?What we don't need is more scapegoating of public service workers and their benefits.''
-Matt O'Connor, Spokesman for the Connecticut State Employees Association
?States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees,? The Boston Globe
53%
The percent of the vote garnered by D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray that won him the Democratic nomination for mayor.
?Gray defeats Fenty as voters choose conciliatory approach over brash tactics,? The Washington Post