Anonymous
02/26/2018 17:50
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Lol this is so DC, this city is a joke. This place doesn't deserve to be a state.
Anonymous
02/26/2018 17:22
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Williams was basically hired by the Federal Control Board.
By then, the board and various courts had all but stripped away Barry's powers as mayor. Entire departments were in receivership. DC was essentially a dysfunctional, failed city. Thank God for the Feds and Tony Williams.
Who led DC down the path to near total failure? And why are we paying for a monument to him??
You don't get out much do you?
If you are a DC resident then you should realize that the city extends beyond your block and that you're not the only resident.
If you really want to know why we (as in other DC residents besides yourself) are paying for a monument then you should get out and about and see the city beyond your block.
Go talk to some other residents aside from just the ones who post here on DCUM.
I'm sure they'll be happy to offer their opinions on why we (as in other DC residents besides yourself) are paying for a monument.
But...if you just wanna stay in your bubble and bicker with the small faction of folks on DCUM as opposed to actually engage with DC residents who don't frequent this forum its understandable.
You may not be a "people" person. Not many people are.
Takes a lot of mettle for a man to get out and engage with people.
Barry was a people person. He was known to walk into a room of seniors and greet scores by name – without cue cards – and inquire about their children, grandchildren and spouses. He would engage them, laugh and chat and hug them and make people who were often overlooked feel as if they were important.
If you are a DC resident then you should realize the segment I'm referring to.
You know, the people that DCUM posters have a habit of denigrating, defaming, and dismissing.
The fact that you are so stumped about why they would appreciate something so simple as being made to feel as if they are important is telling...says you're somewhat inclined to dismiss them also.
Well, maybe you should get out more and see the city beyond your block.
If you really want to know and are really interested in engaging with people as opposed to shunning them maybe...just maybe you'll understand why we (as in other DC residents besides yourself) are paying for a monument.
There's no doubt that Barry was a schmoozer. He may have had that touch in community centers and such, even as he was destroying public education and social services for those who truly depended on them. His crony contracts had the effect of hollowing out funds for school and social needs. While DCPS was wildly overpaying for school breakfast food so that some Barry pal could get a fat cut, the schools had shortages of teachers and even toilet paper:
"During Barry's tenure and with his active encouragement the District gave sweetheart deals to white businessmen, deals that cost it millions in forgone and desperately needed revenue. And in the guise of advancing black power Barry funneled lucrative municipal accounts to minority contractors (many of whom were his cronies) who then, all too often, supplied Washington residents with inferior goods and services at high prices. Jaffe and Sherwood report, for instance, that prior to Barry's tenure the public schools bought cornflakes for $8 a carton. After his ascension to power the city changed suppliers on racial grounds, a reform that raised the cost of cornflakes to $13.50 a carton and that amounted, to paraphrase the superintendent of schools, to taking food out of a black kid's stomach so that some black dude could get rich."
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/97may/kennedy2.htm
Anonymous
02/26/2018 14:50
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Williams was basically hired by the Federal Control Board.
By then, the board and various courts had all but stripped away Barry's powers as mayor. Entire departments were in receivership. DC was essentially a dysfunctional, failed city. Thank God for the Feds and Tony Williams.
Who led DC down the path to near total failure? And why are we paying for a monument to him??
You don't get out much do you?
If you are a DC resident then you should realize that the city extends beyond your block and that you're not the only resident.
If you really want to know why we (as in other DC residents besides yourself) are paying for a monument then you should get out and about and see the city beyond your block.
Go talk to some other residents aside from just the ones who post here on DCUM.
I'm sure they'll be happy to offer their opinions on why we (as in other DC residents besides yourself) are paying for a monument.
But...if you just wanna stay in your bubble and bicker with the small faction of folks on DCUM as opposed to actually engage with DC residents who don't frequent this forum its understandable.
You may not be a "people" person. Not many people are.
Takes a lot of mettle for a man to get out and engage with people.
Barry was a people person. He was known to walk into a room of seniors and greet scores by name – without cue cards – and inquire about their children, grandchildren and spouses. He would engage them, laugh and chat and hug them and make people who were often overlooked feel as if they were important.
If you are a DC resident then you should realize the segment I'm referring to.
You know, the people that DCUM posters have a habit of denigrating, defaming, and dismissing.
The fact that you are so stumped about why they would appreciate something so simple as being made to feel as if they are important is telling...says you're somewhat inclined to dismiss them also.
Well, maybe you should get out more and see the city beyond your block.
If you really want to know and are really interested in engaging with people as opposed to shunning them maybe...just maybe you'll understand why we (as in other DC residents besides yourself) are paying for a monument.
Anonymous
02/26/2018 14:47
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Williams was basically hired by the Federal Control Board.
