DC Council takes step towards placing statue of Marion Barry in front of Wilson Building
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The DC Council has taken a large step towards placing a statue of former Mayor Marion Barry in front of its home.
In a meeting Tuesday, the DC Council Committee of the Whole voted unanimously to a measure that would advance the possibility of adding a statue dedicated to the late mayor in front of the Wilson Building.
DC Council’s Committee of the Whole unanimously approved placing a statue of Former Mayor Marion Barry in front of the Wilson Building. pic.twitter.com/OZxPjjsgCf
— Sam Ford (@ABC7Sam) November 7, 2017
The matter was not actually passed today, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said because someone forgot to publish it in the city register, as required by law. Mendelson said it is now on the Consent Agenda of non-controversial items that will be passed all together with one vote in the next council session.
That session could come in as little as two weeks.
Some may recall that Barry served time in prison for possession of crack cocaine.
He later had the unique honor of becoming the first elected official in the US to ride to his inauguration in a limousine bearing a license plate he had made.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
November 09, 2017, 09:19 AM
ensigmatic
Will the inscription read "The bitch set me up!"?
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
November 09, 2017, 09:45 AM
a1abdj
quote:
Will the inscription read "The bitch set me up!"?
I was thinking they could let a bitch run the crane during the move between the truck and the pedestal.
....wait a minute....what about those who will 'feel uncomfortable' being forced to fund and admire a statute of a convicted felon and known drug abuser?
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November 09, 2017, 09:56 AM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by a1abdj:
quote:
Will the inscription read "The bitch set me up!"?
I was thinking they could let a bitch run the crane during the move between the truck and the pedestal.
Good one!
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
November 09, 2017, 09:58 AM
mbinky
Is he gonna be sucking on a crack pipe?
November 09, 2017, 10:14 AM
MRMATT
While in Philly, they want to remove a statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo.
_____________________________ "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." George Washington.
November 09, 2017, 10:21 AM
GWbiker
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Black Lives Matter activist Asa Khalif said the city’s (Philadelphia) decision represents “the will of the people, especially those who are black and brown for whom the statue represents generational oppression and violence.”
What the city should do is pull all Police from the heavy black population districts for several days. Give them NO Police presence at all.
Let the animals begin to kill each other. Give them a taste of what is was like in Africa during Colonial days.
********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them".
November 09, 2017, 11:54 AM
bigdeal
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Originally posted by signewt: ....wait a minute....what about those who will 'feel uncomfortable' being forced to fund and admire a statute of a convicted felon and known drug abuser?
It's DC. Are there any such people there?
Statue should have him sucking on a crack pipe, with his britches around his ankles, with one of his paid whores beside him. Let's strive for accuracy.
----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter
November 09, 2017, 12:13 PM
bayouman
I am offended they would put up a statue of a dope addict in the nations capital.
Bayouman Never let the enemy pick the battle site.
November 09, 2017, 12:15 PM
msfzoe
What mbinky said .
November 09, 2017, 12:16 PM
lkdr1989
I predict someone is going to glue a crack pipe to the statue....you know it's going to happen.
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV
November 09, 2017, 12:20 PM
Cliff
Where's my paintball gun?
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
--Sir Winston Churchill
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."
--James Earl Jones
November 09, 2017, 12:20 PM
CoinRoller
And somewhere, Robert E. Lee is shaking his head in disbelief...
I Drink & I Know Things
November 09, 2017, 12:39 PM
41
It will make a good place for the dogs to take a leak.
41
November 09, 2017, 03:33 PM
fiasconva
Are any of us surprised??? It's DC!
"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra
November 09, 2017, 03:59 PM
jljones
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Originally posted by fiasconva: Are any of us surprised??? It's DC!
Exactly. I am surprised they have yet to put him in for Sainthood.
"It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it works out for them"
November 09, 2017, 04:11 PM
architect
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Originally posted by Cliff: Where's my paintball gun?
Illegal in DC!
November 09, 2017, 04:11 PM
greco
Just think of all the opportunities to use the statue to trash the locals. Leave commentaries, dress him up in pimp clothes, paint stripes on the statue. May be like a ghetto amusement park. Honestly, I can’t believe this shit could happen in my country. What kind of “people” would actually look up to that piece of trash. My God, something has to happen soon or this country is in deep deep shit.
Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom
November 09, 2017, 04:14 PM
Jim Shugart
Here's the FBI's recording of this twatwaffle's initial arrest in 1990. Turn up the sound and enjoy.
