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Because that violates DC law. Any government agency that enters into a public private partnership must follow discreet set of steps, including a public RFP process and a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis.

Please read the DC regs on PPPs: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/titles/2/chapters/2A/

And no, the Maret deal is not "free" to DC. You are lying. For example, Hardy pays $800 every time a sports team needs to travel by chartered bus to another part of the city to practice or play games.

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Those rules where not in place when this deal was created. An extension doesn't qualify
Hardy is not DC, it's DCPS. Jellef is not DC, it's DPR. 
Ellington is DCPS. If Maret were taking over Ellington's field, which is the field originally slated for Hardy (Listen to the DPR testimony) then you'd have a more legitimate complaint.
As far as I know DPR pays nothing for the field at Jellef., If you know differently, citations would help.[/quote]

As for the old school at the Hardy site being “originally slated” for Ellington...well, of course.  The city did not own Jelleff at the time!

And what do you mean DPR pays nothing for Jelleff?!  The city paid for the land.  Who do you think pays the electricity for those lights Maret keeps going on about?  Who fills the swimming pool?  Who removes the trash?!

And this thing about trying to act like DPR and DCPS are different entities is tiresome. They are funded by the same tax dollars, under the same executive management.  They share many sites and cooperate in many ways, both as required by regulation and beyond that.[/quote]

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