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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a waste of NG. Are they landscaping around Union Station like they are elsewhere around DC?[/quote]

What's wrong with landscaping?[/quote]

Well, uprooting National Guard troops from their families and sending them to another state to use a leaf blower to clear a plaza doesn't seem like a good use of their time.  Hiring local landscapers would be more cost effective and less disruptive to our troops.[/quote]

Its pretty obvious the city and Union Station have gotten much nicer over the last month+ Its instructive that you've been reduced to carping about gardening.

Meanwhile, murder is down bigly, and I don't even see people jumping fare-gates anymore. The whole city just feels nicer. Its amazing what happens when law and order gets more than just lip-service.[/quote]

It’s not pretty obvious. Union Station has been much better for a while.

-  signed actual Capitol Hill resident [/quote] 
And here we have someone that doesn’t think the $600 hammer can pound nails…[/quote]

Yes, we don't want our government's money wasted and misused, nor do we want our autonomy as a city compromised.  Is this surprising to anyone?  It shouldn't be.[/quote]

To your first point, we live in a city where we give billionaires billions in tax dollars for sporting stadiums, and in a nation that spends trillions invading little desert nations. [b]A million per day to save dozens of lives and make the city livable seems like a downright bargain in comparison.[/b]

As for you second point, actually we do want our city's autonomy compromised. The city demonstrates over and over again that it is not capable of running a government at the 101 level. Given the long and successful history of appointed mayors and the Control Board, sticking with this failed experiment in home rule is foolish. [/quote]

How long do you think the federal  government can keep paying $1 million a day? A few months? A year? Indefinitely? [/quote]

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