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Jan 09, 2010

Despite Terminated Contract, Banneker Is Paid $2.5 Million

Photo by mosley.brian. Remember back in mid-December, when the Council voted unanimously to remove Banneker Ventures — headed by Mayor Fenty’s fraternity buddy Omar Karim — from the city’s contracting rolls? Well, that obviously didn’t stop the city from giving them some money. The Post’s Nikita Stewart reports that the D.C. Housing Authority wrote a check to Banneker for $2.5 million dollars on Christmas Eve. At a another hearing on the latest Fenty/Council pissing…

 
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