> > Well, okay, honestly, we don't care too much about whether or not we ever become a state. The only thing that worries us is that there are 500,000 people here without any say in any of the laws that get made for our country. Heck, we have more people than WYOMING, and they get two senators and a Representative.
>
> I think I can see a possible solution for you District of Columbians. You should all pack up and move to Wyoming! Problem solved, case closed. Wyoming gets a population boom, and you get almost-instant access to everything you're asking for!
>
> Gri"'I don't see how this could fail.'"shny

I don't think I ever read this in the history books, but I think I understand why there is no voting in The District. When the founding fathers set it up, the District of Columbia was intended as a place where nobody was permanent. They went there from time to time to perform their duties as representatives, senators, presidents, justices and such, then went back to where they lived and that's where they voted. They took their office staff and servants with them, so nobody was really expected to "live" there. It was, at best, a temporary home.

The trouble is that it didn't turn out that way. A city needed policemen, firemen, merchants, builders and an endless list of people who stayed year after year. Somebody had to keep the place running even if Congress wasn't in session. Statehood might be a big step, but at least they should arrange for every citizen to vote.
How"two cents"ard