• 11/25/2024

Lauch Faircloth Dies at 95; Senator Targeted D.C. Home Rule in Crisis

New York Times

A North Carolina hog farmer and a Democrat-turned-Republican, he helped strip Mayor Marion Barry of his fiscal powers as Washington’s deficits swelled in the late ’90s.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/us/politics/lauch-faircloth-dead.html