I maintain that DC peaked when it was being run by the Control Board with Tony Williams at CFO. Ever since he left the Mayor's office, the rot started setting in; the way DC contracting setasides work, you have a handful of "small, disadvantaged, locally owned contractors" who put their name on the contract, collect their check, and subcontract the work out to out-of-town businesses that actually do the work. Same situation with the sports betting and online gambling apps; "emergency" legislation was passed, which means little if any oversight. Instead of having multiple apps like Virginia, you get one poorly cobbled together POS that nobody uses.