Former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown says he struck a job deal with Vincent Gray campaign

WaPo ^ | March 6, 2011 | Nikita Stewart

[jazusamo]

Former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown told The Washington Post that he struck a deal last summer with the campaign of Mayor Vincent C. Gray to continue his attacks on incumbent Adrian M. Fenty in exchange for a city job if Gray won.

Brown, who was recently dismissed from his $110,000-a-year position with the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance, also alleges that two Gray campaign aides gave him a series of cash payments to help finance his campaign. The Post could not independently verify any payments.

In an interview Saturday, Gray adamantly denied Brown's allegations, saying the campaigns did not work in tandem. He said he agreed only to get a job interview for Brown, but not in return for attacks on Fenty.

"Was there a quid pro quo here? Did we ask him to do something on behalf of my candidacy, and did we give him something? The answer is unequivocally no," said Gray, who added that he was not aware of any payments to Brown by campaign aides. "I want to make sure there's no sunshine here. I didn't ask anybody to do it. I didn't tell anybody to do it. I didn't authorize anybody to do it."

A Post review of Brown's cellphone records between June and the Sept. 14 Democratic primary shows that he received 29 calls from numbers belonging to Gray, campaign chairman Lorraine Green, campaign consultant Howard Brooks and a Gray personal aide. Through January, 17 of Brown's incoming and outgoing calls with those numbers ranged from 5 minutes to 17 minutes, according to the records.

[WaterBoard]

Shocker! More Marion Berry Corrupt DC Democrats.

[jazusamo]

Yep, not much of a surprise, it’s a real vipers nest.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Crooks, liars, and backstabbers in DC city government. Who would have thought it?