Those results put Mount Vernon's two middle schools far below the state average in public school performance.

"Mount Vernon is not the only place in the world this could go."

He then set up his law practice in Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon, which encompasses 4.2 square miles, is 99 percent developed.

Mount Vernon's schools have had their ups and downs over the years.

Mount Vernon, just to the south, is 55 percent black.

Mount Vernon is a city of 67,150 that cuts across the economic spectrum.

Mount Vernon had the worst middle school scores in the county.

He was 95 years old and lived in Mount Vernon.

Or at least, he said get away from Mount Vernon and his old friends.