This brings back a lot of our history.

The legal aid case led to a federal investigation. An ambitious U.S. Attorney named Bob Barr, who later became a congressman, took up the case. An equally ambitious city councilman named Bill Campbell publicly tore into Sumbry and the Young administration.

Young's chief administrative officer, Shirley Franklin, initially defended Sumbry, saying removing him from office would slow the momentum in housing improvements he had made.

How terribly unfortunate he wasn't able to turn himself around after prison. He could have made good with that degree in economics.

-janelane

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