Photo by dbking. Following his media appearance on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt, among others, this weekend’s Washington Post features an op-ed by Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry, calling for welfare reform. The op-ed builds off the legislation he has introduced, along with Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander, to limit the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to 5 years of assistance. “At present, the District is one of only a few jurisdictions in the…

The hot topics of the week in local politics have been, without a doubt, welfare and Walmart — and while Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry has been on the warpath regarding the former, his views on the latter hadn’t really surfaced. Until this morning, that is, when Barry made an appearance on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt.