The District’s budget battle is going down to the wire. Of course, this means that the organizations fighting to convince the city to maintain its spending levels on social services are pulling out all the stops.

Because when you have photos of Marion Barry wearing a cape, how can you not publish them? Context for the cape, which is part of the Save Our Safety Net campaign, can be found here. Save Our Safety Net spokesperson Joni Podschun helps Ward 8 D.C. Council member Marion Barry put on his superhero cape. The group is asking Council members to wear the capes to signify their support of a new progressive tax on…

Images courtesy Save Our Safety Net Activists who favor a proposal to enact a new tax on the wealthiest D.C. residents wrapped the John A. Wilson Building in what they’re calling a “Human Safety Net” this morning. The demonstration was organized by the Fair Budget Coalition and Save Our Safety Net, the same groups who earlier this month convinced several D.C. Council members to don superhero capes. A couple of different versions of the…

Back in the day, if you really wanted to make your point in the political arena, you’d march a crowd over to the office of your local elected official and demand that they do or not do something. Or you’d get your supporters to flood their office with calls, faxes or emails. These days, you just need a lot of folks with a few minutes and a Facebook page. Over the last two days, supporters…

Those pesky Save Our Safety Net folks (the same ones who got several D.C. Council members to put on superhero capes last week) got up in D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray’s face with a camera during a lobbying push this morning. You’ve got to admire their moxie. These grassroots budget activists are pushing a proposal to increase income taxes on the wealthiest District residents (9.0 percent for those earning between $200,000 and $1 million, and…

Score a serious, if whimsical publicity win for the folks behind Save Our Safety Net, the group of activists that’s been pushing the D.C. Council to enact a new millionaires tax as a means of solving the city’s budget woes. Working in conjunction with the Fair Budget Coalition, the group managed to convince at least four council members to dress up like superheroes at a rally outside the John A. Wilson Building on Wednesday. Yes,…