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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council are wringing their hands over how to stem the flow of officers either retiring or moving to better paying and less dangerous jurisdictions. .(Ryan M. McDermott/The Washington Times/File)

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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (The Washington Times/File)

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D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat, who joined the Metro board of directors this year, said he hopes fares will remain static during his time on the board.

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D.C. Council member Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat, said he hopes fares will remain static during his time on the board. (Nancy Pastor/The Washington Times)

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LaRuby May (right) is one of several candidates to fill the Ward 8 D.C. Council seat left vacant by the death of Marion Barry. (may4ward8.com)

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Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser will take her oath of office as the seventh elected mayor of the District shortly before noon, along with D.C. Council members and the city's first elected attorney general. (Associated Press)

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The D.C. Council will vote Tuesday on whether to award a $66 million contract for medical care at the city jail to a for-profit company that has been criticized for providing poor services at other facilities — setting lawmakers up for their first major clash with Mayor Muriel Bowser. (The Washington Times) **FILE**

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A.J. Cooper III, a candidate for D.C. Council, died suddenly early Wednesday. (Facebook photo)

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As a D.C. Council member representing Ward 8, Marion Barry represented the city's most downtrodden and least-educated residents. (The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Marion Barry celebrates with supporters at Players Lounge in Southeast after winning on primary night, Sept. 9, 2008. (Allison Shelley/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Marion Barry, with his lawyer Frederick D. Cooke Jr., left, and his son, Christopher, right, speaking with reporters on June 21, 2007, after a federal judge ruled that did not violate his probation stemming from his tax problems and would not be going to jail. (Bert V. Goulait / The Washington Times)

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D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, with Marion Barry at left and D.C. Council member Harry Thomas at right, casts the city delegations votes for President Clinton on Aug. 28, 1996 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Cliff Owen/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Marion Barry shakes hands with newly announced Washington Nationals Owner Theodore Lerner of the Lerner Group, after the announcement that the Lerners had been selected as owners of the Washington Nationals on May 3, 2006. (Saul McSween/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council member Marion Barry embraces Mayor Vincent C. Gray during a media availability to announce Mr. Barry's endorsement of Mr. Gray's bid for re-election on March 19, 2014. (Associated Press/Alex Brandon)

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The D.C. Council's proposal, introduced in January 2013 by council member Mary M. Cheh, Ward 3 Democrat, would create a timeline for the asset forfeiture process and would require the District to inform owners within 10 business days of a seizure that the city was seeking forfeiture of property. (The Washington Times)

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Seen here at a D.C. mayoral candidates debate in September, (from left) D.C. Council members Muriel Bowser, Ward 4 Democrat; and David A. Catania, at-large independent; and Carol Schwartz, a former council member running as an independent, now await the voters' verdict on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council members Muriel Bowser (left) and David A. Catania, and former council member Carol Schwartz, candidates for mayor of the District, were still vying for votes over the weekend heading into the final 48 hours of the campaign. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council member David Grosso, at-large independent (The Washington Times) **FILE**

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The D.C. Council has stripped religious schools of legal protection against certain discrimination lawsuits, voting unanimously to repeal an exemption that had been in place for decades. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman)

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Members of the D.C. Council have exempted themselves from most parking tickets, but that hasn't stopped one local paper from publicly shaming the members who park illegally. (Instagram/Councilgram)