Michael Brown is being charged with bribary for having taken money from federal agents posing as D.C. businessmen looking for access to city contracts.
Kojo and Tom chat with Deborah Hersman, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Jack Evans, longtime member of the D.C. Council and soon-to-be mayoral candidate.
A hearing on D.C. taxicab safety prompted calls for plexiglass dividers to protect drivers from passengers and more efforts to allow passengers to file complaints against scofflaw drivers.