House call paid to Gray

Published August 12, 2010 4:00am ET



Vince Gray returned home Thursday night to find four copies of the Peaceoholics’ The Otherside Magazine stuck into his storm door in the shape of an “X”, the mayoral hopeful and D.C. Council Chairman told The Washington Examiner on Friday.

The magazine contains cartoon drawings depicting Gray as a vampire. It’s published by Peaceoholics, the nonprofit group whose founder Ron Moten has been campaigning heavily for Mayor Adrian Fenty’s re-election.

The threatening display of magazines and Moten’s antics, along with a history of receiving millions of city dollars through no-bid contracts, has Gray ready to slam the door in Peaceoholics’ face if he gets elected.

“Peaceoholics has politicized the organization in ways that are detrimental to the kids and detrimental to the organization,” Gray said during a meeting with The Examiner’s editorial board Friday. “I think, frankly, having spent a lot of my life in the nonprofit sector, it’s pretty ill advised. Eventually, whoever you’re supporting is gone and then what do you do about those who come behind that person who may be offended?”