Because we LIKE being Congress' cat toy
Opening Bell In Battle for Top D.C. Job
Mayoral Scramble Poised To Be City's Costliest Ever
By Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 6, 2004; Page A01
One morning last week, nearly 500 Washington business leaders, community activists and senior citizens gathered in a chandeliered ballroom at the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel for a lavish, $20,000 breakfast featuring eggs on brioche, honey yogurt and the first big speech of the 2006 race for D.C. mayor.
The size of the crowd and the size of the tab were impressive. And the affair quickly established the host -- D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange Sr. (D-Ward 5) -- as a credible contender in a campaign that is starting earlier, attracting a larger crowd of potential candidates and shaping up to be more expensive than any in city history.
