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March 4, 2003, but records in- dicate that he did not show up. According to documents, the court declared a “failure to ap- pear suspension.” If Gray were a Maryland resident, that would have resulted in a suspended driver’s license, said Buel Young, a spokesman for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. Young said Maryland revokes the driving privileges of out-of-state drivers under certain circum- stances, but not in the case of a failure to appear in court. Maryland officials notified the


District’s Department of Motor Vehicles about Gray’s failure to appear in court, Young said. Maf- ara Hobson, a spokeswoman for the District, said the city’s DMV did not have information on file


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KLMNO Gray dealing with 2002 traffic ticket


about the 2002 ticket. She said the city was notified after Gray communicated with the Mary- land MVA in May. If the DMV “had had that in-


formation, his license would have been suspended,” Hobson said of Gray’s failure to appear in court in 2003. In a May 12, 2010, letter, Gray


attorney Timothy F. Maloney of Greenbelt said Gray was “com- pletely unaware that this matter remains opened,” and he asked the court to set a trial date. Malo- ney also included a $70 check for what he termed a “penalty depos- it.”


But there was a hiccup, accord- ing to a June motion that Malo- ney and another Gray attorney submitted to the court. “In lieu of setting the matter for trial, the Court deposited the


check and entered a finding of guilt,” they wrote. “The Defen- dant requests that the finding of guilt . . . be stricken, and that the matter be set for trial as soon as possible.” The case was reopened, and a


trial date was set for Aug. 26, ac- cording to court documents. But Gray has now decided not to challenge the ticket, and he has instructed Maloney to send a let- ter indicating that he would pay the fine, Hughes said. “It’s my un- derstanding it will be sent my the end of the week,” she said. “He is forfeiting his right to a hearing.” The increasingly heated elec- tion-year political environment has brought additional scrutiny to Gray’s personal affairs. Most recently, a city board ordered Gray to address an unpermitted fence erected around his Hill-


ROBERT McCARTNEY Contradictions in style helping to shape D.C. mayoral race mccartney from B1


camps. He’s set to win by large margins in predominantly black wards and to attract more than enough votes in mostly white precincts to oust Fenty. The mayor’s plight surprises


many residents, especially white ones who don’t closely follow D.C. politics. The city is improving, they tell me, so why is he in trouble? Much is explained by Fenty’s disdain for long-standing rituals about how a mayor interacts with the public. In particular, he hates face-to-face meetings with groups of constituents pushing one agenda or another. Although he loves going door-to-door to talk to voters, a refrain heard everywhere is, “He won’t sit down with us.” The city’s top union leadership, grouped in the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, hasn’t met with Fenty since early 2007. The group includes 40,000 District voters.


On the business side, Barbara


Lang, president of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, hasn’t


talked to the mayor since a 10-minute meeting soon after he took office. Religious leaders complain that he won’t come to church anniversary celebrations or the funerals of prominent pastors. Fenty is the first mayor in


memory to decline such routine courtesies. Even if he rejects the advice, can’t he at least hear what people have to say? “One thing that Adrian hasn’t really learned, in the District there’s a lot of ceremony. People expect you to go through certain protocols, a certain dance, and then make a decision,” said a prominent D.C. politician who has endorsed Fenty and spoke on condition of anonymity to be free to criticize him. “Adrian thinks either you make


a good decision, a firm decision, and don’t need any input, or you made a bad decision because you sat around talking all the time,” the politician said. The mayor is paying a price. Both the union council and the Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee have endorsed Gray.


Insurgents’ bomb kills Virginia Beach native


Army staff sergeant, 30, serving in Afghanistan ‘took his job seriously’


by Stephanie Lee


Army Staff Sgt. Christopher F. Cabacoy, a Virginia Beach native, was killed Monday while serving in Afghanistan. He was 30. Cabacoy and Pfc. Edwin C.


