Anonymous wrote:Others have made the point, but I think it bears repeating: In America, people do not have to prove themselves worthy of representation, it is a right of citizenship.

Not even citizenship. Everyone charged in a US court of law has a right to representation.

Others have made the point, but I think it bears repeating: In America, people do not have to prove themselves worthy of representation, it is a right of citizenship.

Anonymous wrote:Until DC has respect, aka a real seat in The House/senete, our local politics will always be a joke. As long as DC local politics are a joke, we will never have a real seat in congress...

Welcome to political hell.

Really, because there are about 100 members of congress who should not be in office based on your criteria for representation.

Anonymous wrote:Until DC has respect, aka a real seat in The House/senete, our local politics will always be a joke. As long as DC local politics are a joke, we will never have a real seat in congress...

Welcome to political hell.

Are you really of the opinion that the reason, practically speaking, that DC doesn't have seats in the House/Senate is local corruption/incompetence? While that's a convenient fig leaf, the reality is that DC is what, 85%+ Democrat, making it impossible to get a representative without some payoff to Republicans.

Until DC has respect, aka a real seat in The House/senete, our local politics will always be a joke. As long as DC local politics are a joke, we will never have a real seat in congress...

Welcome to political hell.

While disheartening, this is no reason that DC should not be a state. After all, the last 3 out of 3 governors of Illinois are in jail, and nobody's suggested we should revoke their statehood.

DC: We're no worse than Illinois!

Robert McCartney in today's Post says "Then there’s the possibility that Gray won’t even last four years, or that other politicians might fall." He later quotes:

“'This could bring down the entire government,' said a council member, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid being publicly linked to the scandal."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/scandal-might-mean-lost-term-for-gray/2012/03/16/gIQAGVdLJS_story.html

I'd rather have this bunch than ole commie tommy.

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Anonymous wrote:Those donations were bundled by Thompson, whose bundled donations for Fenty were worth even more $$ than those he gave Gray. Every sitting member of the Council, except Tommy Wells, received big $$ from Thompson. My fear is what happens if the entire elected gov't needs to resign.

The only elected member of the government that would remain would be Tommy Wells? I'm OK with that. More than OK, actually.

That would be awesome!