Everyone in the entire country has heard of Washington DC’s former mayor, Marion Barry. He will be forever remembered by the famous line “The bitch set me up”. (Aside: Carlton has played tennis with Mayor Barry. Not recently – but about 10 years ago.) He was mayor for about 16 years. You name it – he had it – as far as scandal and controversy went. He is still on the city council and regularly has little – shall we say “issues”. Nevertheless he remains a man of enormous popularity and no little influence. Especially among the voters in DC Ward 8
Few outside of the beltway will have heard of the current DC mayor, Vincent Gray. He is perhaps a far sleazier mayor than crack toking Marion ever was. And, Mayor Gray is totally without charm, charisma, or good cheer. And did I mention, he looks like a silent film era vampire?