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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PS and FFS, ban DC's death with dignity law? Because that's what is causing a daily hardship for DC residents?

THESE ARE NOT REAL ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH REAL DC ISSUES?

effing GOP using DC for stupid pet GOP issues that have nothing to do with improving the lives of the people who actually live in the city[/quote]

The problem is you can say the same thing about the Mayor and Council, and they live here. There is at least hope that some random Republican from Idaho might get it at some point. [/quote]

I can't stand the mayor or most of the council but I think the odds that a GOP congressperson from Idaho is ever going to "get it" when it comes to making DC a great city for the citizens who actually live here and pay taxes here are nil. And I don't say that because I think people from Idaho are dumb -- I am from Wyoming originally. But the truth is that DC is a dense urban municipality with unique issues (due to being the seat of government and not being part of a state as well as unique things about it's demographics and history) and unless you are from a similar city (say Philly or Baltimore) you are never going to get it. And the arrogance of someone in that position thinking they can fix problems in this city is very similar to the "DC elites" who look at Idaho and think they know how to help the people there.

DC needs to be run by people in DC. We get bad candidates because so many people in DC can't or won't run for government positions (feds cannot run for local office while they are employed by the federal government and the transient nature of many DC-area jobs means we often lose people who have something to offer the city because they leave before they can become embedded enough to take that leap to running for office). Fixing that stuff would do a lot more to improving our elected government than hoping some Congressperson from a distant state or district will somehow understand DC in a way that its own citizens do not.[/quote]

Counterpoint being that your random Republican will actually put violent criminals in jail and not be cool with people smoking pot in public. That's all they have to do to dunk on our council and mayor. [/quote]

They could do something about that right now by getting more justice vacancies approved to reconcile the backlog causing significant trial delays, and even work to get our current USAO removed. But.... no, all we get are sound bytes about speed cameras and Death with Dignity. It's hilarious but also maddening and sad.[/quote]

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