By then, the board and various courts had all but stripped away Barry's powers as mayor. Entire departments were in receivership. DC was essentially a dysfunctional, failed city. Thank God for the Feds and Tony Williams.
Barry hired Tony as CFO before the control board got involved. It’s because of Barry that Tony was in the position in the first place to take the reins once someone had to.
Anonymous
02/26/2018 14:13
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Williams was basically hired by the Federal Control Board.
By then, the board and various courts had all but stripped away Barry's powers as mayor. Entire departments were in receivership. DC was essentially a dysfunctional, failed city. Thank God for the Feds and Tony Williams.
Who led DC down the path to near total failure? And why are we paying for a monument to him??
Anonymous
02/26/2018 13:48
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Williams was basically hired by the Federal Control Board.
By then, the board and various courts had all but stripped away Barry's powers as mayor. Entire departments were in receivership. DC was essentially a dysfunctional, failed city. Thank God for the Feds and Tony Williams.
Tony ain't getting a statue though...just saying.
Anonymous
02/26/2018 13:12
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Williams was basically hired by the Federal Control Board.
By then, the board and various courts had all but stripped away Barry's powers as mayor. Entire departments were in receivership. DC was essentially a dysfunctional, failed city. Thank God for the Feds and Tony Williams.
Anonymous
02/26/2018 10:58
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
...and he was hired by Marion Barry. Just saying.
Anonymous
02/26/2018 10:26
Subject: Re:DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
"The only reason people don't like Mayor Barry is because he was black."
Uh, so has been every other DC mayor. That includes Anthony Williams, the best DC mayor ever. He was visionary, smart, practical, inclusive, customer-focused, fiscally-responsible, generally hired good people, and had lasting impact.
Anonymous
02/25/2018 19:34
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Every self-inflicted ill this city has had to endure can be traced to one man. Food deserts in Ward 7/8? Lack of decent hospitals? Why is our income gap so large? Because anyone who couldn't afford private school, black or white, did their best to move to MOCO or PG. Why did we end up under federal control? On March 3rd we should hide our heads in shame. Now , politicians, both black and white play the race card by placing a statue in front of the Wilson Bldg. and giving the entire country something to laugh at.
and yet Mfs like yourself moved to DC anyway-if you live in DC.
Anonymous
02/25/2018 18:25
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Every self-inflicted ill this city has had to endure can be traced to one man. Food deserts in Ward 7/8? Lack of decent hospitals? Why is our income gap so large? Because anyone who couldn't afford private school, black or white, did their best to move to MOCO or PG. Why did we end up under federal control? On March 3rd we should hide our heads in shame. Now , politicians, both black and white play the race card by placing a statue in front of the Wilson Bldg. and giving the entire country something to laugh at.
I’m sorry, did Marion Barry cause the 1968 riots? Because that’s when that started.
Anonymous
02/25/2018 17:07
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Every self-inflicted ill this city has had to endure can be traced to one man. Food deserts in Ward 7/8? Lack of decent hospitals? Why is our income gap so large? Because anyone who couldn't afford private school, black or white, did their best to move to MOCO or PG. Why did we end up under federal control? On March 3rd we should hide our heads in shame. Now , politicians, both black and white play the race card by placing a statue in front of the Wilson Bldg. and giving the entire country something to laugh at.
Anonymous
02/25/2018 07:16
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Did you know...
When Cable TV began to expand, Mayor Barry guided a young, African American man, whose vision was to build a cable network to compete with MTV. This young man was Robert Johnson. Mayor Barry sold Johnson land for $1.00 and he built Black Entertainment TV (BET).
When Cable TV began to expand, Mayor Barry guided a young, African American man, whose vision was to build a cable network to compete with MTV. This young man was Robert Johnson. Mayor Barry sold Johnson land for $1.00 and he built Black Entertainment TV (BET).
Anonymous
02/24/2018 21:49
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He's the same mayor that basically ordered MPD to hire any local Joe off the street as long as he was black, how did that work out for the city again?
That's when many MPD recruits failed the police exam multiple times. Some even had criminal records. Thugs with guns, people used to say.
And yet a statue is being dedicated nonetheless.
Kinda makes it all moot doesn’t it.
Just think of the Marion Barry statue as being a giant fire hydrant for our dogs to aim at. It would give new meaning to his famous phrase, "Bitch set me up."
Anonymous
02/24/2018 15:59
Subject: DC to unveil taxpayer-funded statue of Mayor-for-Life
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He's the same mayor that basically ordered MPD to hire any local Joe off the street as long as he was black, how did that work out for the city again?
That's when many MPD recruits failed the police exam multiple times. Some even had criminal records. Thugs with guns, people used to say.
And yet a statue is being dedicated nonetheless.
Kinda makes it all moot doesn’t it.