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Mayor accountability drops the ball on foster kids
Harry Jaffe, The Examiner Mar 23, 2007 2:00 AM (987 days ago)WASHINGTON Mayor Adrian Fenty patted himself on the back for many accomplishments in his first State of the District address this week. He said he had appointed police and fire chiefs; he had proposed taking over the schools; he called for full D.C. voting rights. Any new mayor might have done that. Here’s what Fenty didn't mention: his administration’s failure to help the city’s most desperate children. According to the people at CASA, a nonprofit group that acts as an advocate for children in foster care, Fenty promised to provide CASA with emergency funding but has not followed through.
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