I have spent my first career (32 plus years) as a public servant to the people of the fifty United States, living in Washington, DC.  As a result, I have been excluded for 32 plus years  from voting and representation as a native citizen of this country, solely because I chose to live in Washington DC, which has no representation in either the US House or the US Senate (in spite of the fact that it has a larger population than Wyoming).  Repeated pleas to change this situation have fallen on deaf ears for over thirty years, in fact for over two centuries (since 1801).

For my encore career(s), I think I’ll take my pension,my investments, and my other skills, wealth and resources abroad where they will be useful and appreciated.