Wednesday, August 21, 2013

It is time to reduce the District of Columbia down to a six block area make it a historical park

There are many people who believe that District of Columbia statehood is the answer.  When they create Washington, DC it was not suppose to be a city around the capitol.  District of Columbia was create in 1799 so the capitol would not be put in a state back at that time until 1800 when the capitol moved it was in New York City from 1789-1800.  It was originally in Philadelphia from September 1787-March of 1789. Instead District of Columbia needs to be part of Maryland.  It can be a consolidated county called Washington-Columbia County, Maryland.  This also would give Maryland two congressman and give Washington access to two senators now this city will probably get its own congressman or have two congressman instead of a delegate who has no power.  Why have a state of 800,000 have only 3 electoral vote when you can increase Maryland from 10 electoral votes to 12 and we could give an electoral vote to a state that lost one in the last census.  This would be a better approach then DC statehood.  Plus GOP would not have control of it anyway.  The capitol would be in neutral ground. 

More Tikatknu Commons like large scale development nightmares will continue in Anchorage and Eagle River

Thanks Anchorage Assembly for creating more Tikatknu Commons like nightmares in develop in the Municipality of Anchorage.  Recently on August 19th, 2013 People Mover has decided that if you want to visit Tikatknu Commons you have to get off and go across the street.  We need to require large scale developments to pay six figures to develop in Anchorage they do that in my hometown of Snoqualmie Valley and Snoqualmie Ridge is a planned and great community it took about 5-10 years to develop it.  It is planned out well and it looks awesome.  If Eagle River wants more bus service then you make large scale developers pay an impact fee this will get us more transit funding.  If we move the East Anchorage transit center from 12th and Muldoon to Tikatknu Commons it would be safer for bus passengers and would be better for workers and people who shop there.  This is an inconvenience to the workers and shoppers in East Anchorage.  There is only one bus route where you could have six but Cook Inlet Region Incorporated refuses to make it easier for buses to navigate this shopping center please make more restrictions to large scale developments this will give Eagle River another bus route and bring back the Route 77.  Here is a picture of Tikatknu Commons and picture of Snoqualmie Ridge.