A Barry bad legacy.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Marion Barry - Brief article

The people of the District of Columbia should hang their heads in shame over the city government they continue to elect. They not only chose the infamous Marion Barry to be their mayor for three terms, the voters of Ward 8 subsequently endowed him with a lifetime chair on the city council by reelecting him time and again--this despite repeated evidence of his ethical lapses, ranging from failing to pay his taxes to taking bribes, not to mention smoking crack. The city council had a chance to remove Barry recently because he had just been caught red-handed accepting a cash bribe. Though they deprived him of a committee chairmanship, they allowed him to remain on the council, perhaps because they are so ethically challenged themselves. In just the last year, three members of the city council have admitted to serious violations of the law. In...