Ottawa residents have more political rights than Washingtonians. The Canadian capital has no special place within the federal structure. It’s not a federal capital territory. The situation is much like • Read More »
Tags: Canadian House of Commons, Canadian Senate, DCStatehood, DCStatehoodNow, Ottawa
Berliners have more political rights than Washingtonians. Like Bavaria or Hesse (where Frankfurt is located), Germany’s capital is a full-fledged unit of the German federation. A Land in German parlance, • Read More »
Tags: Berlin, Bremen, Bundesrat, Bundestag, DCStatehood, Germany
“Taxation Without Representation” is on my DC license plates. Of course I feel I deserve voting representation in the House and Senate. But deserving and having are different things, and • Read More »
Tags: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, District of Columbia, Federal capitals, political representation