Harry Jaffe: Time to cut D.C. government’s pet projects

Published February 3, 2010 5:00am ET



Math is not my strong suit, so help me out here: Is the District going broke, or is the government fat with cash?

For Council Chairman Vince Gray, the sky is falling. The chief legislator’s take seems to be: OMG, we are more than $200 million in the red! On Monday he called D.C.’s fiscal condition “very alarming.”

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