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  • D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe is sworn in before his testimony during a Council of the District of Columbia Committee on the Judiciary public hearing in the John A. Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Ellerbe gets vote of confidence

    Mayor Vincent C. Gray on Wednesday offered a vote of confidence to D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe after a report detailing sexual harassment and intimidation complaints against Chief Ellerbe at his prior job in Florida.

  • Vincent C. Gray gave his State of the District address at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue on Tuesday. He said he is working to earn back people's trust after a rocky year in 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    D.C. Mayor Gray makes amends for his missteps, looks ahead

    D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray acknowledged the missteps of his administration on Tuesday and pledged to regain his footing after a scandal-plagued first year in office that featured hiring missteps and allegations of nepotism and campaign payoffs.

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Rochelle Webb, former director of the Department of Employment Services, says her early dismissal was based partially on fear of what she would say in testimony.

    Webb tells how she got swept up in scandal

    Rochelle Webb has had a week to "get over the shock" of the abrupt end of her city job on April 1 — a parable of sorts on how an outsider was swept into the gears of local influence and the roulette known as the excepted service, a system of political hires who serve at the will of the executive.

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