The year 1995 ranks as one of the worst in D.C.’s relatively brief history of self-government.
The nation’s capital was broke. During Sharon Pratt Kelly’s term at mayor, she had run up the deficit to $700 million. Marion Barry had just been elected mayor for his fourth term, after his six-month sojourn in jail on cocaine possession charges.
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