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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]I remember circa 1997 being at a neighborhood meeting with around 200 people who were angry about the new convention center. Barry showed himself to be a master. First, he addressed the crowd and said he understood their anger, but that there wasn't time for all 200 to speak. He handed out pieces of paper and told people to write down their grievances and he would make sure they were addressed. This diffused them. Then he spoke for a bit, and his personal charisma won over the crowd. He took a few questions and it was a different room. I have never seen such personal magnetism. As a side note, as someone who lived near the convention center site and followed the process I can say that every promise that was made to the community was broken. But the hospitality industry got what they wanted.[/quote]
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