Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has been trying to fire one of the most powerful people in city government for half a year. The hearings may be ceremonial.

The appeal, which calls for a jury trial, was the only one filed by a property owner against the commissioners' report.

Edwards & Co. has come a long way since its founding in 2008. Headed by Benjamin F. Edwards IV—he goes by Tad—the St.

Rodney Boyd, 53, founder and partner with the Nexus Group, a full-service government relations and lobbying firm, was ...