Stuff White People Like: The Wire, Adrian Fenty
Anwan "Big G" Glover, also known as Slim Charles of 'The Wire'.
And, as we've long known, white folks also like "The Wire." One event this weekend saw the two -- Fenty and The Wire -- come together.
On Sunday, Anwan "Big G" Glover, a D.C. local better known to fans of the acclaimed HBO show as Slim Charles, openly accused Gray of costing him his job at a local radio station. According to the Post, which attended the press conference, Glover claims that Gray called WKYS (93.9 FM) to complain about the actors' open support for Fenty, leading station management to take him off the air. (Glover is also the lead singer of the go-go group The Backyard Band, which has supplied music on pro-Fenty tracks.) Of course, the Gray campaign vehemently rejected the charge, arguing that a man who just last week admitted to loving "Sex and the City" wasn't likely to know who Glover was, or feel inclined to do anything to get him fired.
The press conference would have likely remained a relatively forgettable affair, though, had Fenty not showed up (along with controversial supporter Ron Moten) to lend support to Glover's claims. According to the Post, Fenty said, "He's as much of an entertainment star as we have had in this city...I believe someone like this who comes from D.C. and who made so much success of himself and is such a great role model, that is the last person you should ever try to tear down and ever try to harm and I just hope that that Gray campaign and his employer reverse this quickly because he is an icon and role model to so many."
There's two ways to see this. In one, Fenty is just backing a local icon who has been wronged for having a political opinion. In the other, Fenty's jumping into an otherwise mundane personnel issue because Glover is not only well-known amongst the go-go community (which the mayor has actively used to attract votes), but also to pretty much anyone who watched The Wire.
Or, this could just be the last reminder we need that the mutual sniping between the Gray and Fenty campaigns is slowly coming to a close. Early voting started today, and we're but two weeks plus one day away from the September 14 primary. Phew.