Had you been here through the Barry days in the 90′s, you’d get it. DC government was far different back then. It was corrupt and run like a fiefdom for Mayor for Life Barry and his cronies. The crack problem in Southeast was epidemic, and the 14th Street Bridge corridor was also a place for drug dealing and prostitution.

Marion Barry has not “reformed” himself, no matter what he says. He has been in and out of rehab several times and now lives in what is basically a housing project. He was a con man who got the masses to vote for him, and dragged the city down in the process. (Ref: “The Nine Lives of Marion Barry”, TV, 2009)

So partition the city, give the Southeast and Northeast back to Maryland; allow the once independent and established town of Georgetown, Montgomery County, MD to exist again. Bethesda can take anything north of there.

2) The poster asks in the second point whether onerous legal restrictions on gun ownership as the District has effectively deters crime. That is a legitimate question with worthwhile pro and con arguments. That is not a dumb question.

Hopefully the new Congress and President Romney can work to reduce the power of those that want to run what is essentially the Federal Government’s company town as their own fiefdom.

Or maybe appease them by throwing Southeast back to Prince George’s County, where they can run it as another corrupt third-world dictatorship, legalize crack and 24/7 liquor stores, and elect Marion Barry “King for Life”.