A massive police shutdown outside the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., meant that Mayor Vince Gray and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton were unable to speak at a pro-D.C. budget autonomy rally today, according to D.C. Vote spokesman James Jones.
Gray and Norton were supposed to be the headlining speakers at today's rally, which Jones says [...]

Poor D.C.: It can’t get no respect in national politics.
The Republican Party, which is hosting its convention this week in Tampa, Fla., went out of its way to kick dirt in the District’s eye. The party’s platform committee wouldn’t even tolerate the vaguest hint of allowing D.C. to spend its own locally raised tax money [...]

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A Busy Day at the Wilson Building: Members of the D.C. Council had plenty on [...]

Mayor Vince Gray might not be as profane as Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, but he's just as pissed about this government shutdown business as she is. At a meeting of the D.C. Affairs section of the D.C. Bar yesterday, Gray kicked off his remarks with a tirade about the District's continuing disenfranchisement.
"This is an outrage!" [...]

Mike Panetta, D.C.'s shadow representative, has introduced an idea for a District of Columbia license plate promoting D.C. statehood. Per DCist, Panetta would like the District to "do away with the 'Taxation Without Representation' plate, and instead go for one boldly declaring us to be the 51st state."
As City Desk has previously reported, there's at [...]