Posted on 06/04/2020 7:24:09 PM PDT by bitt
“Local” government in DC exists by the grace of Congress, which has Constitutional authority over a federal district of 100 square miles. The next Republican Congress should disband and reestablish the DC government.
Too stupid for insurrection.
Obama had Al Sharpton in the whitehouse on a regular basis.
That’s like inviting Ted Bundy into a girls college locker room.
The People's other house is current under the control of a bunch of left-wing squatters, trying to squander America's Treasury and moral values!!!
Does the DC mayoral residence have a fence?
No, I don’t get that, because I know what happens when you reach a point where rational discussion is eschewed and I don’t want to see the streets of America filled with blood and the core bombed and burned to the ground. The pockets of riots and looting taking place right now are plenty bad for me. An outright civil war would be 1000 times worse, and anyone wishing for that is a fool. I don’t go looking for trouble. I sincerely hope we can move past this extremely polarized period in our great nation’s history without resorting to bloodshed. When tensions are highest, the wise remain calm and focused to avoid mistakes not worth their cost.
We have President Trump. We (mostly) have the Supreme Court. After the president wins this next election, the makeup of the Supreme Court will be altered for the better for a generation. And a century of liberal agenda will be tossed into the dustbin piece by piece by that court. We need to remind the people in the middle of how liberal Democrats have failed them in the cities and have failed them in Washington. With that done, we can take Congress as well. Three branches of government and President Trump steering the ship? We’ll get where we need to be, and we won’t be having to kill each other to do it. Don’t wish for that to fail.
It’s actually about 68 square miles, since the District of Columbia retrocession in 1846.
Matthew Bracken wrote this in 2012, now it matters.
WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS: HOW AMERICA’S CITIES MAY EXPLODE IN VIOLENCE
Junior varsity league.
Regards,
Well if there are no fences there will be bullets.
Is that what Bowser wants?
I think she wants to see piles of dead people.
November 1983
In response to the deadly attack on the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, three-foot-high concrete barricades (also known as jersey barriers) were placed at the northwest and southwest entrances to the White House Grounds. Similar barricades were erected outside the State Department and the Pentagon.
March 1988
Thick 38-inch high concrete bollards, joined by chains, were placed four feet apart along the Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk in front of the White House fence between East and West Executive Avenues.
May 20, 1995
President Bill Clinton closed Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to all vehicular traffic, a security response to the Oklahoma City bombing.
September 11, 2001
After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, new protective measures were installed outside the White House Grounds. Jersey barriers were placed around the entrances and Pennsylvania Avenue was later closed to pedestrian traffic.
November 2004
Pennsylvania Avenue reopened as a pedestrian-friendly civic space where people could stroll and bicycle between Lafayette Park and the White House fence. Jersey barriers were removed and retractable bollards were installed along the east and west ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
July 2015
A removable anti-climb feature consisting of sharp metal points was installed on the top of the White House fence to deter any attempts by individuals to climb over the fence.
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I know they gave back the Virginia piece. I was referring to the full Constitutional authority.
IDK
The mayor of the District of Columbia has no official residence, although the establishment of one has been proposed several times in the years since the office was established in 1974. In 2000, Mayor Anthony A. Williams appointed, with the District of Columbia Council's approval, a commission to study the possibilities of acquiring property and a building to be used as the official residence of the District of Columbia's mayor.[17] The commission examined several possibilities, including the Old Naval Hospital on Capitol Hill, the warden's house at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, and several former embassies and chanceries before issuing a final report recommending a plan proposed by the Eugene B. Casey Foundation to privately finance the construction of a residence in District of Columbia's Foxhall neighborhood and donate it to the district under the name of The Casey Mansion.
The council approved the plan in 2001. However, residents objected to the plan on the grounds that it aggrandized and insulated the mayor from his constituents;[18] that the location, rather than symbolizing District of Columbia's economic and ethnic diversity, would place the mayor in one of the district's whitest, wealthiest, and most exclusive communities; and, especially, that the Casey Foundation's plan required the acquisition of four acres of national park land to be used as private grounds for the mansion.[19] After several months of delays caused by these political entanglements, the project began movement in October, 2003; that December, however, the Casey Foundation suddenly announced that it was abandoning plans for a mayoral residence and donating the land to the Salvation Army.[20] Plans for an official residence have remained inactive ever since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_the_District_of_Columbia
Democrats were okay with it when Obama erected Barrycades simply to keep retired tourists and veterans away from government land during his coordinated government shutdown.
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