Posts tagged Dc Council
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Gray budget proposal eliminates DDOT “Unified Fund”
One provision slipped into the Budget Support Act in the middle of the night eliminates DDOT’s “unified fund,” which dedicates transportation revenues for transportation improvements. Why should you care about this esoteric budget management tool? The Unified Fund gives DDOT the flexibility to move projects much more quickly than in the typical government… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raising eyebrows, expectations and rates
New PG officials take office; Loudoun getting a bit more bikeable, walkable; Pepco will raise rates; Tax the food trucks; DCPS creates dashboard; Give DC control over its budget; Listen to the track signals; DC development developments; And…. Keep reading…
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Breaking: Gray DOES NOT cut streetcars
DC Council Chairman and Mayor-elect Vincent Gray and his staff have released their proposal for the FY2011 budget gap, and are not reprising the adventure of May 26: the H Street-Benning Road and Anacostia streetcars are still in the capital budget. This was the last financial hurdle to start the project, and the Council is expected to approve the streetcar plan as well today which… Keep reading…
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A fair budget includes a smarter tax increase
On Tuesday, the DC Council will vote on how we’ll close the District’s gaping budget gap. Grappling with a budget deficit of $188 million, that could balloon up to $500 million in 2011, the Mayor and DC Council have put virtually all city services on the chopping block. Human services, public safety, public education, health care, public works and the government… Keep reading…
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Streetcar passes markup, but under consideration for cuts
A DC Council committee unanimously approved the streetcar approval resolution at a markup session this morning, but sources say Gray’s budget staff and transition team are considering the program for cuts. Nothing has been decided, but the Gray’s Council budget office believes that they still need to make additional capital cuts for FY11 beyond those proposed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tensions on and off the bike
Enforce bike parking rules; Conflict is the bike story; Tensions in Hill East; Questions surround Big K site in Anacostia; A glimpse at MLK Memorial; More NoMA park responses; Raise my taxes, please; Toronto surrenders (to cars); And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stop the harassment
Metro PD harasses photographer; DC Council considers bullying law; The plan changed, comprehensively; Are parks a “public good”?; Chesapeake Bay states wrestle with clean-up; The latest anti-bike screed; Melbourne bike share failing; Rich giving up the American dream. Keep reading…
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Streetcars aren’t toys, buses aren’t about respect
On Wednesday, 22 residents and business owners testified before the DC Council about DDOT’s citywide streetcar plan and the H Street-Benning Road streetcar line. This is my testimony. Good afternoon, my name is Ken Archer. I live in Georgetown with my wife and 2-year-old son. I am here to express my strong support for the comprehensive plan prepared for the Streetcar Project. I… Keep reading…
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Social supports, not time limits, will reduce poverty
Marion Barry is right: generational poverty endangers communities and families. However, enforcing a time limit for welfare benefits is not the way to build strong communities or support families. Councilmembers Marion Barry (Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) recently introduced a bill to limit Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (also known as TANF and hereafter… Keep reading…
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Orange objects to a fairer special election process
DCDSC National Committeeman Vincent Orange, a presumptive leader in the race to fill Kwame Brown’s to-be-vacated at-large council seat, is drawing battle lines around any proposals to amend the Home Rule Act or convince the DSDSC to appoint a caretaker. In an e-mail to committee members, Orange suggests that the Democratic party is being targeted unfairly. He… Keep reading…