D.C.'s Mayor says officials are reviewing whether Christopher Geldart is meeting the requirement that high-level officials reside within city limits.
“I am looking into all of the matters that have been brought up this week,” D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said at a news conference. “We have a process here, and I’m going through the process.”in the parking lot of a Gold’s Gym in Arlington on Saturday. Days after the encounter, the trainer reported the matter to police and swore out a criminal complaint with the county magistrate’s office, alleging assault and battery.lived in Falls Church, Va.
D.C. law allows the mayor to grant waivers to the residency requirement for “exceptional circumstances beyond the employee’s control,” but Bowser said Friday that she does not recall ever reviewing such a waiver for Geldart. She said sheThe mayor assertedstressed that “our expectations are that people will meet the requirements of the law for residency.
“There has been tension as long as I’ve been in D.C. government,” Patterson said. “Does someone have to be a D.C. resident, or do you want to get the best person for the job no matter where they live?”“There is only one truth, and that needs to be sorted out, and there is a process for dealing with a violation if there is a violation,” he said. “I think I’ll leave it at that.
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