Over the next decade, the format eventually became entirely devoted to Washington, D.C., local politics, focusing on intrigue in the mayor's office, the D.C. Council, and the city bureaucracy.
In November 2000, Wemple left the post to become senior editor and was replaced by Jonetta Rose Barras, a longtime contributor to the paper.
Barras resigned from the paper on August 13, 2001,[1] and Elissa Silverman held the position from January 2002 until December 2004, when her employment with the newspaper was terminated.
[4] Mike DeBonis, formerly City Paper's senior editor, was named the sixth Loose Lips columnist in July 2007.
[11] A former reporter for the Pacific Northwest Inlander, Mitch Ryals, started writing for Loose Lips in October 2018.