US President of the United States Barack Obama D 51% Vice President Joe Biden D DC D.C. Council: Chairman Phil Mendelson D 72% D.C. Council: At-Large David Grasso I 21% Vincent Orange D 38% D.C. Council: Ward 2 Jack Evans D 97% D.C. Council: Ward 4 Muriel Bowser D 97% D.C. Council: Ward 7 Yvette […]
Washington D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry confessed to seeing and loving the box-office hit ‘Snow White and The Huntsman.’ Barry gave his own personal movie review on Twitter: “Guys, I was coerced n2 seeing Snow White. Gotta confess, it was an action-packed fairytale! Timeless battle b/w good v evil.Hint:good wins;)” This isn’t the first time a […]
Follow this link to watch Comedian Mike Epps tell a hilarious story at the Chuck Brown memorial about Chuck Brown and Marion Barry.
Lately former DC mayor Marion Barry has had his own slip of the tongue with statements like: “[I]f you go to the hospital now, you’ll find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly from the Philippines,” said Barry (D-Ward 8). “And no offense, but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses, […]
“We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops,” Barry said. “They ought to go. I’ll just say that right now, you know. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.” The former DC Mayor has back peddled on the above comment but […]
(Washington, DC) — There’s a close primary race of an at-large seat on DC Council. With all precincts reporting, Democratic Councilmember Vincent Orange led Sekou Biddle 40-percent to 39-percent. It’s not official, with absentee ballots to be counted next week. Orange defeated Biddle last year in a special election. In other council races, Marion Barry, Yvette […]
Barry, the former four-term District of Columbia mayor whose legacy will always be tainted by his 1990 arrest after being caught on video smoking crack cocaine, now plays the role of elder statesman on the D.C. Council, where he represents a poor, predominantly black ward.
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Internal Revenue Service claims that D.C. Council member Marion Barry owes $15,000 in unpaid taxes for 2005 through 2008, so it has issued a lien to try to collect the money, according to records filed with the city. “We have made a demand for payment of this liability, but it […]
VIA DC FAB: May 3rd Films, an independent production company led by Kirk Frasier shot a pilot and went on the daunting task of depicting the life of D.C. City Councilman Marion Barry also known as D.C.’s “Mayor for Life”. He’s not stranger to controversy from drug and corruption allegations along with his problems with […]
