Letters to the Editor: Dec. 5, 2011

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Blame District voters for re-electing Barry Re: “Barry should abandon his succession plan,” From Readers, Dec. 2

Mr. Underwood has the right spirit, but his anger is misplaced.He should be scolding the voters who elected Marion Barry to a fourth term as mayor even after he was convicted on drug charges.Ward 8 voters then elected him to the D.C. Council in 2004, two years after he dropped out of an election because U.S. Park Police found marijuana and cocaine in his car.

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