I always thought that the Cherry Blossom Festival was sponsored by the District.
Well cool. We’ve found something else to cut. DC can pick up the tab if they want it so bad.
“I always thought that the Cherry Blossom Festival was sponsored by the District.”
It is, but the two are intertwined. DC government has already announced that if the feds shut down, there will be no DC trash pickup, DMV services, libraries, etc.
For those of us who live in the area, this is a big deal, even if we aren’t federal employees. The local impact has the potential to be great. Not that I don’t support the cause, but we aren’t able to be quite as cavalier about it as some of you when it affects our private businesses and livelihoods.