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How the government shutdown will affect the DC Metro Area
The countdown continues. As of this writing (1:44pm), it seems that the debate hinges on one thing: funding for Planned Parenthood. Democrats are holding fast to continue giving Federal dollars to the organization and Republicans are holding fast to cut funding for it. A measure to keep the government running for another week, and the Pentagon until September would be vetoed by the President. Not sure I can blame him-- for what? Just to go through this all over again next week? No, for everyone's sake, they need to figure this out now.
But this was not intended to be an ideolgical posting. Whatever the hang-up is, the impact of the government shutdown will be far-reaching:
As of yesterday, the annual Cherry Blossom Festival parade was under threat of being cancelled because there would be no National Park Police on duty to control the crowds. "So what ?" people might say. But then you might not have thought about the kids from all over the country in the many bands selected to perform in the parade, some already on their way here, whose dreams will be crushed. But about an hour ago, it was announced that "the show must go on". The parade will be re-routed and ... more

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