Potomac Flacks: Election Challenge of ABA Flack/Ex-Postie Earns Ink

May 30, 2007

Election Challenge of ABA Flack/Ex-Postie Earns Ink

Ex-Washington Post scribe Charles W. Hall, a media relations staffer for the American Bar Association, earned a placement in the May 29 Post for another endeavor: his candidacy for the Fairfax County (VA) Board of Supervisors. A key supporter of Hall's opponent in the June 12 Democratic primary scolded him as not having been active enough in Democratic politics. Hall countered that he is a lifetime Democratic voter and that his former job as a reporter and editor at the Post kept him from engaging in partisan politics -- until now. Hall is also a founder of FairGrowth, "a nonpartisan, countywide citizens group concerned with development and land-use decisions and their impact."

Posted by Sean Carr on May 30, 2007 in Associations , Media , People | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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