Jun 25, 2011
D.C. Youth Fixed to Go Broke
Kids looking for summer work in the District find they’re the latest victims of the city’s ongoing budget crisis.
May 13, 2009
Council Budget Highlights!
In case you haven’t been paying attention to the ins and outs of the D.C. Council’s recently passed FY 2010 budget, here are some of the highlights. Also see Tim Craig, Gary Emerling and Michael Neibauer for more coverage. More parking tickets! Yes, the D.C. Council is banking on drawing in an additional $12 million or so from increased parking enforcement zealotry. Not only will the fines for violating alternate-side street sweeping rules go…
Feb 25, 2009
D.C. Facing Even Bigger Revenue Shortfalls
Last night D.C. Wire reported that D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi is now estimating that District government revenue projections for the next two years have fallen by nearly $500 million during the past three months. The news marks the fourth consecutive quarter that Gandhi has announced lower revenue projections. Gandhi scheduled a news conference for today, but in the meantime WTOP’s Mark Segraves was Twittering from this morning’s D.C. Council breakfast, where Gandhi showed…