Posts Tagged ‘budget’

Metro’s Budget Disaster, Fare Hikes Possible

‘Empty Metro Car’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
$175 million. That is the current projected budget gap for Metro for the fiscal year. That is a gap some $30m larger than what was predicted just three months ago and you may be paying the difference. WaPo wrote today that Metro’s managers recommended this morning that up [...]

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Less Money for Kids, Higher Taxes for You

‘The puzzled and the sad.’
courtesy of ‘Gin Fizz’
The Washington Post is reporting that D.C. schools will be losing $30 million in funding in FY2010 and smokers will be paying another 50 cents a pack for cigarettes. Among other tax increases and several other service cuts, these changes will become a reality assuming Mayor Fenty signs the latest [...]

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