Barry To Be Feted by Local Health Care Group
It hasn't been the best of years for Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry. He's had some health problems. He had a terrible 4th of July. He triggered a D.C. Council investigation into his ethics in steering a contract to a girlfriend.
But things'll take a turn for the better tomorrow, when the longtime D.C. pol receives a fine distinction from the District of Columbia Primary Care Association (DCPCA). At a ceremony on Thursday at Gallaudet University, Barry will receive DCPCA's 2009 Distinguished Public Official Award. In the words of DCPCA, the recognition celebrates Barry's "many years as a visionary and resilient leader, deeply committed to this city and to eradicating poverty, promoting employment and neighborhood development, and improving the health and quality of life of all DC residents..."
The other headliner awardee is Alice M. Rivlin, the Brookings Institution scholar and former D.C. financial control board big shot who has been steady and strong in advocating for the District's interests over the past decade. She'll be getting DCPCA's 2009 Champion of Change Award.
12:24 pm
What, did you forget about the threat of being jailed for failure to pay his taxes (or even file returns)? Or did you decide that was par for the course where Barry's concerned and thus not a sign he's having a bad year?
1:44 pm
when is the IG going to audit the DCPCA and find out exactly where the tens of millions of dollars to "Medical Homes" has gone?
3:01 pm
you've got to be kidding me..that bum is a disgrace.
3:15 pm
WTF???
12:33 am
Barry is a disgrace but Harry Thomas is not better. Barry is grooming THomas who likes the ladies and the powder just like the Mayor for life. The only difference is that Thomas is stupid. MB is a bum but a smart bum. THomas ...just dumb.
12:43 am
Barry does whatever he wants because we let him. Just look at Hartosck's hearing..He was a disgrace, a bully but nobody did anything about it. Aywhere else in the country that type of behavior would be unnacceptable but here people look the other way. I spent almost 9 hours watching Hartsock's hearing and I cannot believe nobody lighted a fire about that. That hearing was a public sacrifice, not an unbiased and fair event. Barry represents everything I teach my kids not to be...He is sickening and we are too for letting him rule.
9:45 am
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