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D.C. sports mogul Ted Leonsis is calling for government-provided free wi-fi in Washington D.C., comparing citizens’ need for internet to the right to running water.

“Wireless connectivity has become like running water,” Leonsis said in a video interview with Washington Business Journal. He inexplicably compared D.C. not having free internet with Flint’s water crisis. “We see what’s happening in Flint, Michigan. They failed their populace because they don’t have clean running water and it’s the most fundamental deliverables of local government, and I’d like to see our government take a bigger role in providing that for everybody.”

The majority owner of the Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics said he wants to see “a coalescing of interests for the public good” from the local government.

It’s interesting to hear this argument from Leonsis, who has been the beneficiary of many public-private partnerships with the D.C. government. As recently as last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser demolished St. Elizabeth’s to make way for a new $55 million stadium for the Mystics and practice facility for the Wizards. Of that price tag, around 90 percent will be borne by taxpayers—$23 million directly from the District and $27 million from Events DC, which is funded through taxpayer dollars.

This all started when Leonsis said that New York City, which is creating wi-fi enabled kiosks in old payphone booths, saying the Big Apple was “kicking our collective butt” in a tweet last week.