‘Party Poopers’: Media Bash Capitol Hill’s Sledding Ban, Plot Insurgency

Despite Representative Eleanor Norton’s (D-DC) best efforts, Capitol Police disallowed sledding on Capitol Hill Thursday, a bummer to D.C. residents and government employees who have a snow day today.

Norton’s cause got some high-profile support:

Co-sign RT @EleanorNorton: I just wrote to U.S. Capitol Police requesting a waiver of the sledding ban for Thur-Sun: https://t.co/Ny32wyW6fP

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) March 4, 2015

Alas, the Capitol Police didn’t budge:

Senate Sgt at Arms Frank Larkin rejects request from DC Del Norton for 1 time waiver to allow sledding at Capitol for upcoming #snow in DC.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 5, 2015

Don't blame Congress for the ban on Capitol Hill #sledding. The Capitol Police Board owns its regulations and can waive them.

— Eleanor H. Norton (@EleanorNorton) March 5, 2015

Buncha narcs:

Party poopers. Ban on Capitol Hill Sledding Continues http://t.co/KmZQRO4ggh via @rollcall

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) March 5, 2015

This is an outrage, RT @thehill D.C. delegate's Capitol Hill sledding request denied: http://t.co/7r7VwKl2Ts

— Christy Delafield (@cydelafield) March 5, 2015

As is typical in times of anti-government unrest, social media became the principle means of opposition coordination:

I vote we all meet tomorrow at noon on Capitol Hill and go sledding. They can't aggressively scold us all. #civildisnowbedience

— Leigh Munsil (@leighmunsil) March 4, 2015

Take your kids sledding on Capitol Hill today. Don't let The Man stop you. This is civil disobedience we can believe in.

— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) March 5, 2015

Illegal sledding (sled-in) planned on Capitol Hill today at 1pm. FREEDOM! #sleddingisnotacrime http://t.co/gRu2Z7b7DG pic.twitter.com/MYqukouMSk

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) March 5, 2015

There is a Change.org petition to reverse the Capitol Police decision, which oughta do it. And of course someone’s being a partisan dick about the whole thing.

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