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I believe the most practical option would be to abolish home rule and have the President appoint the Mayor and administration of DC. The DC Police would also be merged with the White House Police and US Capitol Police to form a larger city-wide police force. I would like to see Arlington and Alexandria given back to DC at the very least.

Ideally, I think Northern Virginia and Suburban Maryland should be merged with Washington D.C. creating the new Metro-State of Washington (MSW or Washington M.S.). The new Metro-State will cover 2500 square miles and have a population of 4 million people. The MSW will have two Senators and seven representatives in Congress. Now for the loss of tax revenue and population, the states of Virginia and Maryland will be compensated by the USG at the rate of $1 billion/year each.

In addition to either of these changes, I would propose a series of building projects.

First, a series of transportation projects like building I-95 all the way through DC. Building I-266 to connect with I-66 and cross the new three sister's bridge to downtown DC, building the new Outer Beltway, the Washington Bypass, and the "Techway". I would also propose extending Metrorail out to Dulles Airport and having Metrorail run 24-7.

Second, I propose expanding the National Mall along the east side of the Anacostia River providing space for more monuments as well as for an annex of the Arlington Cemetery to bury our fallen heroes. The West Side of the river is already being built over with new hotels, condomidiums, offices, etc.

Third, I propose razing RFK stadium and building a new US Capitol Building. The new US Capitol Building will have a 1,000 seat US House of Representatives, a 1,000 seat US Senate building, and a hall with a 1000 foot high dome and a seating capacity of 200,000 people for state of the union addresses as well as for annual congressional meetings. The old US Capitol Building will be used for the Metro-State government as the new "City Hall".

I also propose building a new "White Palace" that will rival Buckingham Palace or Versailes. The White Palace will be the new residence and office of the President while the White House will be the home of the Executive V.P. and the V.P.s home will go to the Prefect of the MSW.

I propose raising the height limit on the East Side of the Anacostia River. The height limit should be kept on the West Side of the Anacostia River to maintain the exisiting cityscape and the panoramic view of the US Capitol. But the East Side needs the development and I wouldn't mind seeing Donald Trump buying up the impoverished East Side and rebuilding it into Battery Park II. I also propose building the new baseball stadium as well as a domed Olympic sized stadium for the Washington Redskins, the DC United Soccer Team, as well as to host the Super Bowl and the Olympics.

I also propose building more affordable housing units for teachers, firefighters, rescue workers, civil servants, police officers, health care workers, and military personnel. We should do this in all major cities. We should also change the policy concerning public housing in America. All heads of households in public housing must be enaged in either public or private employment, school, or community service 40 hours a week. We should also give public housing residents the option of buying the units they live in and phase out public housing. Finally, we should consider relocating all inner city residents, especially residents of public housing, to new cities we would erect in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountian states while we rebuild our inner city communities like in Washington.

Finally, I would propose while Congress is in session in Washington that all members of Congress actually reside in what is now the DC City Proper.

By the time this rebuilding and reforms are made, the city would be clothed in Marble. The 100 Square mile center of what is now Washington D.C. would boast a population of five million people and the MSW would boast a population of 25 million people.