Vincent C. Gray

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Talking shop: D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, who touts his economic record, visits one of the first Wal-Marts in the city on the eve of its opening. Story, A11. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray is all smiles Monday as he files paperwork to run for a second term at the Board of Elections. He is one of 11 people seeking the Democratic nomination. (associated press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (Associated Press)

Mayor Vincent C. Gray fist bumps with homeless guests as they dine on a hot Thanksgiving meal during the Feast of Sharing event, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC., Wednesday, November 27, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray interacts with the Cheerleaders from the Washington Redskins, as Homeless and elderly guests make their way into the dining room of the Feast of Sharing, to receive a free hot Thanksgiving meal at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC., Wednesday, November 27, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray listens to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, as Senate Democrats gather outside the Capitol to urge Speaker John A. Boehner and other House Republicans to break the impasse on a funding bill and stop the government shutdown. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, with Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier behind him, briefs reporters on the shooting at the Navy Yard on Monday. Much of the early information they shared was inaccurate. (Associated Press)

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Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times D.C. firefighters and paramedics listen to Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe announce the hiring paramedics and the purchase of 30 new ambulances by the end of the year.

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray stops for a high-five from first-grader Jaiair Wade, 5, as he walks with Principal Rebecca Crouch (left) at DC Scholars Public Charter School. "To go to school after school and see them engaging like it's the second week and not the first day, it's tremendously uplifting," Mr. Gray said.

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has set a goal, branded "Sustainable D.C.," of making 100 percent of District waters fishable and swimmable by 2032, yet there is cause to question his willingness to allow DDOE to do its job. The clean rivers initiative is a belated attempt to reverse a decades long trend of stormwater runoff that leads to sewage overflow. (The Washington Times)

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If an emergency hit the District, as it did Boston, "it would be almost impossible for many off-duty workers, who would be desperately needed, to respond in a timely manner," Mayor Vincent C. Gray wrote to D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson. (The Washington Times)

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D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (left) and D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray unveiled the glass-enclosed, carpeted pavilion with a banner outside proclaiming, "A more perfect union must include full Democracy in D.C." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray says the city should 'double down' on its gun laws in the wake of the school shooting in Newton, Conn. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)