Congratulations, Jason!
Mays will be remembered for his fire and his legacy of service to the city where he was born and raised.
Tony Collins, of the Greensboro Zoning Commission, was relieved of his duties last week after he repeatedly disrespected a Black woman by refusing to call her by her title.
(Washington Post) — The incoming D.C. Council chairman, Kwame R. Brown, shook up the council’s committee system Wednesday, assigning an embattled council member to oversee economic development while restoring some of Marion Barry’s legislative clout. Brown, who will take over from Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray on Jan. 2, made the moves after six weeks of […]
(Washington Examiner) — If the D.C. Council and incoming Mayor Vince Gray don’t act soon on a corporate tax shelter-busting initiative the city’s budget gap could grow by an additional $22 million, said the District’s Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi. Gandhi’s budget numbers for the next fiscal year already rely on the dollars that would […]
(Afro) — Ward 7 Councilwoman Yvette Alexander is on the attack—nothing to do with city business, but rather her Council peers’ appearance on Marion Barry’s “Mayor for Life” reality show. According to Alexander, who has called the show “cheesy,” City Council members and staff need to stick to their duties serving the District and forget […]
(Afro) — Finding shelter this winter within the District’s dozen or so homeless shelters might not be as simple as it has been in the past if the City Council gives its nod to a bill that would require proof of residency for indigent people looking for a warm place to stay overnight. Currently, the […]
(Washington Informer) — The District of Columbia’s official Democratic organization will select the successor to finish the term of D.C. Council member Kwame Brown. Eight individuals will make their case before the D.C. Democratic State Committee on Thu., Jan. 6, to replace Brown who has served as an at-large D.C. Council member since 2005. Brown, 40, […]
(Washington Examiner) — The D.C. Council on Tuesday considered two tax increase proposals, then voted them down 8-5. Mayor-elect Vince Gray made clear in an emotional speech that he would not support a tax hike in this budget gap-closing, although he left the door open for a tax hike in next year’s budget when he’s […]
(Washington Informer) — The District of Columbia Council passed a supplementary budget, 11-2, on Tue., Dec. 7 that will not include tax increases but will mandate that city employees be furloughed for four days and some programs will have to endure cuts. The budget was sent over to the D.C. Council after the Thanksgiving holiday because the […]
(Washington Post) — Raising taxes and parking fines are the traditionally irksome ways that local governments generate desperately needed revenue. Not the District government, that hotbed of fiscal innovation. Try blackjack, Texas hold ’em and five-card stud. A D.C. council member is proposing that the city legalize and promote online poker and fantasy sports gambling […]
(Washington Post) — The D.C. Council approved a city spending plan Tuesday that avoids higher taxes but includes far-reaching efforts to control spending on welfare programs, including a controversial move to start cutting off direct assistance after five years. On a day that saw public protests at the John A. Wilson Building and sparring among […]