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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]

I agree, the "great weight" provision makes no logical sense. If someone has the authority ti make a decision, they have it. What does it then mean if they have to give great weight to someone else's input? It's still their decision.[/quote]

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