The winner's secret.Around 16 years ago, The Washington Monthly launched a feature called The Worst City Government. Often written by Katherine Boo, it sought stories of municipal ineptitude Ineptitude See also Awkwardness. Brown, Charlie meek hero unable to kick a football, fly a kite, or win a baseball game. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Horn, 543] Capt. Queeg incompetent commander of the minesweeper Caine. from around the country. The District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). emerged a clear winner over other cities, and so dominated the column that we were afraid it was becoming boring, and decided to close it down. The District government, however, continues to operate as ineptly as ever. Now, we know at least one reason why local officials sometimes fail to adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. the highest standards of public administration. There is a go-go club in the basement of the Franklin D. Reeves Center, which otherwise houses only District government offices. We found out about the club because on Feb. 13 a man was stabbed outside. The stabbing followed "the attempted shooting of another club patron a few minutes earlier," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Washington Post's Bill Brawley. |
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