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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a native Washingtonian, born in 1958, and have seen a lot. Barry was an embarrassment, and the fact that the city re-elected him that last time made DC residents a laughing stock. But I'm one of the white people whom a previous PP said doesn't count, so oh well.[/quote]

The current city counsel wants to build a monument to celebrate Barry:

http://wjla.com/news/local/dc-council-takes-step-towards-placing-statue-of-marion-barry-in-front-of-wilson-building[/quote]

Boston has not one but two statues of James Michael Curley. Anything Barry did Curley did bigger. Read about him here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Michael_Curley

Only difference was Curley was Irish-American and not black.

I particularly like this quote:
"A paper by Harvard economists Andrei Shleifer and Edward Glaeser, 'The Curley Effect: The Economics of Shaping the Electorate', describes the strategy used by Curley and other political leaders of increasing their political base by using distortionary economic policies to cause groups which tend to oppose them to emigrate as 'The Curley Effect.'"

Could also call it the "Barry Effect."[/quote]

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