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Good morning, Washington. Mayor Adrian Fenty, as expected, signed an executive order yesterday to freeze spending by District agencies. The order [PDF] is universal (meaning that the it will affect the Metropolitan Police Department and D.C. Fire and EMS) and puts a halt to new hires, training and raises, as well as slicing funding for expenses by 10 percent across the board. Michael Neibauer breaks down the cut, which is expected to save the District about $100 million and spares no agency, including D.C. Public Schools. Vince Gray remains non-committal on increasing taxes, calling budget negotiations “in the very early stages.”

DCPS Enrollment Goes Up: Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and Mayor Adrian Fenty are expected to announce today that the number of students enrolled in D.C. Public Schools went up, the first time enrollment has increased in some time. Bill Turque and Daniel de Vise report in the Post that school officials have confirmed that 73 of the District’s 123 public schools saw an increase in students this year. Now D.C. just has to keep them there.

The Mosquito Was Swatted By Discrimination Accusations: NBCWashington’s P.J. Orvetti has the details on the takedown of the “mosquito” at the corner of 7th and H Street NW, the noisemaker which was installed to keep youth from loitering around the Metro station entrance. Turns out it was a complaint lodged by the National Youth Rights Association with the D.C. Office of Human Rights that got the device removed. Key quote from complainant Dave Moss: “I think that in many ways society is going in reverse on how we deal with our young people…It used to be ‘seen and not heard,’ then it was not seen and not heard, and now it seems to be not seen, not heard and must endure sonic warfare if they try to go outside.”

Briefly Noted: First Vince Gray town hall is tonight in Ward 5…Fight over emails continues in Wone civil suit…Richmond is missing an eyeball…Intercounty Connector will require E-Z Pass…Former Iowa Governor wants Michelle Rhee…Councilmember Mary Cheh will introduce bill to extend the school day…Man found shot at Huntington Metro station last night…”Picked them up from the printers yesterday.” “Good coloring…” “…that’s bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail.”

This Day in DCist: In 2007, we revisited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Last year, some construction work began on Shiloh Baptist Church’s vacant 9th Street NW properties.