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Reply to "Anyone been here since the 80s / early 90s? How did smart locals react to Marion Barry"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Barry needs to be put in a historical context. Nobody in power demonstrated concern about black DC until he came around. And he did a lot of things to help that black DC remembers to this day. I'm not going to defend the guy's effectiveness or integrity. But I do not blame people for voting for him. People will tolerate almost anything in order to be respected.[/quote] What did Barry really do about the poor? He probably dis-served them the most, because they were most dependent on public services, which during the Barry era were abyssmal. Barry arguably served quite well the political crony class that leeches off taxpayer-funded contracts. Most of the cronies moved to PG, by the way, so DC couldn't even tax their windfall.[/quote]
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