D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown (Ind.-At-Large), who chaired on the Council’s Special Committee on Statehood and Self-Determination before the body killed it last summer, has been busy on the statehood front: he recently met with new D.C. budget overlord Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and introduced the “District of Columbia as the 51st State of the Union Resolution of 2011“. The real ace up Brown’s sleeve is a push to slap a statehood slogan on a street somewhere the District. But he needs your help, Washington!
“We have had a tremendous response from the public with naming suggestions,” Brown said in a release this morning. “I’d like to engage the public as much as possible to not only to come up with a clever name, but to inform them and all those who visit the District about the rights we are demanding.”
Well, you heard the man, DCist commentariat — have at it.