Leggett, Baker join forces in fundraising

The two men have known each other for years - one the professor, the other the student. But on Sunday, Isiah Leggett (D) and Rushern L. Baker III (D) sat opposite each other as equals, two county executives trying to help a local charitable organization raise money to plug gaps that their own local governments are struggling to fill.

In what has become an annual no-miss event for elected officials, politicians joined hundreds of volunteers at phone banks at Jewish community centers in Fairfax County, the District and Rockville to elicit private donations for schools, the elderly, young people and special-needs residents supported by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.