D.C., say hello to your new czar.

The First Amendment guarantees the freedom of speech, and we’re all better for it. That doesn’t mean that some of the speech that’s protected by said amendment makes a whole lot of sense. Here’s one example from D.C. Watch’s bi-weekly newsletter themail, which this week included an irate trope on how D.C. parking regulations are “czarist” and will eventually turn D.C. into “some Asian city” where everyone rides bikes:

What is the problem with the District of Columbia’s Department of Transportation (DDoT)? Why has it asked churches of different denominations to present a plan of parking for their church members? Why should the churches present a plan for parking? It was not their doing to place signs for ward-registered vehicles through out the ward where the churches are located. This is what a czarist type of government would do.

DDoT did not confer with the churches before enacting this draconian rule. They acted in the dark and leaped out with their signs regardless of who they hurt. Was it because they are Godless in their position against the churches? It seems that there are some who do not want any church in their neighborhood because they occupy prime real estate which can be put to use for expensive apartments or condos. Perhaps all churches should move into the suburbs. After all, there are those who do not go to church except when there is a disaster or some calamitous event that make them run to the church for salvation. Or is it because that which made the previous community harmonious and homogenous is no longer and that the quantifiers now in control and in certain segments of government intend to remove that which was good for the masses at that time.

Moving the churches to the suburbs would complete the design in making Washington, DC, a godless city and would designate it as a prime target for those who would want to see it as a city of bicycles like some Asian city. I hope they get their wish and that bicycles can be used as emergency vehicles to put out fires, transport the injured, and move heavy equipment.