“There’s a lot of energy for change, with the Trump administration coming in, a lot of energy around resistance, for transformative solutions to issues that D.C. is facing.”

Just when we thought we were done with budgets…they pull us back in. In addition to a hearing on “antique machines” (whatever that means), the D.C. Council will chat tomorrow about the city’s budget for the current year, which must to be revised to include a $107 million revenue influx.

Attention investors: The D.C. Office of the Chief Financial Officer has set up a new web site, www.buyDCbonds.com, in order to offer approximately $270 million in income tax-backed bonds for sale on August 18 through 19. The impending bonds offer comes at the same time that CFO Natwar Gandhi announced today that the city has retained its high marks from all three ratings agencies: Standard & Poor’s once again gave D.C. a AAA rating, Moody’s…