D.C. Fire Department Deputy Chief Kenneth Ellerbe has resigned after it was revealed that he had been allowed to keep his D.C. job even though he had already taken a new position in Florida, Matthew Cella reports in the Washington Times. The unusual arrangement had reportedly come about so that Ellerbe could collect his full pension immediately, even though he was no longer on the city's payroll. "D.C. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin last month sent a letter to Deputy Chief Kenneth Ellerbe revoking a personnel exchange program that allowed Chief Ellerbe to serve with both departments at once," Cella writes. The resignation comes a couple of months before Ellerbe turns 50, the age when he could have begun collecting his D.C. pension had he remained on the department's books. more ›

Bad news for D.C. charter school teachers: you may not be getting paid on Friday, according to a story just posted to the Post's website. D.C. missed a $103 million payment to its 60 public charter schools this morning, thanks to some kind of tax revenue shortfall or delay, Bill Turque reports. The District is facing at least a $190 million deficit in the current fiscal year, thanks to shrinking tax revenues due to the recession. The Post story says that charter board officials are negotiating with the city to make some kind of partial payment from contingency funds to help them meet immediate payroll needs. more ›