Marion Barry
Marion Barry
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr.was an American politician who served as the second Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979 and in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014. In the 1960s he was involved in the Civil Rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 March 1936
CityItta Bena, MS
CountryUnited States of America
If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
I've gone through the Civil Rights Movement. I've seen courts and mayors and white people do things, you turn your back and they undo it. And we don't need that ... so I speak a little different about it. I've experienced this kind of double-dealing, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
I want somebody fired for this. If somebody doesn't get fired for this, you're not doing your job.
It was an awful lease for the city, but we've now put a cap of $610 million on the costs.
We in Washington, D.C., are experiencing the best of times but yet the worst of times. The number of jobs is rising, but so is unemployment. Go to these construction sites. You'll find that a majority of construction workers are not District residents.
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?