Adrian Fenty

Adrian M. Fenty

6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 2, 2007
Preceded by Anthony A. Williams
Member of the
Council of the District of Columbia
from the 4th Ward
In office
2001–2007
Preceded by Charlene Drew Jarvis
Succeeded by Muriel Bowser
Born December 6, 1970 (1970-12-06) (age 40)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Michelle Cross Fenty
Children Matthew and Andrew Fenty (born 2000)
Aerin Fenty (born 2008)
Alma mater Howard University School of Law (J.D.)
Oberlin College (B.A.)
Profession Attorney
Religion Unspecified Christian
Signature
Website Mayor's official website

Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970)[1] is the sixth and current mayor of the District of Columbia, having begun his term of office on January 2, 2007.

Fenty is the youngest person ever to hold the office of District of Columbia Mayor,[2] winning election at age 35 and entering office at 36.

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Early life and education

Fenty was raised in the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Mount Pleasant. He graduated from Mackin Catholic High School in Washington, D.C. As a teenager he worked at Swenson's Ice Cream next to the Uptown Theatre.[3]

His older brother, Shawn, is a bicycle expert; Jess is his younger brother. Fenty's parents are runners and own Fleet Feet, an athletic shoe store in the D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan.[4] Adrian Fenty himself has run the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run each year from 2004 onwards, successively improving his finishing time from 1:17:22 in 2005 to 1:02:59 in 2009.[5]

Fenty earned a B.A. in English and Economics at Oberlin College and a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law.[6] He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.[7]

Personal life

In 1997 Fenty and lawyer Michelle Cross eloped. Michelle Cross Fenty works for the Inter-American Development Bank. Their twin sons, Matthew and Andrew, were born in 2000. The couple's third child, Aerin Alexandra Fenty, was born November 24, 2008.[8][9]

Political career

Fenty was an intern for Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH), Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-MA) before becoming involved in local politics. In addition to serving as an aide to Councilmember Kevin P. Chavous, he was elected as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in ANC 4C and was president of the 16th Street Neighborhood Civic Association.

In 2000, Fenty won a seat on the D.C. Council. Fenty ran against longtime Ward 4 Councilmember Charlene Drew Jarvis. Jarvis was well-known and a heavy favorite, but Fenty campaigned relentlessly and — in what was to become his trademark — pursued an aggressive door-to-door strategy that put up countless green yard signs. It worked; Fenty was elected to the Council seat by a 57–43 percent margin.[10][11][12] Unopposed in both the primary and general elections in 2004, Fenty was reelected for a second term.[13][14]

As a Council member, Fenty was noted for his commitment to constituent services; his vocal opposition to public funding for a new baseball stadium; and his proposal to fund a $1 billion capital improvement program for public schools, which, in different form, the Council subsequently passed.[15] He is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[16] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.

Adrian Fenty

One of the commonly noted symbols of his attention to constituent concerns is his frequent use of his three BlackBerry devices. One BlackBerry directly connects him to Police Chief Cathy Lanier while the latter two are for business and personal matters.[17] These, along with the black fedora he often wears, are his trademark accoutrements.

Mayoral Campaign 2006

Fenty formally announced his campaign for D.C. Mayor on June 1, 2005. In the fall of 2005, then-mayor Anthony A. Williams made the widely anticipated announcement that he would not seek re-election, and then-Council Chair Linda Cropp announced she would be a candidate for Mayor. Other candidates in the field included businesswoman Marie Johns, then-Councilmember Vincent Orange, and lobbyist Michael Brown (who dropped out of the race in September 2006).

Fenty ran on a platform of bringing a more energetic and hands-on approach to city government. Cropp trumpeted her 25 years of experience in city government and her desire to continue the progress made by Anthony Williams, who endorsed her candidacy. The race was widely viewed as neck-and-neck through the spring of 2006. Both candidates raised significant and nearly equal amounts of money – roughly $1.75 million through June 10, 2006[18] – and neither gained any significant advantages from the numerous candidate debates and forums.

By July 2006, however, public and private polling gave Fenty a roughly 10-point advantage.[19] Political observers have debated whether it was Fenty's unprecedented door-to-door campaign (he and his campaign visited virtually every block in the city), Cropp's lack of engagement in the campaign, or the electorate's desire for a new direction after eight years of Anthony Williams. Cropp's campaign began a series of negative attacks during the last month of the campaign. In direct mail and television advertisements, Cropp painted Fenty as unfit for the job and a careless lawyer who had been admonished by the D.C. Bar;[20] in 2005, he received an informal admonition from the Bar for his role in a probate case in 1999. The attacks appear to have backfired. The reaction, coupled with the endorsement of the Washington Post, extended Fenty's lead in the campaign's final weeks.

