Vincent C. Gray

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“So where’s everyone else,” D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray seems to be wondering as he waits for others to help with the ceremonial turning of the first shovels of earth for the Community of Hope’s new Health and Resource Center in Ward 8 on Thursday. The agency helps families with health, housing and education needs. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray waits in an elevator as his staff and security detail rush him away from reporters after his announcement Wednesday of the "One City Action Plan" which, like all of his actions in recent weeks, is set against the backdrop of scandal. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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After introducing his "One City Action Plan" on Wednesday, Mayor Vincent C. Gray got testy with reporters at the Wilson Building. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton join officials from Amtrak and representatives from Akridge developers to announce the Washington Union Station Master Plan at Union Station on Wednesday in the District. The proposed development is still in the initial planning stages. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray tries to offer his remarks to the crowd while being shouted down by activists seeking housing for people with HIV/AIDS as he tries to deliver his speech to the crowd at the XIX International AIDS Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Monday, July 23, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The Rev. Graylan Hagler (left) talks with Deborah Harris of Washington, a supporter of D.C Mayor Vincent C. Gray, during a faith-based rally on the front steps of the John A. Wilson Building in Washington on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Supporters called upon the crowd and the public not to rush to judgment, as three D.C. Council members have openly called for Mr. Gray's resignation in light of the scandal surrounding his 2010 election campaign. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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"People are innocent until they are proven guilty; they aren't guilty until they're proven innocent," D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray said Thursday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (above) answers reporters' questions Wednesday, one day after political operative Jeanne C. Harris, 75, pleaded guilty to funneling undocumented campaign funds to the 2010 Gray campaign for mayor. Mr. Gray (left) spoke about the probe after holding a press conference to discuss a green alley program in Northeast. "I never expected to see so many people in an alley in Ward 7," he said. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray is surrounded as he answers reporters' questions about campaign operative Jeanne C. Harris who pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling undocumented campaign funds to his campaign. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Reporters waited outside the office of Mayor Vincent C. Gray after he failed to show up at a presentation of a resolution at the D.C. Council chamber on Tuesday, just hours before Jeanne Harris was to plead guilty to conspiracy and fraud in a plan to funnel campaign money through straw donors. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)