Fenty Budget Proposal Has Social Programs in Cross Hairs
(Washington Post) — The District would greatly reduce the summer jobs program for youths as part of a plan released Tuesday to close a projected $188 million budget gap in the current fiscal year, and it would also reduce welfare assistance to residents and delay the start of a program requiring public schools to serve students healthier meals. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s much-anticipated proposalputs the final say on what are sure to be controversial decisions in the hands of Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray (D), currently the D.C. Council chairman, and the rest of the council.
