DC Coun­cil Chair Vin­cent Gray Speaks At FBA’S Feb­ru­ary Meeting

Vin­cent Gray has received great kudos for his work in the com­mu­nity pre­ced­ing his life on City Coun­cil, and as Chair of the Coun­cil, the com­men­da­tions right­fully con­tinue. Chair Gray spoke to an audi­ence of 40 Tues­day evening and took numer­ous ques­tions on tan­gen­tial top­ics with great enthu­si­asm and patience.

Thirty min­utes into his talk, he noted to the group that we were still on “Slide One.” Many audi­ence ques­tions per­tained to edu­ca­tion and youth. Gray men­tioned that one of the pro­grams he con­ducts is a Moot Youth Court two Sat­ur­days a month. It is usu­ally theme-oriented and open to the pub­lic. It is recorded and shown on the DC cable chan­nel. Youth learn how to use the process to accom­plish var­i­ous goals for the school or com­mu­nity and in the process, become heroes in their neighborhoods.

With regard to the econ­omy, Gray was prag­matic about the chal­lenges the Dis­trict faces. While the Dis­trict is bet­ter off than most juris­dic­tions and neigh­bor­ing states, it is expe­ri­enc­ing short­falls. —FBN