Despite the chaotic way in which it was passed yesterday, Mayor Vince Gray said today that he’d sign the proposal increasing taxes on District residents making more than $350,000 a year.

One councilmember tore up the bill. Another called the whole idea a “vendetta.” A third compared the debate to Alice in Wonderland. Tempers flared. Parliamentary procedure seemed non-existent at times. The term “class warfare” was bandied about. And Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) somehow ended up on the same side of a tax debate as his colleague from Ward 2, Jack Evans.

Thinking about making a major purchase in the District this week? You might want to go ahead and pull the trigger tonight, because starting Thursday, the D.C. general sales and use tax rate increases from 5.75 percent to 6 percent. It’s not a massive jump, but that additional .25 percent can and will add up….