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Home Front: Politix
DC Council Expected to Approve Statue of Former Mayor Marion Barry
2017-10-31
It's good to give the next generation things to pull down...
[WMAL] Plans to erect a statue of former DC Mayor Marion The Bitch Set Me Up Barry
... the worst administrator, with the possible exception of Boss Tweed, ever elected to public office and then reelected and reelected when he got out of jail... No. That's not true. Boss Tweed wasn't elected to anything...
 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 in favor of installing the statue. "It’s the right thing to do," Gray said.

Marion Barry served three separate times on the City Council, and a total of four terms as Mayor over a span of four decades. He was also known for his work in the civil rights movement. He was long hailed as a champion of the city’s poor, and was known for his programs creating city jobs for residents.
Posted by:Fred

#14  But plinth would not scan properly, Zenobia F. Unless you went with something like

A plinth that large load scarce could carry
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-10-31 21:57  

#13  I do know a plinth from a pediment. Apologies for sleep-posting worse crap than usual.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-10-31 20:28  

#12  Casting takes energy, and that means nasty greenhouse emissions. Why not save a little money and just put up the clay model?
Posted by: james   2017-10-31 19:43  

#11  Not a straw in the nose, but a glass dick in the mouth.
Posted by: Chris   2017-10-31 15:42  

#10  Hopefully in front of City Hall so people can marvel at the legacy it represents.
City Coucil members are paid $132,990 per annum and are affiliated politically as follows: )Note both independents were previously registered democrats)

Phil Mendelson Chairman Democratic 1999 2018
David Grosso At-large Independent 2013 2020
Elissa Silverman At-large Independent 2015 2018
Anita Bonds At-large Democratic 2012 2018
Robert White At-large Democratic 2016 2020
Brianne Nadeau Ward 1 Democratic 2015 2018
Jack Evans Ward 2 Democratic 1991 2020
Mary Cheh Ward 3 Democratic 2007 2018
Brandon Todd Ward 4 Democratic 2015 2020
Kenyan McDuffie Ward 5 Democratic 2012 2018
Charles Allen Ward 6 Democratic 2015 2018
Vincent C. Gray Ward 7 Democratic 2017 2020
Trayon White Ward 8 Democratic 2017
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-10-31 13:48  

#9  Best viewed with a snowy background?
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-10-31 13:28  

#8  Can they pose him in a sort of Soviet style "Hero of the Motherland" pose, pointing the way forward and brandishing a big crack pipe?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-10-31 11:43  

#7  Washington DC the Sodom of the nation. Leave and don’t look back, if you know what’s good for you.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-10-31 10:20  

#6  What is going on in the news in Washington any more questions?
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776   2017-10-31 07:33  

#5  Erect it on the hottest street corner for selling crack in DC
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2017-10-31 05:42  

#4  Does it have a straw up its nose?
" There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys, that I am their friend." M. Barry
Posted by: Classer   2017-10-31 04:34  

#3  "VP," even.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-10-31 02:47  

#2  A statue to Marion Barry?
Its pediment scarcely can carry
His wisdom. Such riches:
"YOV SET ME UP, BITCHES!"
A likeness so brazen, it's scary.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2017-10-31 02:46  

#1  That's pretty amazing. Let's remove the pew plate of George Washington from Christ Church, and commemorate the life of a whore-mongering, drug-dealing, drug addict. That's par for the course in DC.
Posted by: anymouse   2017-10-31 00:32  

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