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Oh, the humanity!
This is right up there with the Panda Cam being turned off.
Will the Condo Dwellers Rejoice?
No loud cannons, either.
What's the NPS being huge
What's the NPS being huge dicks shutting off areas which are normally open 24/7/365 unstaffed? Throwing a tantrum and spiting the public because your paycheck has been furloughed is perfectly illustrative of the contempt some public employees have for the public they supposedly serve.
I cannot remember this crap being pulled during any of the dozen government shutdowns in my lifetime. No guided tours or park ranger fine. But the NPS never went about barricading public spaces before.
Its just to pressure Republicans
As with sequester, Democrats have been looking for tools to push back on the Republicans holding ransom. In previous shutdowns, I don't think the reasons were as single issue, or recurring as now. Democrats what the general public to suffer more rather than a smaller number of government workers, contractors, and benefits recipients. They don't dare not pay themselves or social security recipients.
Spend much time in the Navy Yard, Anon?
Some areas are open 24/7 ... but they are not unstaffed. The main entrances to the gated part of the yard are staffed and controlled.
Not quite....
The NPS Sections of the yard are never unstaffed.
There isn't a single NPS historic site that isn't staffed by, at the very least, roving details 24/7. There are always security staff, who are actually federal law enforcement officials, patrolling the area.
This is not a group of employees who are spitting at the public. I can assure you that rangers from around the country are horribly disappointed that they have to take these measures to protect these landmarks from being vandalized during this shutdown.
Wait a second
Let me great this straight: The NPS is grandstanding when they close an area when most of their staff is temporary laid off. But the shutdown itself is somehow NOT grandstanding?
It's not like the NPS workers got lazy and decided not to unlock the gate. I'm pretty sure the forced unpaid vacation is a whole lot worse for them then it is for you.
More info is needed
When was the gate last locked?
Some holidays it is locked
When my job was down there, I came in during our winter shut down and they had locked up the yard, other than the guard station entrance. I had to go around on Chelsea Street to get to my non-locked down building.
Think of the songs to play!
I'm sure there are lots of Woody Gutherie and depression era songs that could be played there now and when the strike ends. To borrow from Jon Stuart, consider how dictator Assad and Iran are more open to negotiation than some in our own Congress!
Strike?
Not a strike. A lockout.
Biiiiig difference!
But I'm sure you are happy to show up at work without being paid and without the ability to purchase supplies that you require, etc. Right.
Actually, it is illegal....
... for furloughed federal employees to do any work connected with their jobs. We were only allowed to do "clean-up" work on Tuesday morning. It was against the law for us to answer e-mails or phone messages.