Wood, 18, of Omaha died when insurgents attacked their vehicle with a homemade bomb in Kandahar, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Defense. Friends and relatives


said Wednesday that Ca- bacoy was a humorous, caring man who had a way of brightening their days. “He took his job seri-


Army in 2000. For his service in Afghanistan, as well as in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, Cabacoy was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Med- al.


Army Staff Sgt. Cabacoy


ously. He joined the Army and put himself in harm’s way to serve the country,” said Felipe Ca- bacoy, an uncle, who recalled playing football and fishing with his nephew. “He was loveable, never gave us any problems grow- ing up, charming and full of smiles.”


Cabacoy graduated from Vir- ginia Beach’s Tallwood High School in 1997, according to his Facebook profile. There, he met his future wife, Tamara, with whom he had a son, Aidan. “They’ve always been in love,” said Eddie Laf Marias, 29, who grew up alongside Cabacoy. “He’s known her since high school. At one point, they’d broken up for a little while. He was distraught, did his hardest to get her back, got her back and they’ve been a great family ever since.” After high school, Cabacoy


briefly studied engineering at Old Dominion University, friends and family said, before joining the


Cabacoy was deployed to Af- ghanistan in the spring from Fort Drum, N.Y., where he and Wood served as cavalry scouts with the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regi- ment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (light infantry). Serving in the military made him “more focused on his responsibilities — how to serve his family, how to serve the coun- try,” LafMarias said. But Cabacoy always held on to his reputation as a jokester. Andrew Laf Marias, 19, a brother of Eddie, remembered being spooked when Eddie, Cabacoy and Cabacoy’s brother played monster sounds from a hidden voice recorder. “Chris is probably one of the funniest people that I have ever known in my life,” he said. That mix of humor and seri- ousness made Cabacoy a big brother in the eyes of his cousin, Stephanie Cabacoy, 19. “I remember my debutante [ball] — he was the one who gave the approval, basically, for who’s my escort,” she said. Andrew Laf Marias said that in his mind, he and Christopher Ca- bacoy were cousins, too. “We basically called each other


‘cousins’ and Chris and his broth- er used to take care of me when I was little,” Andrew Laf Marias said. “Although when I was little, I used to avoid his big wet kisses on the cheek, I’d probably give anything to have one right now.” lees@washpost.com


Fenty is responding with the classic strategy of incumbents on the ropes: attack. His reelection probably depends now on whether he can successfully paint Gray as someone who would squander gains that the city has made in three successive administrations – Fenty’s and the two preceding ones under Tony Williams. The most obvious example of this approach was last week’s push to alert the public that electing Mayor Gray would almost certainly mean losing Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. Also, because Gray headed the D.C. Department of Human Services in the Pratt administration, the mayor sees an opportunity to tie him to past ills including budget deficits, high crime and dysfunctional bureaucracy.


Some voters are receptive. Gray “just seems to come from that old school of D.C. politics, and I think we’re past that,” said Robert Pohl, 44, of Capitol Hill. Fenty’s strategy has weak spots, however. Regardless of Gray’s performance nearly two


decades ago, his leadership of the D.C. Council has drawn praise in the past three years. Fenty’s handling of some recreation contracts smacks of cronyism of the sort he purports to criticize. Negative campaigning also risks offending voters. “What we have here is fear-mongering,” said Corey Griffin, a businessman who lives in Northeast Washington and supports Gray. “It’s certainly okay to talk about his record. But I think to frame it in the light that this will send this city back to the dark days is just unfair.” Fair or not, Gray needs to make


a strong case to voters that he’ll aggressively continue Fenty’s push to improve schools and city services. And Fenty would do well to brush up on how past mayors have won reelection, such as by agreeing to meet groups of constituents who just want a little face time. mccartneyr@washpost.com


I’m taking a break; the column resumes July 29. I’ll discuss local issues at 8:51 a.m. Friday on WAMU (88.5 FM).


