Even Shadow Senator Paul Strauss had a car in the parade. And a classic one, to boot.

The City Paper sent two reporters down to D.C. Superior Court this morning to hear the ‘not guilty’ pleas of both recently re-elected Shadow Senator Paul Strauss and former At-large Council member Harold Brazil. Strauss’s not guilty plea on DUI/DWI charges merited an exclamation point on the City Desk blog, while Brazil’s not guilty plea on assault charges stemming from an altercation at a Georgetown tattoo parlor last month did not. Neither men were willing to comment on their legal troubles.