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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone find it ironic that Bowser is making such a play for states rights, yet trampling on our rights? Chilling, isn't it? Makes me firmly opposed to D.C.  Statehood right now. [/quote]

building a homeless shelter does not violate your rights. [/quote]

Choosing a site and moving ahead without public input, including through ANCs as required by law, does violate citizen rights.[/quote]

Please be careful with your language.  Zoning rules are not inalienable rights.  It's not even clear that those zoning rules were broken - and if they were, "chilling" is not the right way to describe it.  Aggravating is more like it.  Overstating your case like this just weakens whatever case you have.[/quote]

The lawsuit is not over zoning. It is over failure to follow the ANC provisions of the Home Rule Act.  That is pretty fundamental.  [/quote]

As an ANC Commissioner I can tell you that those provisions are unenforceable.  The A stands for "Advisory" and the Council is free to ignore their advice.[/quote]

The DC agencies have to accord the ANC 'great weight.'  Here, they were bypassed.  The DC Court of Appeals will likely decide.  Many feel that the plan will fall apart at the zoning commission, and will be dead and buried in the next mayoral election.  [/quote]

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