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Mayor Vincent Gray and D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier hold a press conference to discuss the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. (Andrea Noble/Washington Times)

Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, right, and D.C. United Managing Partner Jason Levien, center left, sign a deal to build a 20,000-seat soccer stadium for D.C. United in Southwest Washington just blocks from Nationals Ballpark, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 25, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, right, tosses beads to people watching the Palisades July 4th Parade, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 4, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, left, marches in the Palisades July 4th Parade, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 4, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, center, marches in the Palisades July 4th Parade, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 4, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, left, holds hands with Frager's Hardware story owner John Weintraub, center, at a news conference to celebrate Frager's store opening a temporary popup shop across the street from Eastern Market four days after a devastating fire destroyed the historic Capitol Hill hardware store, Washington, D.C., Sunday, June 9, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Eleanor Holmes Norton (right), a non-voting delegate for the District of Columbia in the House of Representatives, and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray (The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent Gray said that approval of the referendum would send a signal that we are sick and tired of the special burdens imposed on the District. (The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Councilman David Catania questions a witness during a hearing held by the D.C. Council Monday, March 28, 2011, in Washington, D.C., about the hiring processes in Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan testifies in front of the D.C. Board of Elections on his opposition to a proposed ballot referendum already passed by the D.C. City Council and signed by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray that could give the city more budget freedom from congress, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 7, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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James Brinkley with D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray

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Mayor Vincent Gray talks about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations at the D.C. World War I memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)