District to become largest donor to Ford’s Theatre

The largest earmark in Mayor Adrian Fenty’s proposed 2009 budget is not for children, the impoverished or health care, but rather a $10 million grant to Ford’s Theatre, the National Park Service-owned venue in downtown D.C.

“That’s outrageous,” D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson said of the proposed funding. “We’re struggling to make ends meet in some of the agencies, so sure, let’s shovel some money to a federal project.”