Jan. 16, 2013--DC Mayor Vincent
Gray and city officials held a press conference in the city's inaugural
parade review stand. They are hopeful that the "A More Perfect
Union Must Include Full Democracy in DC" message will alert visitors to
the cause of DC statehood (although several reporters asked about the
wording of the message and why it did not include the word
"statehood." The stand was built for a cost of $342,000.
(The statehood messege received a symbolic boost when President Obama
announced on Tuesday that he would use DC's "Taxation Without
Representation" license plates on the White House limousine). |