Anonymous
06/12/2019 11:52
Subject: DC's CFO refuses to certify budget
Finally, a grown up in DC government!
Anonymous
06/11/2019 13:57
Subject: DC's CFO refuses to certify budget
Hoo boy...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-chief-financial-officer-refuses-to-certify-city-budget-citing-improper-spending/2019/06/10/961c830c-8bbf-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.24124f243ecd
From the article...
D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey S. DeWitt said Monday he will not certify the budget approved by D.C. lawmakers last month, asserting that the spending plan improperly diverts money that should help repay the city’s debts for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
DeWitt’s decision, conveyed in a letter to D.C. Council members, comes after a prolonged standoff between the chief financial officer and council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D). DeWitt had repeatedly warned that he would reject the $15.5 billion budget, but the council voted to move ahead over his objections.
The decision throws the city’s budget process into chaos at a time when spending for the coming fiscal year is ordinarily finalized. Its immediate effect could be the loss of tens of millions of dollars for urgent repairs to the District’s dilapidated public housing complexes — money that Mendelson sought to divert from the Washington Convention and Sports Authority’s reserves.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-chief-financial-officer-refuses-to-certify-city-budget-citing-improper-spending/2019/06/10/961c830c-8bbf-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.24124f243ecd
From the article...
D.C. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey S. DeWitt said Monday he will not certify the budget approved by D.C. lawmakers last month, asserting that the spending plan improperly diverts money that should help repay the city’s debts for the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
DeWitt’s decision, conveyed in a letter to D.C. Council members, comes after a prolonged standoff between the chief financial officer and council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D). DeWitt had repeatedly warned that he would reject the $15.5 billion budget, but the council voted to move ahead over his objections.
The decision throws the city’s budget process into chaos at a time when spending for the coming fiscal year is ordinarily finalized. Its immediate effect could be the loss of tens of millions of dollars for urgent repairs to the District’s dilapidated public housing complexes — money that Mendelson sought to divert from the Washington Convention and Sports Authority’s reserves.