WASHINGTON (WMAL) â Plans to erect a statue of former DC Mayor Marion Barry outside the Wilson Building are moving forward. This week, the City Council was briefed by Arthur Espinoza, the executive director of the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities at a public hearing about the statue. While the DC Council has yet to approve the statue, the eight foot clay model has already been sent to the foundry where a mold will be created. Vince Gray, the councilmember for Ward 7 and former Mayor of DC, said he expects the council vote to be unanimous...