The Root of the Problem

It’s almost like the government’s imposing its will on its residents,” Trayon White, the D.C. council member for Ward 8, said at the council’s June 6 legislative meeting. He wasn’t talking about a proposed highway, a subway station, a power plant, or—perish the thought—an apartment building…White said he was concerned about the potential risk to property values and what he sees as a “reasonable fear”…[of] a public-safety concern.” He asked his colleagues to support an emergency resolution to remove them before this happened.

An incredible story by Jerusalem Demas about local politics that starts with small absurdities but raises larger questions. Can you guess the subject of concern?