Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) said his emergency legislation to rename Good Hope Road SE was unfairly blocked, but Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said he wanted a hearing first.
For years, D.C. has debated the merits of renaming a major thoroughfare in Southeast Washington in honor of Marion Barry, the four-term leader known as the “mayor for life” who died in 2014.
“This is an insult to our intelligence and our democracy. We need to decide what we need in our own community. We don’t need no one else deciding what we want for our people in our community,” White said in his At a news conference Monday about upcoming legislation, Mendelson said he blocked White’s bill from Tuesday’s agenda because he believes the bill should have a public hearing before the council votes on it. The bill would have significant impact on residents and businesses: More than 1,000 would have to change their addresses to Marion Barry Avenue, Mendelson said.
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