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4/12/11

D.C. Mayor Arrested On Capitol Hill /

Mayor Vincent Gray was arrested on Monday, April 11 in Washington. Gray along with six city Council members were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly (misdemeanor) after they took to the streets of the Capitol building to oppose the budgetary restrictions placed on the city in the infamous budget deal that kept the government from shutting down. Forty-one folks were arrested with the Mayor—none of them spent more than seven hours in jail. After being released, the Mayor told the Associated Press that city leaders needed to “make a statement” and “If this [budget deal] isn’t ‘taxation without representation,’ then I don’t know what is.”
The spending bill, expected to be passed and signed into law this week, would prevent D.C. from spending its own tax dollars on important programs like, needle exchange programs to prevent the spread of HIV, as well as school voucher programs—a program that is usually favored by Republicans. Congress has had control over Washington, D.C. since it was founded and although the city makes its own laws and tax codes, they are subject to congressional review.  
I have to commend the Mayor for his dedication to the city, but in the game of politics, there was nothing risky about what he did. Instead, it was a terrific PR stunt that will more than likely boost his approval ratings among city residents.

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