A plug for D.C. voting rights goes unheard
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I was extremely disappointed to see my hometown paper omit an important detail of former senator Edward Brooke's remarks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony ["An honor for a Senate pioneer," front page, Oct. 29]. I was in the room when he offered one of the biggest applause lines of the event -- offering to trade in his medal for D.C. voting rights.
A pioneer of civil rights legislation, he understands that extending a vote in Congress to the residents of his beloved District is even more important than the recognition and admiration of his peers. As someone who has suffered the indignity of taxation without representation and fought hard to change the District's status, I'm proud to see that his passion for the issue has not faded over time. It's a shame that The Post did not think that Brooke's emphatic statements on this critical civil rights issue were newsworthy.
Eugene Dewitt Kinlow,
Washington
The writer is public affairs director of DC Vote.
