Mitch Ryals

3 weeks ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Mitch Ryals

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Eric Cleckley was arrested outside Union Temple Baptist Church Monday evening while a forum for candidates in the Ward 8 special election was taking place inside.

3 weeks ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Mitch Ryals

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Four empty chairs sat at the front of the room in the basement of Union Temple Baptist Church in Anacostia. And by the time candidates in the Ward 8 special election took their places for the Monday evening forum, one remained empty. That would be the seat reserved for Trayon “Ward Eight” White, as his name has appeared on the ballot in previous elections.

4 weeks ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Mitch Ryals

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! How to tank Metro ridership: A U.S. representative from Florida looking to suck up to Trump has introduced legislation that would withhold federal funds for Metro unless the transit agency renames its rail system “Trump Train.” The Make Autorail Great Again Act would also rename the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as the “Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access,” or WMAGA.

1 month ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Mitch Ryals

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Hawk tuah: Emily Gabriella Sommer did what many of you (but certainly not I) would have loved to do as you watched Ed Martin’s uniquely destructive tenure as U.S. Attorney for D.C. On May 8, Sommer spotted Martin, a friend to a Nazi sympathizer, standing on the sidewalk outside his office about to give an interview to Newsmax.

1 month ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Mitch Ryals

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Carlos Kelly’s relatively brief tenure as chief of the University of the District of Columbia’s police department was rocky, to say the least. In less than a year as UDC’s top cop, he rearranged the schedule to avoid the need for overtime shifts, eliminated a contract for extra campus security, and rooted out alleged time theft among the ranks, saving the university about $1 million in the past year, by his own estimates.