WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- There's nothing wrong with city officials hiring their girlfriends or boyfriends, Washington City Council member Marion Barry says.
Barry, whose hiring of Donna Watts-Brighthaupt for a $5,000-per-month city contract two months after they began dating has drawn scrutiny, told The Washington Post the hiring wasn't illegal, and if such actions aren't illegal, there's nothing wrong with them.