“Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime” is a very sweet season, especially if you are a member of the D.C. city council, which is officially in summer recess. The 2012 budget seems to be done. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi found some unanticipated revenues, and the council quickly spent them. There’s not much chance council members will be called back to explain exactly why the government has to fork over an additional $32 million for managed health care providers. It’s still a mystery to some council members.
Near as I can tell, Ward 3 representative Mary Cheh is taking the summer off. Her Committee on Government Operations and the Environment has no hearings scheduled. Queries to her staff about the committee’s plans went unanswered. Perhaps they will be busy turning their hearings on Mayor Vincent Gray’s hiring shenanigans into a report, even legislation. Lord knows Cheh has time on her hands. One of her other two jobs — teaching at George Washington University Law School — should ease up with students on break.
