THE WORST CITY GOVERNMENT
The Worst City Government If great leaders—Gandhi, Martin Luther King—are judged by the impact of their example, then Marion Barry is headed for the history books. The D.C. government is...
...NW Washington, D.C...
...He went to Florida...
...After he regained consciousness, the man refused a trip to the hospital...
...Please send your nominations to: Worst City Government The Washington Monthly 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...The city has spent $110 million to construct a vacant building...
...Sources within the department told the Times that they have seen "a few of the people in charge here snorting cocaine at their desks...
...The baseball Cardinals are planning to stay in Busch Stadium...
...Louis could learn something from St...
...This month, the Florida city opens its newly built baseball dome to . . . no one...
...The price of the dome is just less than the city's entire education budget—and it's more than ten times the combined federal and city investment in St...
...The paramedics administered Narcon, which is used to reverse drug-induced shock...
...And there are only so many political conventions and Pan Am games to go around...
...But the city has more pressing problems...
...Louis boasts dismal public schools and a 10,000member waiting list for public housing...
...Louis's poor track record and win it the deal...
...This time, it's sweetened its proposal with the promise of a domed stadium...
...By Friday, however, the overdose had become a "medical crisis," with no mention of drug use...
...Louis doesn't stand much of a chance of attracting a new team...
...He was a supervisor and counselor...
...An ADASA spokeswoman confirmed that a city employee had overdosed on Thursday the 25th...
...According to The Washington Times, law enforcement officials have "confirmed that dozens of city workers in virtually every one of the city's 14 major agencies are buying and selling drugs...
...During the Superbowl, a group of would-be owners lobbied NFL officials in New Orleans...
...The Worst City Government If great leaders—Gandhi, Martin Luther King—are judged by the impact of their example, then Marion Barry is headed for the history books...
...City officials admit they can schedule only a few trade shows and tractor pulls...
...Bill Yelverton Less than two years after lackluster fans convinced a surly owner to pack, up the Cardinals and head for Phoenix, St...
...It's a little unclear what will happen if the dome isn't enough to overcome St...
...Petersburg...
...The city is planning to pay 25 percent of the $225 million tab for the building project, with the state and county picking up the rest...
...The victim, who lay prone on the lobby floor, was not one of the addicts who come to the facility for treatment and counseling...
...That means higher taxes, a larger debt, and a drain on city services...
...When he decided to seek help, he steered clear of the Central Intake Facility—in fact, of any city service...
...Louis housing...
...Daniel Mirvish The Monthly depends on its readers to keep track of the breakdown of big city government...
...Even if the city gets a team, it would need the stadium only eight or nine days a year...
...Louis were desperate to find ways to spend money, pumping millions into building a shiny vacant warehouse in the shadow of the Arch would make a lot of sense...
...The best guarantee they could get...
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...government is being investigated for drug use at all levels...
...On January 25th an ambulance crew was called to aid an overdose victim at the (aptly named) Central Intake Facility of the District's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Administration...
...If St...
...Unfortunately, St...
...A vague commitment that the league would expand by a couple of teams sometime in the mid-nineties...
...Good news— except that Baltimore, Memphis, Sacramento, Oakland, Charlotte, Birmingham, Jacksonville, San Antonio, and other cities are lined up and waiting for a franchise...
...The overdose occurred just two days after the announcement of a major in-house investigation of drug use at the Department of Human Services, ADASA's parent agency...
...It may be that, since his arrest, Mayor Barry is trying to present a new and improved example for his workers...
...Louis is ardently courting the National Football League for a new team...
Vol. 22 • March 1990 • No. 2
