(Afro) — Ward 7 Councilwoman Yvette Alexander is on the attack—nothing to do with city business, but rather her Council peers’ appearance on Marion Barry’s “Mayor for Life” reality show. According to Alexander, who has called the show “cheesy,” City Council members and staff need to stick to their duties serving the District and forget […]
(The Root) — The D.C. Council may have censured him, but Marion Barry won’t let you forget that he’s “mayor for life.” And he has a reality show to prove it. The series, which had one episode streaming via YouTube last week, is still being shopped around to a few networks, according to his former […]
(Washington Informer) — Two members of the D.C. Council are actively pursuing legislation that would limit the amount of time that a District resident can receive public assistance. D.C. Council members Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) are the chief sponsor and co-sponsor, respectively, of the District of Columbia Public Assistance Amendment Act of […]
(Afro) — The biopic, “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry,” is set for release Dec. 7 on DVD. According to the film’s distributor, Indiepix, the highly acclaimed movie also be available on iTunes, Amazon.com and most major retailers. Barry currently represents Ward 8 in Southeast Washington where he’s often lauded as a folk hero. He […]
(Afro) — Ward 8 City Councilman Marion Barry has never shied away from the national spotlight and his latest initiative may soon gain him another distinction. The gruff councilman, who appears to have been reinventing himself over the past few years, said during a recent interview, that he wants to become a national advocate for […]
(Washington Post) — Five months after D.C. Council member Marion Barry was censured and stripped of his committee chairmanship for giving a contract last year to an on-again, off-again girlfriend, the Office of Campaign Finance has admonished the former mayor but cleared him of violating city law. Cecily E. Collier-Montgomery, director of the campaign finance […]
(Washington Examiner) — Attorney General Peter Nickles is lashing out at Councilman Marion Barry, accusing D.C.’s ex-mayor of race baiting in comments about city hiring practices. Barry, D-Ward 8, is raising questions about the city’s health care finance agency, which he says is excluding blacks from top jobs. Read More…