Lawmakers must get this right, because if prosecutors sink another lawmaker’s - or the mayor’s - ship in rocky waters, the council chairman has to step in and the shuffling begins anew.
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Award-winning opinion writer Deborah Simmons is a senior correspondent who reports on City Hall and writes about education, culture, sports and family-related topics. Mrs. Simmons has worked at several newspapers, and since joining The Washington Times in 1985, has served as editorial-page editor and features editor and on the metro desk. She has taught copy editing at the University of ...
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