The $5.7 BN Budget Horror
The Examiner had this scoop on the DC 2008 budget, which the Post missed:
Is that really the way to run a city? It seems incredibly expensive to me.
District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty’s $5.7 billion fiscal year 2008 budget, unveiled Friday, ramps up funding for public charter schools and new police officers, sets the mayor’s school takeover plan into motion, raises one fee and eats up a chunk of the city’s reserves.Based on the latest US census count of the District, that budget adds up to $10,354 per DC resident of tax burden per year. Which means that most individuals without children will pay a multiple of that.
Is that really the way to run a city? It seems incredibly expensive to me.
posted by Leonardo at 9:02 PM
1 Comments:
Disgusting. The Mayor's budget breaks his pledge not to raise taxes AND manages to squander $600 million in surplus taxpayer dollars that SHOULD be going back to the taxpayers.
This blog supported Fenty over Cropp and the rest of the miscreants in the Democratic primary last year, and this is yet another reminder how bad a one party system is for any jurisdiction.
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