This week’s edition includes a promising soccer player, a mayor’s dirty past, liquor laws, and leaking gas lines.

Rooting for the home team

On Wednesday, U.S. Soccer’s Jurgen Klinsmann selected goalkeeper Bill Hamid of D.C. United to play for the U.S. national team. Hamid will face Mexico in Philadelphia on the August 10.

Smelly money

According to a Washington Post investigation, Mayor Vincent Gray accepted illegal cash donations during the last mayoral election.

Gray received several cash donations above the legal limit of $25. In addition, Gray’s campaign staff would exchange the cash for money orders, a type of donation that carried a higher limit. These money orders total more than $5000.

The D.C. Office of Campaign Finance is investigating the matter and stated that “any individual or political committee in violation of city campaign rules could face a fine of up to $5000 and six months in prison. Anyone who ‘knowingly’ misleads or files misleading reports can be fined up to $10,000 and receive a five- year prison term.”

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