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Fiscal mismanagement under Marion Barry, right, led Congress to create an appointed Financial Control Board, chaired by Andrew Brimmer, left, to oversee the D.C. budget. (Christopher B. Corder/The Washington Times)

Bad times: dispatches from the Barry beat

By Juan Williams

D.C. Councilmen Marion Barry (right) with Kevin P. Chavous, not only backed charter schools long before it became fashionable, but he supported vouchers. (Washington Times)

DEBORAH SIMMONS: The other faces of Marion Barry

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

As a D.C. Council member representing Ward 8, Marion Barry represented the city's most downtrodden and least-educated residents. (The Washington Times)

Marion Barry: A deal-maker who championed home rule

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Obama: Marion Barry ‘earned the love and respect’ of his city

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Mayor Marion Barry arrives at a meeting of the Financial Control Board at the headquarters on Thomas Circle in Northwest on June 10, 1996. (Kevin T. Gilbert/The Washington Times)

Marion Barry, former D.C. mayor, dies at 78

By Matthew Cella and Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

“I’m considered the most strategic, brilliant political strategist around — you’ve heard that,” D.C. Council member Marion Barry said in an interview. “And I’ve done that because I know how to say certain things when I say them, don’t say them.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama pays tribute to the late Marion Barry

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Marion Barry

EDITORIAL: Trash ‘art’ on the public’s dime

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Then-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry hugs his son, Christopher, in 1998. (Associated Press)

Marion Barry’s son jailed after arrest

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press

**FILE** D.C. Council member Marion Barry (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Marion Barry: I never smoked crack

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Marion Barry (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

D.C.’s Marion Barry asked about ‘yoga tax,’ sounds off on nonexistent ‘yogurt tax’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Barry criticizes planned HBO movie about him

Associated Press

File-This Dec. 2, 2013. file photo shows Washington Mayor Vincent Gray speaking with reporters after filing paperwork to run for a second term at the Board of Elections in Washington. Gray often calls the District of Columbia &quot;the envy of the nation&quot; for its robust economy and fast-growing population, but some say the local government he leads — plagued by corruption, pay-to-pay politics and disengaged voters — is a stain on the city's progress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Spate of corruption stains otherwise thriving DC

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

Former Mayor and current DC City Council member Marion Barry, left, speaks as Mayor Vincent Gray listens during a media availability to announce Barry's endorsement of Gray's bid for re-election, Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Marion Barry endorses DC mayor amid federal probe

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

Former D.C. Mayor and current City Council member Marion Barry, left, embraces Mayor Vincent C. Gray during a media availability on Wednesday, where Mr. Barry announced he would endorse Mr. Gray's bid for re-election. (associated press)

Barry endorses mayor amid federal probe, calls Gray a ‘fighter’

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press

Marion Barry to endorse embattled DC mayor

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

Marion Barry unsure whether DC mayor can win

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press