'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
A coalition of union leaders on Tuesday rejected Mayor Vincent C. Gray's pick to head the District's troubled Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services and criticized the mayor for abandoning campaign promises to give labor a voice in his administration.

The primary votes for mayor won't be tallied for another three months, but Democrats and D.C. workers are already casting favorable looks at Vincent Gray, Adrian Fenty's chief challenger in the race for mayor.