Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:I am excited that once DC becomes a state ALL of the bureaucracies are going to be moved out of town. No more State Dept, Homeland, Commerce, FTC, Justice etc. Between telecommuting and the outright relocations due to politicians wanting jobs in their states, the bureaucrats will be moved out entirely! Space, freedom and total awesomeness.

Why would they move? BTW the FTC Act says that the FTC is to have its principal office in Washington.

A subsequent law can change all that. Move the FTC too. Once it starts, it should all go.

Once Washington is a state then there is even more political force for there to be federal spending be in DC... Not less.

Scattering agency headquarters around the country will make government a lot more dysfunctional and inefficient. But that seems to be what the GOP loves doing most - making government dysfunctional.

Didn't we just spend a year proving teleworking is more efficient than driving into the office? Why does it matter where HQ is other than to pay salaries to local constituents to prop up the economy?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pro-bike lane, but would just like cyclists to USE THEM instead of scattering pedestrians on the crowded sidewalks in my neighborhood.

If bicyclists are riding on the sidewalk next to the bike lane, instead of using the bike lane, that means it's not a good bike lane. There are a lot of those. I don't like riding on the sidewalk, but I also don't like risking my life next to high-speed motor vehicles. I wish the state and county would build good bike lanes instead of bad bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:I am excited that once DC becomes a state ALL of the bureaucracies are going to be moved out of town. No more State Dept, Homeland, Commerce, FTC, Justice etc. Between telecommuting and the outright relocations due to politicians wanting jobs in their states, the bureaucrats will be moved out entirely! Space, freedom and total awesomeness.

Why would they move? BTW the FTC Act says that the FTC is to have its principal office in Washington.

A subsequent law can change all that. Move the FTC too. Once it starts, it should all go.

Once Washington is a state then there is even more political force for there to be federal spending be in DC... Not less.

Scattering agency headquarters around the country will make government a lot more dysfunctional and inefficient. But that seems to be what the GOP loves doing most - making government dysfunctional.

Didn't we just spend a year proving teleworking is more efficient than driving into the office? Why does it matter where HQ is other than to pay salaries to local constituents to prop up the economy?

If it doesn't matter then keep it in DC....