Posted on 03/03/2018 2:23:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
Marion Barry served four terms as D.C.'s mayor and 16 years on the D.C. Council before his death in 2014
An 8-foot statue of former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was unveiled Saturday, giving the "Mayor for Life" a permanent legacy outside the seat of the city government.
The statue depicts Barry with is hand held high, waving to anyone passing by.
Thousands Mourn Barry, DC's 'Mayor for Life' Marion Barry Jr. served four terms as the District's mayor and also served 16 years on the city council. He was serving on the D.C. council when he died in November 2014.
D.C. radio personality Donnie Simpson presided over the the dedication ceremony outside the John A. Wilson building on Pennsylvania Avenue, focusing on Barry's accomplishments and not his complicated legacy.
Mayor Muriel Bowser praised Barry for championing home rule, revitalizing neighborhoods from Chinatown to the H Street Corridor and launching programs that continue to serve young people, including the Summer Youth Employment Program.
"Sometime after Martin Luther King had a dream, and before President Obama gave us hope, it was Marion Barry that gave opportunity to Washington, D.C.," current Mayor Muriel Bowser said at the ceremony.
Cherry Blossom Festival 2018: Your Essential Guide "He embodied the spirit of Washington," Bowser said. "Where you fight hard and speak up."
Put a hot dog stand labeled “Crack Dog Stand” right by it.
I thought we weren’t having statues of controversial people any more? This guy was an out and out thief - how did that improve DC at all? Praised by liberals, while Rev. Graham is maligned.
(from a link embedded in the article):
“At one point your Notebook bluntly asked Barry about the endless series of controversies over his awarding hefty city contracts to friends and, yes, cronies.
Why did he award such contracts but then not make the contractors do the jobs? “They get all the money, the citizens don’t get the service, and you get all the blame in the press!” we said. How did that help Barry?
Barry agreed it was bad for him and he vowed that he would “get tough” on those contractors.
“No you won’t,” we replied.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Sherwoods-Notebook-Only-One-Marion-Barry—283707581.html
There’s no accounting for human stupidity.
Liar
Perjurer
Criminal
Doper
Convicted Criminal
Philanderer
Racist provocateur
Race Hustler
Bigot
etc.
He is not a man to be admired. He was pond scum and a force for evil things.
That must have been tough.
Hopefully, the pigeons of Washington will do the right thing.
I see they left out the hookers, crack pipes and bundles of cash and coke that were in the original design.
I forgot to add thief, via corrupt contracts and kickbacks.
His arm is a good place to hang a bird feeder.
LOL!
So it is okay to put up a statue of this guy but not of President Andrew Jackson and scores of others who played an important role in the history of this country!
Needs two shoes tied together hung over the top so people know where to score the crack.
LOL! You’re on a roll.
I hope to read about some multiple paint/feces/other excretus smears on the statue. Before it is pulled down, shat upon, and burned.
Time to start returning the favor to our friends, the progressives.
Smash it, burn it, take bodacious Obamas on it, destroy it.
This is war.
My God, our country has rotted considerably.
You posted word for word what I was thinking.
May Meh Beh.
Is he wearing a colorful dashiki?
“He embodied the spirit of Washington,” Bowser said...........Maybe that remark ought to be explained. I don’t think we want that kind of “spirit” exemplified in a statue.
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