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Letters to the Editor Thursday, May 6 | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Statehood for D.C. is unconstitutional Regarding legislation shrinking Washington, D.C., to a handful of federal buildings and creating a 51st state from the remaining area, Democrats are using an unconstitutional scheme to rig congressional elections and gain two additional U.S. senators from a constituency which voted 92% for Biden. Granting statehood violates the U.S. Constitution’s Article IV, Section 3, which says that any new state created from the territory of an existing state requires that state’s permission to come into existence. Since D.C. was created from Maryland, a change in its status also requires Maryland’s permission, which hasn’t happened. ....
The plan The five-page draft spends the first page-and-a-half going over the governor’s executive order, mentions a survey “already offered to gather input from the community,” and encourages the public to “submit their constructive comments relative to the plan” to [email protected]. The draft then lists nine numbered points. The first explains that the sheriff’s office has been a New York State accredited police agency since 2003 and plans to continue “its efforts to exceed those standards whenever possible.” Second, the office’s mission statement is to be “updated to formally reflect its established recognition that principled policing practices and training are a core belief and a guiding principle.” ....