Marion Barry hasn't made national headlines in a long while, but he's still in politics as a member of the DC City Council for Ward 8, the hills of Anacostia. He makes the Post regularly, and each time he does I look eagerly to see if they're reporting that he's paid his back taxes yet. (No word so far.)
But, give the guy credit for something other than brass--he does change, according to this post on Marc Fisher's blog. He now welcomes development, marvels at the $450,000 homes, and supports charter schools. That's a far cry from the young organizer with schemes to make money and advance progress by having Pride (his group) put out garbage cans on street corners and then sell ads on them. I voted for that man for mayor, reluctantly and following the lead of the Post. Regretted it ever since. But he's not total con-man, I guess none of us is "total" anything.
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