D.C. government needs a major overhaul (and the folks that keep voting for it)
on June 4th, 2007 at 11:43 amJust when you thought that the words “smoking crack” and “government” in D.C. went out with former D.C. mayor Marion Barry, here is another story that just makes you want to just slap folks:
(forbes.com) The woman charged with plowing a car through a crowded street festival at speeds up to 70 mph had been “smoking crack all day long,” Police Chief Cathy Lanier said, citing statements from the woman and witnesses.
At least 40 people were injured as the car sent people and baby strollers flying, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said Sunday.
Tonya Bell, 30, was preliminarily charged with aggravated assault while armed, with the “armed” designation referring to use of a vehicle. She faced a hearing in District of Columbia Superior Court on Monday.
Authorities believe Bell, of Oxon Hill, Md., was going about 70 mph Saturday evening when she drove through Unifest, a church-sponsored street festival in southeast Washington. She was treated for an ankle injury, police said.
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Bell appeared to be laughing as she drove the car with flattened tires and broken windows into the crowd, said Linda Greene, who saw Bell’s car from her porch. (source)
Who is Tonya Bell?
The woman who plowed through a crowd of people with her car Saturday night will no longer be working as a receptionist in the office of Washington, D.C., Councilman Marion Barry. (more…)
I say, get some vaseline to rub on the palm of our hands and just give her a good slap (vaseline gives you that ‘pop’ sound).
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I just came across this link: Actual quotes taken from Mayor Marion Barry
“I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I’m a night owl.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“Bitch set me up.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where’s Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president’s. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600′s. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn’t break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
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Somebody please tell me that these are made up.
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