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Article: Failure preserved.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2000
- Author:
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The District's home-rule preservationists and election border guards are at it again. Predictably, and sadly, these people deem the city's governing charter and maintenance of institutional prerogative of far greater importance than the lives of residents - particularly children. Each time there is any talk of making amendments to the inadequate and antiquated document that transferred quasi-independence to the District, people start talking about democracy and the absolute necessity of retaining the current frayed governing structure.
It's not surprising, therefore, that they decry Mayor Anthony Williams' proposal to transfer power and authority from an ...
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