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Good morning, Washington. The big news of the morning is of course that Vinny Cerrato has resigned from the Redskins! As executive vice-president of football operations, Cerrato has routinely been painted by fans and sports columnists alike as sharing the guilt nearly equally with Dan Snyder and Jim Zorn for the ‘Skins abysmal performance this year. We’ll have more on this breaking story later on.

More Revenue Shortages Predicted for D.C.: Toward the end of the day on Wednesday, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer put out its updated revenue estimate (you can see it for yourself here), and the news ain’t exactly awesome. We’re talking a relatively manageable $17.1 million shortfall this year, but then more like $104 million next year, $186.5 million in 2012, and as much as $277 million in 2013. Michael Neibauer writes it up for the Examiner, and notes that CFO Natwar Gandhi ‘predicts unemployment will peak at 12.4 percent early next year, and weakness in the commercial property sector will last “at least into FY 2011.”‘ Most of the lowered projections can be blamed on reduced tax income for the city.

Cop Ordered Held Without Bail: D.C. Police officer Reggie Jones appeared in court Wednesday afternoon to face felony murder charges for his role in the Dec. 1 shooting death of Arvel Alston, and the Washington Times reports that Jones was ordered held without bail pending arraignment. The Post has a bit more on the details that have come out of the charging documents.

Briefly Noted: Teen injured in shooting near Sherman Ave. and Barry Place NW … Good Samaritans save woman from burning car on Beltway … Mendelson backs off Fenty security probe — for now … Plaintiffs seek administrator for D.C. disabilities agency.

This Day in DCist: One year ago marked Carol Schwartz’s exit from the D.C. Council, while two years ago David Catania had a bad experience with a 911 dispatcher.