On September 12, 2006, Fenty won all 142 city precincts in the Democratic Primary—a feat unparalleled in the city's political history[21]—and defeated Linda Cropp by a 57–31 percent margin.[22]

Fenty received 89% of the vote in the general election[23][24] and became the District's sixth elected mayor since the establishment of home rule.

Mayoral Accomplishments (2007–present)

Jack Kemp, Fenty, and Eleanor Holmes Norton at D.C. Vote rally on Capitol Hill

Fenty has made high quality public education, government efficiency and accountability the key hallmarks of his first mayoral term,[25] but education reform has been a major thrust. On the first day of his term, in an unprecedented move, Fenty introduced legislation to re-structure the school system to place full responsibility for schools under his purview. Across the city, District residents had been demanding that the schools be "fixed".[26] Schools in the District had been troubled for years with student test performance scores and graduation rates among the lowest in the nation. In 1996, a "Control Board" appointed by Congress had taken over control of the public school system, declaring that the schools were in a "state of emergency".[27] Mayor Fenty viewed this re-structuring as the solution.

In April, 2007, the D.C. Council approved Fenty's school takeover plan,[28] and in May 2007, legislation needed to approve the change was passed by Congress and signed by President Bush.[29] Under the new structure, the existing superintendent was replaced by a school chief, or "chancellor" who was selected by the Mayor and served as a direct report to the Mayor.[30] This power shift also allowed him to make swift changes in the system’s central office, improve teacher qualification requirements, and implement a dramatic school consolidation process to focus resources on stronger academic programs.[25][31] His selection of education reformer Michelle Rhee to manage District schools surprised the education establishment, and underscored his determination to set D.C.'s long-troubled system on a new path. In making his choice, he stepped outside of the local landscape to consult with national education experts including New York City school chancellor Joel Klein.[30]

The move to restructure the school's reporting system and the addition of a school chancellor as a direct report have been credited with putting the school system on the path to long-awaited improvements.[32] Seeking to ensure that students got off to a better start, Fenty's administration doubled the spending on PreK programs and added almost 20 additional classrooms for preschoolers. By renovating and updating a dilapidated elementary school, the administration converted what was previously "Walker Jones Elementary School" into the "Walker Jones Education Campus", a high-tech educational facility that includes an Early Stages Center and the capacity to provide screenings for children with developmental delays at no cost to District residents.[33] In 2008, both elementary and secondary schools achieved significant gains in reading and math proficiency, compared to student's past year performance. Graduation rates have risen each year since 2007, and 72 percent of District students took the Practice Scholastic Aptitude Test,[33] aka the PSAT which functions as a practice test for students entering college.[34] His administration has also taken on a major, five-year maintenance and construction effort to dramatically improve school buildings by 2014.[25] Constituents are kept up to date through the "Education Reform Center", a website devoted entirely to education reform issues.[35]

While focusing on improving schools, the Fenty Administration has also had to ensure that public safety and city services received the proper attention. Not unlike his choice for the school chancellor, Fenty's choice for police chief of the District, Cathy Lanier also made national headlines.[36] Under Fenty, Lanier has added police officers to the streets and expanded community policing initiatives, for example, "beefing up" the policy of accepting anonymous text message tips from local residents to cut down on potential retaliation.[33] By local news accounts, there is evidence of success. The homicide rate in the District dropped 25% in 2009.[37] The homicide closure rate rose to 70%.[33] In his "State of the District" speech, the Mayor reported that homicides were at their "lowest level since 1964" and that "both violent crimes and property crimes" had experienced a double-digit decline.[33]

Fenty has championed development efforts across the city. Across the District, several schools, libraries, parks and recreation centers have been renovated to offer state-of-the-art facilities for residents, youth and families. One example is the sheer number of improvements in recreational play spaces for children. Under Fenty, 16 neighborhood and school playgrounds were opened and 9 play courts and fields were completed.[33] Under his leadership, the District's largest shopping center, the DC USA Shopping Center, was opened. New developments, such as the Camp Simms retail development, have infused new life into the neighborhood with a retail grocery store and a sit-down restaurant East of the River. Renovation of affordable housing units has helped to provide affordable housing during tough economic times. The Fenty Administration also expanded health care coverage for the uninsured, and established thousands of units of affordable housing, while creating the "Housing First" program to provide permanent supportive housing for the city’s homeless neighbors. The administration has made tremendous strides in reducing the backlog of Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations by improving the retention of social workers, increasing recruitment of social workers to fill vacancies, and building a quality leadership team with a depth of experience. Additionally, the Fenty Administration has improved the delivery of emergency medical services. It also finalized the sale of Greater Southeast Community Hospital (now United Medical Center) in a public-private partnership that kept the facility open for patients east of the Anacostia River.[25]

