Persuade the White House to pay attention to the capital city
Persuade the White House to pay attention to the capital city. Since only an amendment to the Constitution will change the basic situation of Washington, DC (less than usual local municipal autonomy vis-à-vis Congress, despite trappings of home rule), and such amendments take endless time, it falls on the President and his staff to pay much more attention to the needs of the capital city, including especially the so-called remnants of the middle class here. For example, a totally new approach is needed for preparing DC youths for jobs. Also the street repair situation seems woeful – here all neighborhoods suffer equally but that surely is not what we mean by one united city! The White House needs to place priority in training DC youths in meaningful company job-apprenticeship and real education programs. For transportation, it might bring in experts from other countries with better looking streets in their capital cities to teach modern street repair and maintenance technology to the responsible DC departments.