Fenty's Budget Includes Over 700 Layoffs

Mayor Fenty is presenting his FY2010 budget proposal this morning, and both D.C. Wire and City Desk reporting some initial figures, including the banner headline: a proposal to layoff 776 D.C. government employees. The layoffs would be combined with the elimination of 458 vacant jobs and another 398 jobs through attrition, for a grand total of 1,632 jobs cut. Of that total, 250 will reportedly come from DCPS, which will be trimmed of support staff after factoring in this year's decreased enrollment figures.