The District of Columbia has been talking for years about statehood and recently indicated it will hold a referendum with a view to petitioning the government for statehood ("DC mayor wants a new vote on statehood in November," April 15). I believe Maryland should oppose this vigorously. A better idea would be to retrocede the land to Maryland. There is precedent for this action. The portion of the nation's capital ceded by Virginia in 1790 was retroceded in 1846.
Many consider the land area and population of the District of Columbia to be too small to make a viable state. Rhode Island, 18 times larger than D.C., already suffers from such a reputation. In addition, the land comprising the district was once a small part of Prince George's County. To make that area the equal of the entire state of Maryland, potentially able to cancel out Maryland's voice entirely, is to me unthinkable and entirely unfair. It is inconceivable to me that Maryland would give up land without a solid reason.
Retrocession would give the citizens of D.C. all the political rights that other Americans enjoy. I would suggest that Washington be incorporated by the state in a manner similar to that of Baltimore. This would give the citizens home rule, including the election of a city council and a mayor. It would take away the ability of Congress to thwart the decisions of the local government. In addition, the citizens of Washington would participate in the elections of presidents, representatives and senators in the same manner as all other citizens of our nation.
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15 comments:
nnoooo!!!! we dont need more liberals in this state
lets give pg, montgomery, and other liberals counties to dc to help them along
We don't want them!!!!!!!!
Let Virginia have them!
If that happened, you would never see a Republican governor ever again.
DC is full of thieves, lairs, and criminals,and those are just the politicians, I don't think any state would want them!
NEVER, nothing but thugs and politicians
Democrats only want statehood for DC because it would create two perennial Democrat senators.
shouldn't it be annexed by Russia or cuba
No, no, no, no, no. Never, not nohow. Give it to Virginia.
10:19 had the best Idea! Give our 5 Dem counties to DC so we can have our State back! Small price to pay!
Ditto on 10:19s idea. PG and Montgomery have budgets equal to some states.
DC was set up as a Federal District precisely for the purpose of ensuring the national capital was not beholden to any state.
Despite the bleating anyone who spends more than a few moments researching this will uncover this fact.
DC's license plate is a phony; they have elections and they have a mayor and council. But they are supervised by Congress.
they have this vote every few years dont they? why bother.
This would be a conflict of interest , maybe West Virginia or Mississippi.
That sucking sound you will hear is MD taxpayers' taxes going to fund more corruption...
Most of Marylanders don't want them. They should lump them in with Montgomery, Baltimore, and PG and they can be another state.
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