[Slings and Arrows]

Has Atlas shrugged yet?

[musicman]

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[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The bottom line is that long ago, D.C. should have been made a federal reservation, with a legitimate use of eminent domain to buy out all the property owners, giving plenty of room for both government buildings and public parks.

This would permit the city to have advanced, underground infrastructure, limit surface transportation to just VIP vehicles and public transportation, with amenities like covered moving sidewalks for popular pedestrian areas, that would allow rapid movement of tens of thousands of people.

Businesses would all be by concession, including the management of the Watergate hotel complex, and security, maintenance, and other personnel would commute.

Crime, except of course white collar crime, would be considerably diminished, and known repeat offenders could be barred from entry.

[Windflier]

I hate when a 300 word excerpt doesn’t get around to the point of the headline.

[The Pack Knight]

Building on President Johnson's Great Society endeavor, which relied on the newly-enacted Civil Rights Act and federal taxing and spending authority to address the lingering effects of slavery on the nation's inner cities, the Court cast aside a centuries-old common law tenet and empowered D.C. tenants to simply stop paying rent if their landlords were derelict in correcting serious housing code violations in their units.

This would be the implied warranty of habitability. It has been adopted in more than 40 states. Only a few states (about a dozen) allow the tenant the remedy of remaining in possession and withholding rent. Usually the most you can do is either terminate the lease, sue for damages, or have the condition repaired yourself and deduct the reasonable cost from the rent.

[Impy]

I would abolish DC home rule.