Jonetta Rose Barras: The cycle of abuse continues

If the D.C. Council doesn’t take strong action Tuesday to punish Marion Barry for alleged violations of local ethics laws and kickbacks in connection with a sole-source contract he awarded to a paramour and earmarks to cronies at apparently fake nonprofit organizations, District residents may want to file for a civil protective order; they are in danger of future injury.

The peripatetic politician should be kept away — off the council dais, out of the John A. Wilson Building and away from other government facilities. He has demonstrated a propensity to abuse the electorate repeatedly and indiscriminately.