“Hope springs eternal in the human breast, ” poet Alexander Pope wrote. Despite recent columns decrying 2009 and dreading 2010, I continue to believe responsible, accountable, efficient and cost-effective government can be a reality in the District.
My mother would accuse me of hitting my head against a brick wall and not having enough sense to walk away before I’m either unconscious or dead. Her wisdom comes from a life of Louisiana politics. I won’t taint the entire state. But, what you may have heard doesn’t sufficiently capture the full story. (With apologies to now-deceased Sen. Lloyd Bentsen), I know Louisiana, and the District of Columbia is no Louisiana. Changing politics in the Pelican State would take a powerful mojo. In the District, it just takes an engaged and vigilant public.
