The District’s government is a costly laboratory for the left

The Washington Post reports:

The D.C. Council, having relegated the mission of executive-branch oversight to a back seat, has become a legislative laboratory for the left — with the resultant costs to be borne by District taxpayers.

Let us pause, draw nigh to council chambers and listen to the scream of protest:

“Vigorous oversight of D.C. government operations is essential to our being. ’Tis a duty we cherish above all.”

Rather than actively overseeing the operation of city programs and services, our legislators seem bent on taking revenge upon what they apparently regard as a scourge of the earth: D.C. business.

Of course, that’s not the way council members would put it. They fancy themselves providers of social justice and economic security and defenders against the rich and powerful.

They point with pride toward their legislative gems: a paid family-leave plan and the recently passed minimum-wage bill.

You'll want to read about this disaster.