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> 4/ The District isn't the first locality by a LONG shot which has elected
>        a previously disgraced public official.  Voters in another places have
>       re-elected jailed officials, convicted sex offenders and KKK members.

This is all true.  I guess the question people seem to be dancing around  is:

What should the standards be for statehood?  Should there be any?

It seems to me that a colony should have a large number of people, a large
area of land, and be able to contribute something to the Union.

The district fails on all three accounts.  For a state, it has a small
population.  It has almost no land after subtracting federal property.
I don't see what it would contribute to the welfare of the United
States if it gained statehood.  Lawyers?  Bureaucrats?  Politicans?

		-- Joe H.

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