David Catania has shown a lack of integrity in carrying out his job. According to Catania’s financial disclosure forms as reported in Pete Tucker’s Blog, The Fightback, Catania receives $10,000 per month as general counsel to OpenBand LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MC Dean, a company that has done $130 million worth of business in the District, including $9.3 million last year. Another indicator of a lack of integrity is the fraudulent ballot petitions that were submitted by Catania's campaign . A councilmember should serve the best interests of the constituents served, who are the people of Washington, DC. Self enrichment from companies doing business before the district does not show an unselfish attitude. [More]

On September 23 the DC Board of Elections and Ethics issued a ruling rejecting assertions by challenger and At-Large Independent Candidate Richard Urban that fraud was involved in the signature collection process of the Catania Campaign and that ballot access should be denied. Richard Urban argued that the Board should investigate the signature collection practices of the Catania campaign and that Catania did not submit 3000 valid signatures on August 5. Therefore the second submission of 1052 signatures should have been rejected. [More]