ASSOCIATED PRESS


Emilio Q. “Mim” Daddario, above in 1963, served on a House subcommittee involved with the Apollo missions to the moon.


EMILIO Q. “MIM” DADDARIO, 91


Connecticut congressman backed science research


by T. Rees Shapiro


Emilio Q. “Mim” Daddario, 91, a Connecticut Democrat who championed science research and development during his six terms in the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives, died of a heart ail- ment July 6 at his home in Wash- ington. Mr. Daddario was a standout


athlete in college and wartime spy before embarking on a career in law and politics. After his con- gressional service from 1959 to 1971, he served as the director of the old congressional Office of Technology Assessment and as president of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science.


On Capitol Hill, he chaired the


House Science Committee’s sub- committee on science research and development, and the sub- committee on patents and sci- ence inventions. He also served on a subcommittee that was in- volved with the planning and de- velopment of the Apollo missions to the moon. Emilio Quincy Daddario was born Sept. 24, 1918, in Newton Centre, Mass. He was a 1939 grad- uate of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., and played on the school’s baseball and foot- ball teams. He was the captain of the football team in 1938 and was twice named the team’s most valuable player. He received a law degree from the University of


Barrett McGurn PRESS SECRETARY


Barrett McGurn, 95, a onetime foreign correspondent who was the Supreme Court’s first press secretary, died July 2 at his home in Bethesda. He had pancreatic cancer. Mr. McGurn worked for the


DEB LINDSEY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST


Max Cullen and Stephanie Clark get an up-close view of the water main break at Deep Glen Drive and South Glen Road in Potomac.


Water needed in Rockville gushes onto Potomac road


by Michael Laris


As if Wednesday’s record- breaking heat weren’t enough, a water main break in Potomac cre- ated a geyser that was at once tor- rentially wasteful and oddly ma- jestic, adding an unnerving excla- mation point to recent infrastructure woes — and of- fering an incredible rafting op- portunity. In the hours before a blue dump truck finally arrived at 8:30 p.m. towing a black stretch of re- placement for the two-foot-wide pipe that feeds Rockville’s water system, neighbors gawked at the explosive power of the thick stream that burst through South Glen Road, spewing asphalt. Andre Labitzky, 21, a volunteer


CLIFF OWEN/ASSOCIATED PRESS Cabacoy’s remains are transferred at Dover (Del.) Air Force Base.


firefighter, stood in the cool breeze and kept talking about Ni- agara Falls with his friend Na- than Greene, who lives nearby. “We were going to go to his house to go swimming, but we can go swimming here now,” La- bitzky said. “I just can’t believe they can’t shut it off.” The torrent continued at 9:15 p.m., and it was


not clear how long it would take to install the new pipe. Days earlier, another water sys- tem, the one run by the Washing- ton Suburban Sanitary Commis- sion, had ordered its 1.8 million customers not to water their gar- dens and to flush selectively while workers fixed another bro- ken pipe. Now the WSSC was back in shape, and sharing its wa- ter with Rockville as the city’s wa- ter gushed down Deep Glen Drive. Shortly before 10 p.m. Wednes-


day, Rockville officials an- nounced mandatory restrictions on outdoor water use and asked residents to use less water in- doors, measures similar to those issued by the WSSC last week. Earlier, Tariq Abuelhawa, 22, jumped on a wooden wave board, like some suburban Aquaman, and rode headfirst down the rushing stream, pulling out of the culvert just before hitting a drive- way pipe. “We pick up a lot of speed. It’s


fun, exciting, until you get stuck in the little drainage thing. It kind if hurts,” he said. larism@washpost.com


court from 1973 until 1982. He distributed the court’s de- cisions to the media and re- sponded to in- quiries. He was also the personal as- sistant to Chief Justice Warren Bur- ger.


