Barry Will Run for Council, Ex-Ally Says

[Freddie Stubbs]

Former Mayor Evasive About His Intentions
By Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 2, 2004; Page B01


He is still playing coy, at least when he talks to reporters. But in a meeting last week with the woman he hopes to force out of office, former D.C. mayor Marion Barry confirmed the rumors:

He's coming back, one more time.

Council member Sandy Allen said Barry told her Thursday that he intends to challenge her for the right to represent Ward 8 on the D.C. Council.

"He told me he's running," Allen (D) said yesterday. "He said it has nothing to do with me. He just doesn't like the way the government is being run."

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[Skinner]

1. DC politics just gets curiouser and curiouser.

Thanks for posting this.

[northzax]

2. as a resident Ward 8

I'm personally very excited to have a councilman who would probably be the most famous (infamous) coucilman in the country.

think about it, when I travel, no one would know who my mayor was, but my councilman? no worries.

not that I'd vote for him, but he really can't be worse than Sandy Allen.