Quote of the day (if not month and year) (DC related)

From the Post article "D.C. mayor, opponent at odds over fence issue":

Nickles said he gets involved in city issues big and small when it comes to public confidence in government. He said he is unhappy that it has taken five months for District agencies to resolve the case and is troubled by Gray's response.

If you keep up on the issues that Nickles gets involved with, if anything when he gets involved at the micro-level on an issue, for me anyway, my confidence in municipal government and fairness and public integrity drops further.

The attorney general has three somewhat conflicting roles:

1. Representing "the people"
2. Representing "the government"
3. Representing "the Mayor" or chief executive and the Executive Branch (the government agencies).

Mostly Peter Nickles represents the Mayor.

It's why I favor converting this position from an appointed office to an elected office, so that the office holder is more focused on representing the people's interests.