The District is facing a massive budget shortfall over the next several years, but despite proposals to cut more jobs, reduce city services and now even raise taxes, the mayor’s revised FY2010 budget still includes roughly $13 million for the upkeep of the city’s many vacant properties, the Examiner reports today. What does that $13 million get us?: “… rent, utilities, security and other so-called fixed costs tied to 20 empty buildings in D.C.’s possession,” writes reporter Michael Neibauer. Now, several of the buildings that are vacant are schools that were emptied by Fenty as part of his DCPS reorganization, and they’ll theoretically be sold eventually. But this headline has to sting for the various agency heads who are once again faced with trying to decide which of their remaining employees they’re going to have to fire soon.