McGurn


William Barrett McGurn Jr. was born in New York. He gradu- ated from Fordham University in 1935 and was editor of the stu- dent newspaper. After college, he worked for the old New York Her- ald Tribune and was an Army journalist during World War II for Yank magazine, a popular publication during the war years. After the war, he became the


Herald Tribune’s bureau chief in Rome and Paris and covered the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. In 1966, Mr. McGurn joined


the State Department as press at- tache at the U.S. Embassy in Rome. He later became a press officer at the U.S. Embassy in Sai- gon during the Vietnam War. In 1969, he moved to State Depart- ment headquarters in Washing- ton. After retiring in 1982, Mr.


McGurn became spokesman for the Archdiocese of Washington. He wrote five books, including a memoir of his time at Yank maga- zine. He was a member of the Catho-


Connecticut in 1942. He served in the Army during


World War II, and he was as- signed to the Office of Strategic Services, a CIA precursor. Ac- cording to the 2004 book “Musso- lini: The Last 600 Days of Il Du- ce,” by Ray Moseley, Mr. Daddario was credited with capturing Be- nito Mussolini’s chief of staff, Ro- dolfo Graziani, at the Hotel Milan in April 1945. Mr. Daddario’s decorations included the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal. He began his political career in 1946 as the mayor of Middletown and, two years later, was appoint- ed judge of the Middletown mu- nicipal court.


A member of the Connecticut


National Guard, Mr. Daddario served in the Korean War as a member of the Far East Liaison group. He returned to Connecti- cut and practiced law until being elected to the House in 1958. He did not seek reelection in 1970 and lost a Connecticut guberna- torial bid that same year. His wife of 66 years, Berenice Carbo Daddario, died in 2007. Survivors include three sons,


Anthony Daddario of Philadel- phia, Stephen Daddario of Wash- ington and Richard Daddario, a Justice Department attache based in Moscow who is slated to lead the New York Police Depart- ment’s counterterrorism bureau; a sister; and seven grandchil- dren.


shapirot@washpost.com


lic Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda. He was also a member of the Cosmos Club. His first wife, Mary Johnson


McGurn, died in 1960. A daugh- ter from that marriage, Betsy Hehn, died in 2007. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Janice McLaughlin McGurn; two sons from his first marriage, William McGurn III of Rome and Andrew McGurn of Norwalk, Conn.; and three sons from his second marriage, Lachie McGurn of Winnetka, Ill., and Martin McGurn and Mark McGurn, both of Bethesda. —Timothy R. Smith


Edward L. Nelson Jr. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER


Edward L. Nelson Jr., 76, an


electrical engineer who worked on defense radar projects for Westinghouse, died June 29 of bladder cancer at his home in Co- lumbia. Mr. Nelson started at Westing- house in 1964, working in its Lin- thicum office. After retiring in 1991, he did consulting work for Washington-based software com- panies.


Edward Leonard Nelson was born in Worcester, Mass. He re- ceived a bachelor’s degree in elec- trical engineering from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute in 1956. After college, he worked for the electronics company Hazel- tine Corp. in New York and the Singer Corp. in Bridgeport, Conn. He enjoyed sailing. His marriage to Patricia Halla- ren ended in divorce. Survivors include Kathy Shay, his companion of 34 years; two children from his marriage, Kris- ten A. Nelson of Chevy Chase and Mark E. Nelson of Bethesda; and two grandsons.


—Timothy R. Smith


crest neighborhood home. He has until later this month to remove or lower the fence. Gray’s leading opponent in the


mayoral race, incumbent Adrian M. Fenty (D), has had a traffic is- sue of his own. In May 2008, Fen- ty received a $50 ticket while driving his city-owned Smart car at 43 mph in a 30 mph zone on East Capitol Street, the Washing- ton City Paper reported. Fenty promptly paid the ticket, which had been issued by a automated camera system. The game that Gray would


have been attending was a sea- son-closing matchup against the Cowboys — notable for being star cornerback Darrell Green’s final game in the NFL. The Redskins won, 20-14. debonism@washpost.com larism@washpost.com


THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010 OBITUARIES


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