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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another unspoken cost is a DC state legislature. The DC City Council acts like a quasi legislative branch with limited authority from Congress. However, a 13-member unicameral body would not pass muster as a full-fledged state legislature. More members would be needed to check legislators’ power. The smallest legislature out there I believe is Nebraska’s unicameral body with 49 members. Establishing and maintaining a state legislature (unicameral or bicameral) would cost significantly more than maintaining the current city council. Election costs would rise, too.[/quote]
This has all been laid out in the proposed state constitution 
https://statehood.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/statehood/publication/attachments/NCSC-Constitution-State-of-New-Columbia.pdf[/quote]
And this is why no one takes statehood seriously because not even the proponents take it seriously. A 21 member unicameral “Assembly” is just an expanded DC Council, which will probably happen soon enough anyway.

DC likes to compare itself to Wyoming. Well Wyoming had 60 state legislators.

Pretty comical to cry about democracy while proposing the most anti-Democratic state governance structure in the country. [/quote]

Sounds like maybe the Wyoming legislature is bloated and too big.  [/quote]

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