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ProFunds Field at RFKAfter a few weeks of media silence on the issue, it looks like the Army/National Guard is official backing out of the deal, and now a Bethesda-based investment firm is stepping up to buy the naming rights at RFK. Investing Firm Close to Deal on Renaming RFK It's nice that a local firm is doing this and since the money is going to fund improved youth recreation facilities in the city it's hard to argue against it. However, I think city officials and statehood activists wasted the spotlight that was on the city during the opening day media circus. If we could have had the TWRF at RFK name on a temporary basis until this deal was in place, it would have made a big splash and raised awareness outside the District about our lack of representation. Don't worry, we'll still be here....this deal may fall apart like that last one :)
Mike Panetta @ 10:47 AM Comments
Mike Panetta said:
I don't know what cases you are talking about, as we have no voting representation in either the House or Senate. And your comment about moving is just absurd, you expect a whole city just up and move? How would that work? You must own stock in a a moving van or cardboard box company. May 4, 2005 3:45:13 PM
Jessica said:
In fact, the Constitution says nothing about the voting right within DC...it only proscribes setting up a city from territory ceeded by other states: Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; So you can't really say that denying citizens of DC the right to representation in Congress is in the Constitution or even the law... May 4, 2005 4:35:50 PM
John Hlinko said:
Yeah, and what is this crap about "move" if I don't like it? DC is my home, and I think it's a great city. But it's not perfect. When I came here, it was missing two things: 1) Baseball; and 2) Democracy. I fought like hell to get the first one, and now I'm going to fight like hell to get the second one. May 4, 2005 5:02:31 PM
Mike said:
In DC we get to vote for city counsel, mayor, and for Eleanor Holmes Norton, whom is in the House of Representatives. If you want to be concerned about Taxation without representation, what about the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and all of the other territories? This discussion is not new. It has been that way for 200 years. The rest of the country doesn't know or care about DC's (lack of) voting rights. Nor do they care about what happens with Federal Politics.
Mike Panetta said:
Yes, federal government favors us so much that Senators from Kansas (Brownback) try to impose their "values" on residents here. They even try to overturn our gun laws. With favors like that, who needs enemies? FYI, things like slavery and women not being allowed to vote were said to be "the way it is" for a time and they were also spelled out in the Constitution...that didn't make it right. May 4, 2005 5:44:55 PMPost a comment |
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DC residents do get representation in most cases. The complaints are invalid. It is the law, and is in the constitution.
May 4, 2005 2:41:22 PMStop complaining about this. Move, if you want your representation!