Posted by Jason Cherkis on Jul. 27, 2009, at 2:47 pm

For the last few weeks, we’ve published stories on Councilmember Marion Barry’s zany relationship with ex-girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt and his pressuring her to sign another problematic contract . We’ve also written two stories on the issues surrounding the nonprofits run out of his offices and staffed with ex-campaign workers . These stories did not seem to impact one Barry worker—Jackie Ward.

Ward stuck to a simple script: standing by her work and refusing to comment any further.

Ward is one of the lucky ones. She’s pulling in $40,000 to head up an entity called Clean and Green Inc. She is also listed as an incorporator for the Ward 8 Education Council, and as a board member and incorporator for the Ward 8 Health Council. Ward’s previously known experience: working on Barry’s 2008 campaign.

This is what Ward said to us last week when we called seeking answers about her work. “I have no comment,” she said. “My work is there. Everything I do is a matter of public record.” She added that she stands by the work she refuses to comment on.

Ward did say that she had worked as a volunteer for the all-volunteer Environmental Council. She only got paid after it became Clean and Green Inc., and got public funding.

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