"And then there was Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr. of Washington, who somehow survived his mishaps with bad weather. In 1987, Mr. Barry was in southern California attending the Super Bowl — getting a manicure and playing tennis at the Beverly Hills Hilton — when a winter storm buried the District of Columbia. The nation’s capital became the butt of ridicule. In 1996, Mr. Barry — who was elected to a fourth, nonconsecutive term in 1994 after serving a federal sentence on cocaine possession charges — was excoriated by residents after it took nearly a week to clear the streets of snow."
School cancellations and delays for three straight weeks.
Sept, 5 1996: MAYOR MARION BARRY: "Government cannot sweep every sidewalk, hug every child, pay every worker, make everyone take their medicine, or dry every tear."
Mmhmm. But wait, the government's paying me and I'm not working - cept occasionaly for Maurice, who actually does not pay me. I guess I have no point.
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