Put me on Marion Barry
I read the WaPo obituary and seemed fairly balanced but you let some of these other websites tell it his main legacy is smoking crack.
I need the real DC opinion
@mastermind @frush11
the biggest thing was his summer jobs program where he had HS kids work for the DC government in hte summer. A lot of people have been in hte DC government for about 30 years because of that.
He also helped to revitalize a lot of areas in DC that were in decay in the 70s.
And he was the first black mayor of DC in a city that was black but was under home rule from congress.
The drugs stuff is horrible and embarrassing. Along with his post-mayor activities, but on the whole he was a great person for DC.
What I did not know until i saw that documentary about him was that he was with SNCC and could have been a chemist.
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RIP Marion