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...abuse had brought Washington Mayor Marion Barry to the brink of political and personal disaster. Every time, he managed to dance back from the edge. Last week Barry's lucky streak finally ended. An elaborate law-enforcement sting in a downtown hotel caught the mayor allegedly buying and smoking crack cocaine, a misdemeanor charge that could result in a one-year jail term and a $100,000 fine. It might also spell the end of Barry's political career. Said political analyst Mark Plotkin: "If Barry can recover from this episode, he really is a political Houdini...
...source close to the investigation, Barry came to the Vista to party with two women: Rasheeda Moore, a California model and acquaintance turned federal informant, and a female FBI undercover agent. While other agents baby-sat for Moore's three children, she sold Barry $60 worth of crack cocaine supplied by the Drug Enforcement Administration. As a surveillance camera videotaped the scene, Barry allegedly tried to fondle Moore and persuade her to use crack with him. Rebuffed by Moore, Barry allegedly put the crack in a pipe and smoked it. As soon as he took a few puffs, FBI agents...
Washington is a hellish city to govern. Guns, crack and poverty prevail. The city bureacracy is a quagmire. The district does not even have final authority over its own budget. The Washington Monthly, a national political journal, recently proclaimed the D.C. administration "the worst city government in America...
Still, I guess I should write about something. I admit that I will really miss writing columns, even though I always thought my column name was rather stupid. When compared to a "Mark My Words," a "Stir Frey" or even a "Casey at the Bat," "Varelitas" just doesn't crack...
...early-morning chill last Thursday, a line swiftly lengthened outside Bloomingdale's department store in New York City. But these were not shoppers eager to get the first crack at a sale in the chic emporium. They were merchandise suppliers clamoring to collect their money from Bloomie's, the centerpiece of Robert Campeau's troubled empire. After the store offices opened at 8 a.m., some 400 red-eyed vendors marched inside to pick up their checks...