So as we DC residents wait for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a bill to allow us to use our own local tax dollars and correct the $1 billion hole Congress callously (and undemocratically) forced into our (previously balanced) budget, the mayor and DC council wait to get a new fiscal year budget … Continue reading The Ides Of (Late) March

Last week, hundreds of students in DC’s publicly funded schools demanded democracy—specifically, for the U.S. Senate to vote down a continuing resolution (CR) that deprived DC of the right to use its own tax dollars and forced DC to revert to the prior year’s spending levels. The resulting $1 billion budget hole would mean layoffs of … Continue reading Before The Coming Fiscal Storm: Hearings & Legislation