Good morning, D.C. Can we officially call shenanigans on this chilly spring weather? Call us weak little whiners, but we really do think there’s something wrong with needing to wear a coat to a Nationals game this late in May. So we checked in with the Capital Weather Gang, only to be confronted with word that this morning’s sunshine is likely to lead to some showers later today, and that overnight lows will still be in the upper 40s. The 40s! Grrrrrrrr! The good news: “Saturday and Sunday should be spectacular, with sunny skies and light winds. Highs in the low to mid 70s on Saturday, and mid to upper 70s on Sunday.” Would you guys be willing to pinky swear on that?

Audits, Audits Everywhere: The Post reports on findings from Auditor Deborah Nichols about the Office of Tax and Revenue which continue to paint a dreary picture of an out of control financial stream with little accountability. Millions of unnecessary dollars were found to have been spent because the office failed to properly oversee consultant Accenture’s work for the tax office. There’s a bullet halfway down the story, too, that we hadn’t heard before: CFO Natwar Gandhi’s son worked at Accenture, although not on this project, for much of the time of the firm’s contract with the city. And if that’s not enough audity goodness, check out this report on the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation’s $160 million building program. The program has been found to have expose residents to safety risks and wasted taxpayer dollars by the millions!

Holiday Weekend Road Travel Outlook: Good?: At least according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Fewer travelers are expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend due to record high gasoline prices, so if you’re planning to head to the beach anyway, you might just get lucky and not want to pull your hair out by the time you get there. This is the first time travel over the holiday is predicted to drop since Sept. 11, 2001.

Briefly Noted: Mayor Fenty has replaced the chairman of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics … Two teens shot overnight in Southeast … Foxhall Rd. improvements almost complete … Md. Gov. O’Malley won’t sign measure classifying malt beverages as beer.

This Day in DCist: In 2007 Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) was placing and then removing a hold on Mayor Fenty’s school takeover legislation, and in 2006 we interviewed Pete Bauer of The Walkmen.

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