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In article <1992Sep21.143636.24307@hfsi.uucp> ata@hfsi.uucp (John Ata - FSO) writes:
>All the arguments you have given are those to make the case that
>DC should have representation.  Your comparison with NYC says that
>DC doesn't have representation, but NYC does.  No one is disputing
>that.  However, where does it follow that the only way to give DC
>representation is to make them an independant state???  I'm sure
>other cities would like the same privilege.
>
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  I don't know.. maybe its the people.  Maybe its because NYC was not
taken from two other states to make a "neutral" ground for the
government.  NYC has ALWAYS been a part of New York...the District has
always been the District.  Many people think that DC should go back to
VA or MD, but I don't think that could work.  DC has been apart from
MD and VA for a while..shaping the way the city views itself and the
world around it.   A lot of people in this newsgroup have been saying
that they hate going into DC...and then saying that it should be
reincorporated into MD and DC.  Well, how the heck is joining up with
those two states going to make things better?!  Maryland at least is
having a VERY hard time with their own crime problems, not to mention
very hard-hitting economic times.  I'm really sure they would want
more "mouths to feed".  
   
  As I said before, NYC is a part of another state.  The District is
not.  NYC feeds into and helps the NY economy.  DC only helps itsel
(when its not being curtailed, of course...).  DC can also be thought
of as having an identity crisis of sorts.  By becoming a state, a
better sense of unity might be created, and Congress's grip on the
functions of the DC government would be released.  That is SO
important for the District to be able to put itself back together.
TRUE home rule, not "Home Rule with a letter from your Daddy", is
needed.  And about DC being a neutral ground for the government, well,
the United Nations just happen to be in ol' New York...OBVIOUSLY the
most neutral place of all!!  

<sigh> sorry this letter isn't making too much sense.. :/ I'm REALLY
tired right now.. maybe if and when I wake up in the morning, I will
be more lucid.  Hey, I might be able to write something that FLOWS
right too! ;)

*-KAD-*