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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As I posted before, private schools should give DC residents either a break in tuition, a preference in application, or a combination of both.  we all know they don't HAVE to.  Its more of a question of what they Should Do.

Personally, I think private schools should have to publish a list of how many DC residents BY Ward they enroll in order to keep their tax exempt status.  What public good are they achieving in DC by educating MD and VA youth.[/quote]

Oh, puleeze.   It's thoughts like this that keep DC from having full voting rights.  You think that the city government should get to pick and choose tax exempt status based on their subjective assessment of the relative good that a school is providing to the city?  All that would lead to is private schools admitting a bunch of offspring of Mayor Fenty's fraternity brothers (even though their parents could afford tuition anywhere, based on the lucrative city contracts the mayor swings their way).   Whether a group is tax exempt should not be subject to political whims.  Grow up, and in few years, we'll reconsider giving you more of a voting responsibility.  [/quote]

Not really a big issue for me.  I find it depressing that good friends of mine seem to think their single vote has some sort of impact on the essentially random character of elections in either MD or VA.  You might just as well blow a dandelion while whispering your preferences to the wind, for all the impact an individual vote makes.

I bet you get up bright and early on election day to cast your all-important vote for dog-catcher.  Good job![/quote]

Actually, I like living in MD.  Because the state's elections are gimmees, this means that political debates are low-stakes.  If I lived in Ohio or Florida, I might feel that the stakes were real, and that I had to convince my neighbors and friends of the merits of my position.   In MD (and DC, for that matter), it just doesn't make a difference.[/quote]

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