(Washington Examiner) — Mayor-elect Vince Gray chose not to conduct a national search for the city’s next fire chief, he told The Washington Examiner. Instead, Gray selected a fired department leader already dealing with controversy. Gray had two months to find a new fire chief after outgoing chief Dennis Rubin made clear in October that he wouldn’t be staying with the department as the District transitioned to a new mayor. Last week, Gray announced that Kenneth Ellerbe is his pick to replace Rubin, and the mayor-elect immediately took flack from union officials, who said they were left out of the process. Wide-reaching searches for key department heads in major cities are common.
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