Let Snyder pay for any future Redskins moves Re: “Loudoun County dangles Hall of Fame to keep Redskins headquarters,” Jan. 16
The pastdesecration of land in Marylandto relocate the Washington Redskins football team, fans included, did not go unnoticed. Public funding should not be used to advance the wealth of the football industry, no matter what.
The Redskins’ move from RFK Stadium was a mistake. Just take a look at their win/loss column aftervacating it.
Despite the team’s “stay here, go there” nonsense, public outcries of “enough is enough” should ring out. If any move or modification is in the making, let Dan Snyder, the team’s owner, foot the bill. After all, this is the second richest franchise in the NFL.
Bernard E. Helinski
Baltimore
No ‘rift’ between statehood advocates
Re: “The rift between statehood and voting rights,” Jan. 13
The “rift” alleged in your article is not supported by the facts.
Statehood is the ultimate goal for all of us who are working toward full democracy for D.C. residents. DC Vote — which highlights and fights every congressional intrusion on the District’s democratic rights — has the same position on statehood espoused in your story by D.C. Council member Michael Brown: we strongly support it. We also support the Council trips to the states to advocate for D.C. statehood.
Democracy advocates who choose to fight every battle with Congress do so to show the world that we do not accept any part of our second-class status. This constant engagement serves as a vehicle for advancing the ultimate remedy: statehood.
Ilir Zherka
Executive director,
DC Vote
County covering up Leggett’s backroom Brickyard deal
The scope of Montgomery County’s Brickyard giveaway cover-up widened considerably at last week’s West Montgomery County Citizens Association meeting. In public, before TV cameras, Council President Roger Berliner revealed that “Ike [Leggett] said he made a commitment” — referring to a deal between the county executive and some unnamed entity to deliver public school land at Brickyard for a privately-owned soccerplex that will be operated for paying members only.
The next day, a Channel 7 TV reporter asked county spokesman Patrick Lacefield about the Leggett “commitment.” He claimed to know nothing, but he did not deny it.
Mr. Leggett has again broken the law, missing another deadline to turn over information on these backroom deals. Lies, manipulation and misrepresentation multiply. The facts revealed so far indicate unethical behavior, illegality and conspiracy to defraud county citizens.
How far will the legal investigation go, and when will the huge proposed campaign contributions and political commitments reveal the true interest the county executive has in this giveaway?
Charles Doran
Potomac
