Posted on 10/30/2017 5:55:20 PM PDT by PROCON
WASHINGTON (WMAL) — Plans to erect a statue of former DC Mayor Marion Barry outside the Wilson Building are moving forward.
This week, the City Council was briefed by Arthur Espinoza, the executive director of the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities at a public hearing about the statue.
While the DC Council has yet to approve the statue, the eight foot clay model has already been sent to the foundry where a mold will be created.
Vince Gray, the councilmember for Ward 7 and former Mayor of DC, said he expects the council vote to be unanimous in favor of installing the statue. “It’s the right thing to do,” Gray said.
Marion Barry served three separate times on the City Council, and a total of four terms as Mayor over a span of four decades. He was also known for his work in the civil rights movement. He was long hailed as a champion of the city’s poor, and was known for his programs creating city jobs for residents.
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"B*tch set me up"
A statue for the Clown Prince of Washington, DC.
The perfect statue to represent the values, ethics and morals of the DC citizenry and officials.
I hear that statue is smoking!
It will probably replace a statue of George Washington.
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just have a giant crack pipe commissioned at a local glass works?
If it has to go somewhere, putting it up in front of a building dedicated to Wilson is perfect.
Paging John Semmens...
It’s official. I am now living in Bizarro World.
What are they making the crack pipe out of?
LOL, I wouldn’t touch it.
Some enterprising person should leave bronze crack pipes at the statues base as well.
Indeed, I see his statue becoming a site for an annual pilgrimage by crackheads and other assorted human vermin.
“A statue for the Clown Prince of Washington, DC.”
And then take down Robert E. Lee’s statue.
Perfect! A stone monument to the absolute incompetence and corruption in the Nation’s Capitol.
The Patron Saint of Hookers and Blow.
Take it down. It offends me.
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