Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, third from right, and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, second from right, stand during Blue Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The Blue Mass is held to pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety, remember those who have fallen, and support those who serve at the beginning of National Police Week. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, left, and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, center, take communion from Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, right, during Blue Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The Blue Mass is held to pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety, remember those who have fallen, and support those who serve at the beginning of National Police Week. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, center, and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, take communion from Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, right, during Blue Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The Blue Mass is held to pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety, remember those who have fallen, and support those who serve at the beginning of National Police Week. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, right, and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, second from right, listen to bagpipers from an assortment of local police jurisdictions as they play outside St. Patrick Catholic Church at the conclusion of Blue Mass, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The Blue Mass is held to pray for those in law enforcement and fire safety, remember those who have fallen, and support those who serve at the beginning of National Police Week. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Mayor Vincent Gray said that approval of the referendum would send a signal that we are sick and tired of the special burdens imposed on the District. (The Washington Times)
Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray. (The Washington Times)
Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, center, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, center right, and members of the D.C. Council the Washington, D.C., walk in the Emancipation Day parade, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. President Abraham Lincoln freed approximately 3,100 slaves in the District of Colombia on April 16, 1862, nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Mayor Vincent Gray said that approval of the referendum would send a signal that we are sick and tired of the special burdens imposed on the District. (The Washington Times)
** FILE ** Councilman David Catania questions a witness during a hearing held by the D.C. Council Monday, March 28, 2011, in Washington, D.C., about the hiring processes in Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
