Posts tagged Home Rule
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DC Home Rule almost had… the FBI picking the police chief
This is part 3 in a series on the legislative history of the 1973 Home Rule Act. See previous parts on the act’s bipartisan support and nonpartisan elections. Some members of Congress were really concerned in 1973 about letting DC have power over its own criminal justice system. During the debate over the Home Rule Act, there were a few proposals to limit DC’s authority;… Keep reading…
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Republicans and Democrats supported rights for DC (in 1973)
Today, the day Americans exercise their most fundamental right to participate in government, it’s worth remembering what some of this nation’s leaders said forty years ago about District of Columbia residents’ right to participate in government. Here are a few quotations from the legislative history of the 1973 Home Rule Act. The condition of our Capital… Keep reading…
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DC Home Rule almost had… nonpartisan elections
During Hurricane Sandy, I passed the time by reading the legislative history of the DC Home Rule Act. This 1973 bill, which gave District residents the right to vote for local leaders who can make local laws for the first time in 99 years, established the system of government DC has today. But what might have been? Congress considered a lot of different alternatives for Home Rule. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cutting corruption?
Gray proposes election reform; ANC supports Adams Morgan hotel; Republican platform on DC; Are denser areas more resilient during bad weather?; Housing market in outer suburbs catches on; DC drivers the worst?; Maryland drivers the worst?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Danger ahead
Fairfax and Loudoun threaten Silver Line; NTSB report questions 1000 series; Gray, Norton mixing messages?; Driver strikes cyclist, gets tickets; Budget includes money for NoVa, MoCo roads; VRE adds seats for rush hour; Online gambling now legal in DC; Chicago Walmart portends problems; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can’t we all get along?
Too many wars?; Cop assaults citizen with car; Republicans good for biking?; Colonel Brooks project zoning stalls; Moneme lobbies former WMATA colleagues; Examining Metro’s capital budget; A national bag fee?; Construction afoot in Near SE; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The security-industrial complex
For and against bag checks; TSA in trouble with Amtrak; Don’t single out DC’s students; “Public space” still private; Wells, Brown oppose late-night cuts; Sulaimon wants Congress involved; Why bike to work?; Wisconsin Ave Giant could start soon; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Can Metro work with others?
How can streetcars interoperate?; Relations between police union, Metro sour; Metro stuck between rock, hard place; Maryland senators propose gas tax hikes; Norton wants elected DC DA; South PG has most growth; Amtrak ridership keeps growing; Long-awaited projects move forward; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shooting ourselves in the foot
APTA says scrutinize bag searches; Wealthier DC residents registering guns; The ICC’s mixed blessing; People coming into DCPS; Metro escalators are worse than they used to be; What should go at Rhode Island Avenue?; Home rule history has its ironies; Green homes bad, books good?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Finding flaws
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