Muriel Elizabeth Bowser (born August 2, 1972) is an American politician serving as the eighth Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Ward 4 as a member of the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2015. She is the second female Mayor of the District of Columbia after Sharon Pratt, and the first woman to be reelected to that position.
D.C. Council approves gay attorney for liquor board
The D.C. City Council voted unanimously on March 3 to confirm Mayor Muriel Bowser’s nomination of gay attorney Edward Grandis to serve on the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
The seven-member ABC Board is an independent city body that meets weekly to adjudicate, administer, and enforce the city’s alcoholic beverage laws.
Among its functions is to approve all applications for new liquor licenses and the renewal of those licenses for restaurants, bars, nightclubs and other establishments
