Statehood for D.C.?

[Bud_Spencer]

No, but the metro police and all other organs of municipal government will.

So the "governor" is just like the Mayor today, right?

 

[pecksniff]

So the "governor" is just like the Mayor today, right?

More or less, but free from Congressional oversight. Washington has always had its local autonomy only on the sufferance of Congress.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

More or less, but free from Congressional oversight. Washington has always had its local autonomy only on the sufferance of Congress.

That isn't a state.

 

[pecksniff]

That isn't a state.

I meant Washington, DC, which isn't a state, which is the point of this discussion.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

I meant Washington, DC, which isn't a state, which is the point of this discussion.

And a city it will remain, as it should.

 

[pecksniff]

And a city it will remain, as it should.

It will always be a city; its political status is a different question.