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King 5 (the local NBC affiliate) ran a news story about how the TFR
was costing Kenmore $75,000 in revenue. So I guess when NBC isn't trashing
GA for lax security, they sometimes can be persuaded to actually show some
of the effects of too much security. It isn't just aviation, either. Towne
Center (a large, upscale shopping mall) was closed because it is too close
to where Bush was staying, no doubt costing the merchants there a large
fortune.

Not just NBC, either. Yahoo news (usuallyn the AP feed) carried a story
that the D.C.
mayor and council are increasingly upset at the damage the Federal
security is doing
to the local business. They didn't mention the aviation situation, of course.

DC is getting it really bad. I live in Seattle but am from Columbia,
MD. DC is not a state so they have no representation in congress (they do
have a shadow senator which can not vote). The DC streets are partrolled
the district police (mayors office) and the congressional police
(congress). There's long been disputes between teh two groups.
It was recently made clear thou that the mayors office and the citizens
of DC have ZERO control over the streets. The congressional police and
congress those. So they have closed (and plan to close) several more DC
streets for 'security.' Congress does not have to (and in some cases did
not) inform the disctrict police or the mayors office prior to these
closes.
And things are set to get worst before they get better. Yet another
reason why most people that work in DC live in MD or VA