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[quote=Anonymous][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. A million per day to save dozens of lives and make the city livable seems like a downright bargain in comparison.

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]

You are an idiot. The reason we got home rule was because the appointed mayors were terrible. Please bless us with your great knowledge of what is so terrible about DC. Do we have crime? Sure, all cities do. We also have an amazing art scene, restaurants and educated people. Our population increases every year. So what is it not capable of running? [/quote]

The gentrification in the recent past was great, right?[/quote]

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