It’s time: Mayor Vincent Gray now has the Large Retailer Accountability Act.
The mayor received the bill just after 3:15 p.m., according to his spokesperson Pedro Ribeiro. The ten-day count to either sign or veto the bill begins Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday, he said.
“Good wages are about respect,” Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said in a letter that accompanied the bill and was sent to reporters. “Intertwined with the basic human need for a livable wage is the fundamental value that an hour of a worker’s time is worth something.”
While Gray has recently said he wouldn’t make a decision until he had the bill, administration sources told NBC4’s Tom Sherwood reports that the mayor would veto it.
The D.C. Council voted 8-5 to pass the bill on June 26, despite Wal-Mart’s promise to cancel three planned stores in D.C. if it passed.
After over 50 days of waiting for Gray to get the bill, we now wait some more.