In December 2009, Fenty made history by signing the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Act of 2009, to legalize same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia.[38] During the signing, Mayor Fenty and other attending city officials expressed their support of the gay rights movement by expressing that "they want the District to provide a road map for gay rights activists as the debate over same-sex marriage...moves across the nation..."[38]

Controversy

Mayor Fenty and his administration came under increasing scrutiny in 2009 in local media, including the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, and local news radio station WTOP. Of note are two "secret trips" taken by Fenty in early 2009.[39] According to WTOP, one of those trips was to Philadelphia and another was to an undisclosed location in the Middle East. The same article also cites city officials who say that Fenty did not disclose to anyone where he was going.

Fenty also came under scrutiny in November 2009 when WTOP reported numerous cases of use of police motorcades. These events include using them to protect him during bicycle rides on streets in and outside of Washington, some of which were on parkways which ban bicycles.[40]

Fenty came under national criticism during the snow storms of February 2010 for the District of Columbia's inadequate response to the historic snowfall, during which the United States Federal Government was effectively shut down for almost a week.[41]

Fenty has been embroiled in a number of additional controversies reported on by the Washington Post, including withholding skybox tickets to the Washington Nationals, despite not being legally entitled to them. He eventually handed the tickets over to the city council.[42] and allowing personal acquaintances to drive city-owned vehicles.[43]

2010 re-election

Fenty officially launched his reelection bid on April 10, 2010 at his campaign headquarters, located at 5929 Georgia Avenue, NW, in Washington DC’s Brightwood neighborhood. [44] The Fenty campaign’s headquarters are located on the site of the old Curtis Chevrolet dealership within Ward 4 where Fenty began his political career as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in ANC 4C.

Fenty faces 10 candidates in the District’s September 14, 2010 Democratic Primary. [45] On July 31, 2009 (13½ months before the 2010 primary), Fenty's 2010 mayoral campaign passed the 2006 primary fundraising total of $2.4 million.[46]

On August 1, 2010, the editorial board of The Washington Post officially endorsed Fenty:

“Washington is fortunate this year to have a choice between two able politicians of integrity. But it is also, in our view, an easy choice. Four years ago, Mr. Fenty laid out a clear and well-thought-out agenda; he then proceeded, to a degree unusual at any level of government, to do precisely what he had said he would do. Those who believe the District is headed in the right direction should maintain that momentum with a vote for Adrian Fenty.”[47] Washington Post endorsement.

Election history

2000 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 4, Democratic Primary Election[11]

Adrian Fenty (D) 57%
Charlene Drew Jarvis (D) 43%
Write-in 0%

2000 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 4, General Election[12]

Adrian Fenty (D) 89%
Renée Bowser (STG) 11%
Write-in 0%

2004 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 4, Democratic Primary Election[13]

Adrian Fenty (D) 99%
Write-in 1%

2004 Council of the District of Columbia, Ward 4, General Election[14]

Adrian Fenty (D) 99%
Write-in 1%

2006 Mayor of the District of Columbia, Democratic Primary Election[22]

Adrian Fenty (D) 57%
Linda Cropp (D) 31%
Marie Johns (D) 8%
Vincent Orange (D) 3%
Michael A. Brown (D) 1%
Artee (RT) Milligan (D) 0%
Nestor Djonkam (D) 0%
Write-in 0%

2006 Mayor of the District of Columbia, General Election[24]

Adrian Fenty (D) 89%
David W. Kranich (R) 6%
Chris Otten (STG) 4%
Write-in 1%

References

  1. ↑ "Voters Guide 2006 Supplement" (PDF). The Washington Informer. 2006-09-24. http://www.washingtoninformer.com/Voters%20Guide%20REVISED%2006.pdf. 
  2. ↑ Libby, Lewis (November 13, 2006). "The Nation's Capital Gets a New Mayor". National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6479556. Retrieved 2007.. 
  3. ↑ Jaffe, Harry (November 2008). "Adrian Fenty: Born to Run". The Washingtonian. http://www.washingtonian.com/print/articles/6/173/9958.html. Retrieved 2009-02-05. 
  4. ↑ "Fleet Feet D.C.". About Us. Staff. Retrieved on May 4, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Cherry Blossom Ten Miler searchable results, 2003–2009". http://www.cherryblossom.org/resultssearch/searchpage.php. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
  6. ↑ "About Adrian". Fenty 2006 campaign website. Retrieved on May 4, 2007.
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