NBC WASHINGTON: Sparks and Slurs in Ward 8 ANC Race

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Mary Cuthbert has been the advisory neighborhood commissioner for Ward 8’s district 8C03 for about as long as her challenger Larry Pretlow II has been alive. But it seems Cuthbert still feels threatened by the 21-year-old Pretlow’s campaign.


Pretlow, the head of the D.C. branch of the National Youth Rights Association, has accused Cuthbert of “ripping down” his campaign signs, and also says Cuthbert tried to mislead him about deadlines for gathering ballot access signatures. And now, the Congress Heights on the Rise blog -- which has documented many incidents from Cuthbert’s career -- has posted a YouTube video showing Cuthbert referring to Pretlow with an ethnic slur while he was out gathering signatures.

Pretlow told Washington City Paper, "I’ve never been called the N-word before. By any race."

I had contacted Pretlow to discuss the race before the "N-word" incident made the low-level race citywide news. On Monday, he told me, "I'm upset. I'm dismayed. I will not let this go unaddressed." As of Monday morning, Cuthbert had not offered an apology, according to Pretlow.

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