Anonymous
Post 07/25/2021 18:35     Subject: Re:Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I am excited that once DC becomes a state ALL of the bureaucracies are going to be moved out of town. No more State Dept, Homeland, Commerce, FTC, Justice etc. Between telecommuting and the outright relocations due to politicians wanting jobs in their states, the bureaucrats will be moved out entirely! Space, freedom and total awesomeness.


Why would they move? BTW the FTC Act says that the FTC is to have its principal office in Washington.


A subsequent law can change all that. Move the FTC too. Once it starts, it should all go.


Once Washington is a state then there is even more political force for there to be federal spending be in DC... Not less.


Scattering agency headquarters around the country will make government a lot more dysfunctional and inefficient. But that seems to be what the GOP loves doing most - making government dysfunctional.


Didn't we just spend a year proving teleworking is more efficient than driving into the office? Why does it matter where HQ is other than to pay salaries to local constituents to prop up the economy?
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2021 18:06     Subject: Re:Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am excited that once DC becomes a state ALL of the bureaucracies are going to be moved out of town. No more State Dept, Homeland, Commerce, FTC, Justice etc. Between telecommuting and the outright relocations due to politicians wanting jobs in their states, the bureaucrats will be moved out entirely! Space, freedom and total awesomeness.


Why would they move? BTW the FTC Act says that the FTC is to have its principal office in Washington.


A subsequent law can change all that. Move the FTC too. Once it starts, it should all go.


Once Washington is a state then there is even more political force for there to be federal spending be in DC... Not less.


Scattering agency headquarters around the country will make government a lot more dysfunctional and inefficient. But that seems to be what the GOP loves doing most - making government dysfunctional.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2021 13:59     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
I'm pro-bike lane, but would just like cyclists to USE THEM instead of scattering pedestrians on the crowded sidewalks in my neighborhood.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2021 13:14     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
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Anonymous wrote:Bike lanes are racist white privilege


Ludicrous considering how many blacks use bikes in DC (a lot). You aren't from here, are you. Just weak attempts at trolling from afar.


The racial-division trolling is always easy to spot.

Reality is that it is the poor who ride bikes the most in this country. Including in DC. More bike lanes are a way to help the less fortunate.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2021 16:51     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
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So about those car parking spaces for customers?


And disabled people who can't ride bikes should do what? Just stay home?

Your able-bodied privilege is galling.


They park in a disabled spot. of course.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2021 16:50     Subject: Re:Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am excited that once DC becomes a state ALL of the bureaucracies are going to be moved out of town. No more State Dept, Homeland, Commerce, FTC, Justice etc. Between telecommuting and the outright relocations due to politicians wanting jobs in their states, the bureaucrats will be moved out entirely! Space, freedom and total awesomeness.


Why would they move? BTW the FTC Act says that the FTC is to have its principal office in Washington.


A subsequent law can change all that. Move the FTC too. Once it starts, it should all go.


Once Washington is a state then there is even more political force for there to be federal spending be in DC... Not less.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2021 10:39     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOVE outdoor dining, but just spring, fall and winter... I just can't sit outside in the summer heat.


Yes. The evenings are nice. We are going to try to do a 9pm outdoor dinner soon.
Anonymous
Post 07/24/2021 10:31     Subject: Re:Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:You might get shot having a bite though.


Chance of getting shot dining outdoors in DC is still pretty slim in the grand scheme of things. Statistically FAR less likely than that of being hospitalized or dying from dining indoors unvaccinated and unmasked, anyhow yet y'all think that's perfectly reasonable acceptable risk.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 22:13     Subject: Re:Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
You might get shot having a bite though.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 13:39     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:Bike lanes are racist white privilege


Ludicrous considering how many blacks use bikes in DC (a lot). You aren't from here, are you. Just weak attempts at trolling from afar.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 11:00     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:


So about those car parking spaces for customers?


And disabled people who can't ride bikes should do what? Just stay home?

Your able-bodied privilege is galling.


Do whatever they are doing now. There is still plenty of parking, and a lot of it is dedicated to placard-handicap drivers. They can also uber, take a bus or cab etc.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 08:37     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:


So about those car parking spaces for customers?


And disabled people who can't ride bikes should do what? Just stay home?

Your able-bodied privilege is galling.


Oh stuff it with the faux concern about disabled people.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 08:30     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Anonymous wrote:Bike lanes are racist white privilege


Well, that's a foolish thing to say.
Anonymous
Post 07/22/2021 07:32     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
Bike lanes are racist white privilege
Anonymous
Post 07/21/2021 20:18     Subject: Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.
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And disabled people who can't ride bikes should do what? Just stay home?

Your able-bodied privilege is galling.


Entirely aside from the fact that some disabled people can (and do) ride a bicycle/tricycle - what should disabled people who don't drive do?