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Michelle A. Rhee (TWP)Primary against Gray is the only race triathlete Mayor Fenty might be sweating
By Mike Debonis
Washington Post Staff WriterFriday, June 25, 2010
Through his mayoralty, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has demonstrated utter mastery of his athletic pursuits.
At the 2009 Nation's Triathlon, held in the District in September, Fenty finished the swim-bike-and-run in 2 hours 21 minutes -- a time he described as a personal best. On Sunday morning, an unusually sweltering one, he clocked 2:19:14 in the inaugural Washington DC Triathlon -- good enough for fourth out of 104.
Fenty's hard-core training regimen -- which includes regular morning runs and swims plus midday bike rides -- continues to pay dividends in competition. But it's not clear that it's paying dividends on the campaign trail.
His reelection campaign has floundered in recent weeks as it struggles to adapt to a tough reelection fight. He's been trounced by top challenger Vincent C. Gray in straw polls held by the D.C. Democratic State Committee, the Gertrude Stein Democrats and theWard 3 Democrats. He's too often greeted by boos at public appearances.
Meanwhile, his competition times continue to edge
Fenty's hard-core training regimen -- which includes regular morning runs and swims plus midday bike rides -- continues to pay dividends in competition. But it's not clear that it's paying dividends on the campaign trail.
His reelection campaign has floundered in recent weeks as it struggles to adapt to a tough reelection fight. He's been trounced by top challenger Vincent C. Gray in straw polls held by the D.C. Democratic State Committee, the Gertrude Stein Democrats and theWard 3 Democrats. He's too often greeted by boos at public appearances.
Meanwhile, his competition times continue to edge
New school condom policy sparks uproar
A new policy in a Massachusetts public school district that would permit students of any age to request a condom caused so much uproar that Gov. Deval Patrick asked the superintendent to reconsider.
Rhee: Pope still in arts magnet picture
DCPS unveiled some marquee names from the arts, philanthropic and business worlds Tuesday as part of its "blue ribbon" commission to help plan the new middle school arts magnet, scheduled to open in fall 2011. Jazz great Wynton Marsalis, Kennedy Center president Peter Jablow and Washington Ballet artistic director Septime Weber were among those tapped for their expertise, Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announced. A complete list is here.
One name not mentioned in Tuesday's roll out: the educator originally tasked to launch the school, former Hardy Middle School principal Patrick Pope. When Rhee announced late last year that she wasreplacing Pope as head the Georgetown arts and music school, she said his next assignment would be to help plan the arts magnet.
Pope's removal, effective this month, sparked a contentious and occasionally ugly debate about the future of the predominantly minority school, which draws relatively few kids from the surrounding neighborhood. Rhee, who wants to change that, ran into big pushback