'Cropp Announces Candidacy for D.C. Mayor'

For someone who has been in City government for 25 years, during which time she was the Chair of the City Council and a school board member, she seems to be one of the main people to blame for the problems she now wants to fix.

"D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp yesterday entered the 2006 race for mayor, vowing to use her long experience and skills as a consensus builder to fix public schools, make streets safer and ensure that even the poorest residents share in the city's economic revival." WP