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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bigger question you should ask is how fiscal transfers from the federal government will be affected by DC statehood. The Feds contribute a lot of money for DC's education system, plus shared maintenance agreements for land, streets, public space, etc.

Will those fiscal transfers on a per capita basis decline if DC gets statehood? Will the Federal government transfer large swaths of land to the DC state - eg, Rock Creek Park, Whitehaven Parkway, etc - and thus the state of DC is now on the hook for maintenance?

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Lots of states have national parks and parkways in them that are maintained by the federal government.[/quote]

True. But I think the legislation may call for a clean break between the state of DC and the new National Capitol (which will solely be concentrated on the Mall, Capitol Hill, WH, and Supreme Court areas).

It pre-empts a legal challenge by opponents to just make everything outside that area the property of DC state. Other than Federal office buildings (which would clearly be Federal property), don't give the Feds a say on how DC land is used or controlled.

I'll need to look at it more closely. It's been a few years. [/quote]

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