“You have my continued commitment to push for integrity and accountability, and I will keep looking for opportunities to serve our city – whether in or out of public office.”

Promoting statehood in D.C. can be a thankless job, and now one D.C. legislator wants to make a little more worth the while of the people elected to do it.

D.C. Shadow Representative Mike Panetta has decided that he won’t be running again after spending three terms as one part of the District’s three-man Shadow Delegation.

Photo by M.V. Jantzen A wide range of District political candidates gathered at One Judiciary Square last night to make their case to members of D.C. for Democracy why the organization should support their candidacies in the September Democratic primary. Everyone from the mayor to would-be shadow representatives showed up to make their case. Endorsements should be handed down in the coming weeks. While it’d be impossible to do a full play-by-play account, I’ve…