WCP: Marion Barry: Boss for Life
City Paper has updated their article regarding the moneys funnelled by Barry to the nonexistent non profits under his control. Including two excerpts below. One has to ask why do so many Ward 8 public officials have convictions for embezzlement and theft. Here I was thinking
ANC 8C was unique having two convicted felons on the board.
Excerpt:
Where did all these groups come from?
In an interview, Barry says several of these organizations were already doing good works in his ward, under different names and on a volunteer basis. When the opportunity came to give them some city funding, he seized it. “They went through the normal process,” says the councilmember.
E-mails provided by Wise add a bit of context to Barry’s account. They indicate that paid Barry staffers and a close personal associate were in charge of the process. In an e-mail drafted Feb. 18, Drew Hubbard, Barry’s committee director, tells Wise that he and Barry aide Essita Holmes drafted the incorporation articles, and that Brenda Richardson was “responsible for gathering the signatures.” The $70 incorporation fee was paid for by a check from the Marion Barry Scholarship Educational Fund; it was signed by Anthony Motley, a close associate, and Donna Rouse, a member of Barry’s staff.
Excerpt:
Even signatures that appear to be genuine raise questions. Carmen McCall, whose name appears as an incorporator for four of the six groups, has a history of misappropriating funds. In January 2008, McCall pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $6,000 from Eliot Junior High School, where she worked as business manager. She admitted to pocketing cash intended for the school activity fund over a three-year period. She also pleaded guilty in 1991 to stealing from the D.C. government, according to court records.
Multiple attempts to contact McCall to verify her signature were unsuccessful, but the signature on her 2008 plea deal appears to match the signatures on the incorporation documents.
To read the Washington City Paper article in full click HERE.
For more Congress Heights and River East news visit The Congress Heights Examiner website, http://www.examiner.com/x-13507-Congress-Heights-Community-Examiner
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Excerpt:
Where did all these groups come from?
In an interview, Barry says several of these organizations were already doing good works in his ward, under different names and on a volunteer basis. When the opportunity came to give them some city funding, he seized it. “They went through the normal process,” says the councilmember.
E-mails provided by Wise add a bit of context to Barry’s account. They indicate that paid Barry staffers and a close personal associate were in charge of the process. In an e-mail drafted Feb. 18, Drew Hubbard, Barry’s committee director, tells Wise that he and Barry aide Essita Holmes drafted the incorporation articles, and that Brenda Richardson was “responsible for gathering the signatures.” The $70 incorporation fee was paid for by a check from the Marion Barry Scholarship Educational Fund; it was signed by Anthony Motley, a close associate, and Donna Rouse, a member of Barry’s staff.
Excerpt:
Even signatures that appear to be genuine raise questions. Carmen McCall, whose name appears as an incorporator for four of the six groups, has a history of misappropriating funds. In January 2008, McCall pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $6,000 from Eliot Junior High School, where she worked as business manager. She admitted to pocketing cash intended for the school activity fund over a three-year period. She also pleaded guilty in 1991 to stealing from the D.C. government, according to court records.
Multiple attempts to contact McCall to verify her signature were unsuccessful, but the signature on her 2008 plea deal appears to match the signatures on the incorporation documents.
To read the Washington City Paper article in full click HERE.
For more Congress Heights and River East news visit The Congress Heights Examiner website, http://www.examiner.com/x-13507-Congress-Heights-Community-Examiner
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