Mayor Fenty's chief enabler blinks, on baseball tickets for City Councilmembers

The Washington Nationals stand for a moment of silence for legendary Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas who passed away before their baseball game on Monday, April 13, 2009 in Washington.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times the Washington Post has editorialized in favor of Mayor Fenty's frequent disregard of civic or legislative engagement and/or oversight in the affairs of the Executive Branch of the DC Government. For a newspaper that fought the Executive Branch of the Federal Government--uh, remember President Nixon and his transgressions--it always comes as an unpleasant shock that for the most part, as long as they like who the mayor is, the Post editorial page is fine with autocracy within the District of Columbia.

Ahh, but baseball tickets. That's serious.

See "Ticket Snub," "Adrian Fenty Plays Games With Washington Nationals Tickets"). From the editorial:

MAYOR ADRIAN M. Fenty is being roundly criticized for his infantile refusal to share the District's allotment of baseball tickets with members of the D.C. Council. Critics are right about the mayor's poor manners, as well as the absurdity of grown-ups squabbling over something so silly. Our concern, though, centers on what the dispute says about Mr. Fenty's relationship with the council and the implications that this could have for important work awaiting the mayor and his administration.

Generally, when you do bad things and don't get called on it, it makes things worse. The Post now has 2+ years to atone for.