Good morning, Washington. Have you ever failed a driver’s test at the DMV? Most likely you were able to go back a few days later and pass it, but apparently in Virginia, lax rules are allowing tens of thousands of people to take the test over and over so many times that lawmakers believe people are using the DMV as a “de facto driving school.” A new proposal before the General Assembly would restrict driver’s license applicants in Virginia from taking more than three written or behind-the-wheel tests in three months. So quick, which way are you supposed to turn your wheels when parking facing up a steep incline?
Street Parking Near Nats Stadium To Be Limited: Mayor Fenty announced a plan to place two-hour parking limits or residents-only parking restrictions on most of the streets surrounding the new Nationals stadium. Residents in the neighborhood will get one visitor parking pass they can use on game days, which WTOP says has DDOT worried some of them will sell the passes to Nats fans willing to pay a premium for convenient street parking. In other words: keep an eye out for good deals on stadium parking on Craigslist.
Budget Gap Closer to $96 Million: That $75 million D.C. government budget gap we mentioned yesterday is a bit larger than originally reported, according to the Post. CFO Natwar Gandhi said the city’s budget gap in 2009 will be closer to $96 million. It was only December that Gandhi announced that the city had collected $50 million in unanticipated tax revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Mayor Fenty’s office must now hurry to make cuts to its fiscal budget in time to deliver it to the D.C. Council for approval. Bet they’d sure like to locate all that Harriette Walters money right about now.
Briefly Noted: D.C. Council concerned about size of Office of the State Superintendent of Education … National Park Service vows to reform U.S. Park Police … School bus accident driver has past driving offenses.
This Day in DCist: In 2007, we profiled rising local hip-hop star Flex Matthews, and in 2006, we noted the unveiling of the first African-American Heritage Trail marker.
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