Article: Project outrages residents: Fort Lincoln mulls Barry recall drive.(Metropolitan Times)(District News)

Mayor Marion Barry is meeting tonight with Fort Lincoln New Town residents threatening to launch a recall against him for secretly negotiating the sale of 15 acres of land in their community to some local ministers who want to use it to build 245 low-income apartments.

The mayor's decision to meet with the residents comes after he received word from an aide that he was vilified last week during a town meeting that he did not attend. At the meeting, angry residents pledged to actively work against Mr. Barry's re-election bid should he survive a recall attempt, picket his office and - if necessary - take him to court for agreeing to sell the land without first ...

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