Rulemaking on residency fraud: Comment now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I swear this board is full of delusional trolls. If people are really cheating with falsified documents, what is your fix for that? Are legitimate residents going to have to produce more paperwork than is required to obtain a driver's license to enroll our kids in school? Really?

This. I'm not denying the existence of cheaters, and if they are MD residents I hope they get caught and get sued "to the pain" (The Princess Bride).

That said, I don't care too much about boundary cheaters (I know the stroller pushers in AU Park are foaming at the mouth over it, but that's their personal real estate problem and not a theft of services from DC taxpayers). I also think if the documentation burden gets much more annoying, I'd like an option for a school administrator to show up at my house, observe the children they've known for the past 7 years, recognize their clothing and toys all over the floor, including the detritus of class photos and "portfolios" going back over the years, and acknowledge that yes, this is in fact still our real address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swear this board is full of delusional trolls. If people are really cheating with falsified documents, what is your fix for that? Are legitimate residents going to have to produce more paperwork than is required to obtain a driver's license to enroll our kids in school? Really?

This. I'm not denying the existence of cheaters, and if they are MD residents I hope they get caught and get sued "to the pain" (The Princess Bride).

That said, I don't care too much about boundary cheaters (I know the stroller pushers in AU Park are foaming at the mouth over it, but that's their personal real estate problem and not a theft of services from DC taxpayers). I also think if the documentation burden gets much more annoying, I'd like an option for a school administrator to show up at my house, observe the children they've known for the past 7 years, recognize their clothing and toys all over the floor, including the detritus of class photos and "portfolios" going back over the years, and acknowledge that yes, this is in fact still our real address.

I'm curious. Are you willing to let OSSE/Office of Tax and Revenue share data to spare you the paperwork?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swear this board is full of delusional trolls. If people are really cheating with falsified documents, what is your fix for that? Are legitimate residents going to have to produce more paperwork than is required to obtain a driver's license to enroll our kids in school? Really?

This. I'm not denying the existence of cheaters, and if they are MD residents I hope they get caught and get sued "to the pain" (The Princess Bride).

That said, I don't care too much about boundary cheaters (I know the stroller pushers in AU Park are foaming at the mouth over it, but that's their personal real estate problem and not a theft of services from DC taxpayers). I also think if the documentation burden gets much more annoying, I'd like an option for a school administrator to show up at my house, observe the children they've known for the past 7 years, recognize their clothing and toys all over the floor, including the detritus of class photos and "portfolios" going back over the years, and acknowledge that yes, this is in fact still our real address.

I'm curious. Are you willing to let OSSE/Office of Tax and Revenue share data to spare you the paperwork?

NP, but I'd totally check that box. I give google way more personal info for convenience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swear this board is full of delusional trolls. If people are really cheating with falsified documents, what is your fix for that? Are legitimate residents going to have to produce more paperwork than is required to obtain a driver's license to enroll our kids in school? Really?

This. I'm not denying the existence of cheaters, and if they are MD residents I hope they get caught and get sued "to the pain" (The Princess Bride).

That said, I don't care too much about boundary cheaters (I know the stroller pushers in AU Park are foaming at the mouth over it, but that's their personal real estate problem and not a theft of services from DC taxpayers). I also think if the documentation burden gets much more annoying, I'd like an option for a school administrator to show up at my house, observe the children they've known for the past 7 years, recognize their clothing and toys all over the floor, including the detritus of class photos and "portfolios" going back over the years, and acknowledge that yes, this is in fact still our real address.

I'm curious. Are you willing to let OSSE/Office of Tax and Revenue share data to spare you the paperwork?

Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swear this board is full of delusional trolls. If people are really cheating with falsified documents, what is your fix for that? Are legitimate residents going to have to produce more paperwork than is required to obtain a driver's license to enroll our kids in school? Really?

This. I'm not denying the existence of cheaters, and if they are MD residents I hope they get caught and get sued "to the pain" (The Princess Bride).

That said, I don't care too much about boundary cheaters (I know the stroller pushers in AU Park are foaming at the mouth over it, but that's their personal real estate problem and not a theft of services from DC taxpayers). I also think if the documentation burden gets much more annoying, I'd like an option for a school administrator to show up at my house, observe the children they've known for the past 7 years, recognize their clothing and toys all over the floor, including the detritus of class photos and "portfolios" going back over the years, and acknowledge that yes, this is in fact still our real address.

I'm curious. Are you willing to let OSSE/Office of Tax and Revenue share data to spare you the paperwork?

In a previous life I designed data processing systems. One of the golden rules of system design is you streamline the ordinary and put your effort into the exceptional. In this day and age, it's obscene how much time DC puts into residence verification, when for probably 90% of people it could be done completely automatically. Particularly if you have access to OTR records. They should get DMV records too, it's archaic to ask someone to walk into an office and show their physical drivers license. There are also private companies that keep databases of every person in America and their address. They're not foolproof but they're good corroboration.

Then take all the time you saved by automating the routine cases, and pour it into the outliers. Most of those will be a one-time blip. If someone is an outlier every year, look a little deeper.

[Anonymous]

Makes sense, I'm convinced. Thanks for this smart post. You put our psychotic twat friend to shame.