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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem will be fixed when we have a Mayor interested in making sure the Chancellor pushes to fix the problem.  [b]Because there has been little to no action on this subject, we can infer the Mayor does not believe her constituents would be happy if she enforced the law.[/b][/quote]

This x 1000
The Mayor and the Council could crack down on the issue and save a bundle of money for DCPS. But they don't; why not?
There obviously must be a political benefit to allowing these fraudulent families to siphon DC tax dollars. MD residents don't vote in DC elections, so it's not their votes.

Perhaps pols are worried about a public sector union strike? My best guess is that it's tied into DC's churches and the power of pastors to GOTV. The pastors' "flock" now comes from all over the region.[/quote]

Here's another part of the answer.  Remember that Marion Barry used to say that a lot of his constituency had moved to PG county.

"Politicians in the city may even have an electoral reason not to anger Maryland fraudsters. Some 13,000 names are on the voter rolls in both Prince George’s County and D.C., even though D.C. receives a notification when they register in Maryland and is supposed to remove them, according to a 2013 investigation by The Washington Times.

Politicos in the eastern part of the District say it’s common for former D.C. residents to still vote there.

“It happens a lot,” Ward 7 activist Geraldine Washington told The Washington Times. “I know of people who still vote in their old address after they’ve moved [out of the District]. I mean years after. They do that a lot.'"

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/10/dc-government-chooses-maryland-kids-over-tax-paying-residents-for-school-slots/#ixzz4E6xZU3lI[/quote]

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