While the Sulaimon Brown testimony will rightfully garner the lion’s share of today’s headlines, we couldn’t help but highlight one particularly juicy tidbit about one of this year’s other local government scandals: according to the Examiner, Kwame Brown rejected the first Lincoln Navigator — the one with the tan interior — because his kids are a bunch of messy eaters.

It seems Brown’s children just can’t keep their crumbs under control during a daily, nine-mile ride to school:

His children “like to munch in the car” while he drives them from his Southeast home to John Eaton Elementary School in Cleveland Park, Brown told residents at a meeting in the Northwest neighborhood.

His chief of staff confirmed that’s why he insisted on a black interior for his sport utility vehicle. “Yes, all of the chairman’s vehicles have had dark interiors because little people can be quite messy!” Karen Sibert wrote in an email.

The best part of the report is probably reporter Lisa Gartner’s decision to quote a Cleveland Park resident who backs up the Chair by noting that young kids mucking up the car is “a common concern for parents.” Well, sure — I mean, have you ever tried vaccuming out crumbs from inside the seat cracks? It’s damn near impossible!

Of course, it’s worth noting that the first Navigator the Chair turned down would have still cost the city $1,769 per month, which is only $194 less than the one Brown ended up with. He later discarded in favor of his black postal Jeep.