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"The government as a whole should be available to all stake-holders. Obviously the stakes of residents are higher than those of non-residents. However, hundreds of thousands of people come in and out of DC every single day. They have a stake in what goes on here. Elected officials should consider their opinion."

This is the most wrong I've seen written in one paragraph in a long time.

By your logic, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Congressmen from Utah and Nevada passing or knocking down local District legislation based on what their constituents at home want? We've just seen a recent example of this, are you telling us you didn't care?
Hey, their money is spent here, their representative lives here half the year..so they "have a stake" in what goes on here, by your line of logic.

You have to take the bad with the good. Left to voters in MD and VA, DC wouldn't spend a dime on things like streetcars, the circulator or bikeshare. Why? Because those states direcetly subsidize those things

I don't care if 200K MD and VA residents spend their work hours here. They want a political voice where they happen to spend 25% of their lives? Fine, they can pay taxes here, or become residents of DC.

But to make things fair, I will agree with you if you get MD and VA to agree to honor the political wishes of those tens of thousands of DC residents who work in their states. Agreed?

by freely on May 4, 2011 12:46 pm • link • report