opponents on this issue disappear? That would get everyone else on board.
And we'd certainly have the hardest working government in the country. Before, if you weren't willing to give 110%, Fenty would just fire you over the phone. Now, if you start slacking, a couple of MPD officers show up at your home and take you for a little drive, which you don't come back from.
You know, I started off annoyed about the whole motorcade deal. Now I just see it as a promising first step toward Fenty completely transforming the city into a corrupt empire that he rules with an iron fist. And I'm okay with it.
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