D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson confers with council Chairman Kwame R. Brown on Tuesday. Mr. Mendelson favored the income-tax increase; Mr. Brown opposed it. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
Kwame R. Brown
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown talks with Ward 3 council member Mary M. Cheh during a legislative session Tuesday. She has proposed a bill that would use about $13 million in general funds to cover delayed out-of-state-bonds taxation. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown has a tender moment with his daughter, 9-year-old Lauren, next to his black Jeep before the two march in the 45th annual Palisades July Fourth parade in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown's budget plan, passed Tuesday, restored funding to services for the homeless. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (right) announces a closed-door session of council at the John A. Wilson Building on Tuesday as council member Harry Thomas Jr. sits beside him in a conference room. Mr. Brown later said that an announcement will be made Wednesday on whether Mr. Thomas faces sanctions in light a misuse of funds allegation.(DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
Before an empty witness stand at the Wilson Building, D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh, center, along with council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, left, and council member David A. Catania, right. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
THE WASHINGTON TIMES More than two years after anti-littering legislation passed in the District, police have begun enforcing the law. "Residents are tired of all of this litter and trash throughout the city," D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown said.
