The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
is the lack of representation due to some supposed neutrality? if so there should be some way for the citizens to have representation apart from the fed govt. they do have voting rights on presidential candidates but no voice in congress, do i have that right?
Well, they did re-elect that crackhead whore buying chandelier swinging Mayor after he was tossed out and disgraced. I don't feel real comfortable with them voting for anything. ;)
That's my understanding. They have a "representative" in congress, but not a voting one -- like Guam, but see, GUAM doesn't have to pay federal taxes, and the residents of DC DO.
As for the supposed neutrality ... I can actually see some credence in that. If most of the US congressional members reside (at least a couple of months a year) there, then would it be so unlikely that they might give THEIR roads priority over the roads say, in Wyoming?
interesting idea. hmm. i wonder then who does bring the dc agenda to the table?
-- Edited by Nightowlhoot3 on Sunday 29th of March 2009 09:48:06 AM
The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
I know enough about it to know the residents want it. I'd want what I want. lol And, I agree with fair representation although I'm nopt sure anyone has that. What I don't understand and, you being someone who has been in the civil rights trenches, is why are a lot calling it the unfinished business of the the Civil Rights Movement? Gator
I'd not heard that before. I'd surmise it might have to do with the large (over 50%) black population there?
At least a third of the population of the District of Columbia is functionally illiterate. LOTS of children being "left behind" there by the federal government.
The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
If I lived there and say, waited tables for a living, I would expect the same type of fair representation as any other american ... although as Gator pointed out, I'm not sure any of us truly does have that.
from what I know (and really that's not a lot) this battle has been being waged for many many years. <Nesea
Yeah, since the early 1800's I think. DC is provided for in the US Constitution (Article 1, I THINK section 8). There was a law passed sometime in the 1800's which altered that original provision, changing things like the fact that the district could only be ten square miles. (DC proper is something like 66 square miles now.)
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Like most metropolian business centers, not many people live in the capital district itself. It empties out after 5pm and on weekends. <Nesea
Yeah, but even so, it's population IS larger than the state of Wyoming's, so there ARE plenty of residents there.
The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
is the lack of representation due to some supposed neutrality? if so there should be some way for the citizens to have representation apart from the fed govt. they do have voting rights on presidential candidates but no voice in congress, do i have that right?
That's my understanding. They have a "representative" in congress, but not a voting one -- like Guam, but see, GUAM doesn't have to pay federal taxes, and the residents of DC DO.
As for the supposed neutrality ... I can actually see some credence in that. If most of the US congressional members reside (at least a couple of months a year) there, then would it be so unlikely that they might give THEIR roads priority over the roads say, in Wyoming?
-- Edited by Nightowlhoot3 on Sunday 29th of March 2009 09:48:06 AM
The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
is the lack of representation due to some supposed neutrality? if so there should be some way for the citizens to have representation apart from the fed govt. they do have voting rights on presidential candidates but no voice in congress, do i have that right?
The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
If I lived there and say, waited tables for a living, I would expect the same type of fair representation as any other american ... although as Gator pointed out, I'm not sure any of us truly does have that.
from what I know (and really that's not a lot) this battle has been being waged for many many years. Like most metropolian business centers, not many people live in the capital district itself. It empties out after 5pm and on weekends.
So why not re-define the limits of the capital district. Then they could reclassify the areas where people live and either give it back to the state it was originally taken from or make it its own state.
Besides, all the high falutin types live in Alexandria Virginia. They have representation.
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The more I consider this, the more, for me, a conundrum it becomes, so pick a side, and I'll (maybe) argue the other. LOL.
I know enough about it to know the residents want it. I'd want what I want. lol And, I agree with fair representation although I'm nopt sure anyone has that. What I don't understand and, you being someone who has been in the civil rights trenches, is why are a lot calling it the unfinished business of the the Civil Rights Movement? Gator
