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Fundraising by city officials
On June 7, 1979, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, city council president Arrington Dixon, Representative Walter Fauntroy, and city councilman Jerry A. Moore appeared at a "rollicking gong show" [1] in Ward 1 intended to raise funds to lobby for the amendment's ratification. Among performances from citizens, school groups, and others, Barry danced the rock, Dixon performed the twist, Fauntroy sang "a ballad about the deaths of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy", [1] and Moore sang " Waterboy". Judges for the event included David A. Clarke, Charlene Drew Jarvis, and John L. Ray, who ultimately awarded 38 out of 40 points to both Fountroy and a D.C. citizen who recited a poem; the poet took home the trophy. [1]
This material is trivial and its inclusion in the article would give it undue weight. Also, it has nothing to do with what the proposed amendment would have done, why it was proposed, why it was defeated, or anything else of relevance to this article. If it's allowed to be in the article, will we look for an event that was held opposing the proposed amendment? SMP0328. ( talk) 05:19, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
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Fundraising by city officials
On June 7, 1979, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, city council president Arrington Dixon, Representative Walter Fauntroy, and city councilman Jerry A. Moore appeared at a "rollicking gong show" [1] in Ward 1 intended to raise funds to lobby for the amendment's ratification. Among performances from citizens, school groups, and others, Barry danced the rock, Dixon performed the twist, Fauntroy sang "a ballad about the deaths of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy", [1] and Moore sang " Waterboy". Judges for the event included David A. Clarke, Charlene Drew Jarvis, and John L. Ray, who ultimately awarded 38 out of 40 points to both Fountroy and a D.C. citizen who recited a poem; the poet took home the trophy. [1]
This material is trivial and its inclusion in the article would give it undue weight. Also, it has nothing to do with what the proposed amendment would have done, why it was proposed, why it was defeated, or anything else of relevance to this article. If it's allowed to be in the article, will we look for an event that was held opposing the proposed amendment? SMP0328. ( talk) 05:19, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
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