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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1000.  Tough situation, mainly because those who care about the astronomical waste on renovations of mostly empty school buildings that aren't on track to fill up still aren't a big enough slice of the electoral pie to elect, or boot, city council members in most of the city.

DC is essentially a one-party state, an arrangement which breeds endemic corruption, inefficiency and lack of accountability. Without a rep in Congress decade after decade, oversight of the education budget is lacking (and that's putting it mildly).  [/quote]

A voting rep in Congress wouldn't do anything to end the one-party state, endemic corruption, inefficiency or lack of accountability.  If anything, statehood and a voting rep in Congress would endorse the current state of affairs.  It would imply the corruption of DC somehow merits full statehood.

Frankly, as long as we're incapable of governing ourselves (and this is one piece of evidence among countless others), we need the threat of Congressional oversight.  [/quote]

But the threat of Congressional oversight isn't working very well, not where ed reform goes.  Definitely not.  How about real oversight for a change. [/quote]

Congressional oversight is better than nothing at all.  The more control our local officials have, the more they can get away with.  Power corrupts.  I want them to have as little as possible.[/quote]

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