Apparently, D.C. councilmembers have exempted themselves from parking laws. The Examiner notes that while Councilman Kwame Brown voluntarily paid his recent parking tickets, Councilman Harry Thomas, Jr. is refusing to pay $655 from four tickets. His SUV got booted last week. Meanwhile Mayor Fenty divvied up a bunch of free baseball tickets with the City Council, and only now are getting cold feet about throwing a bunch of tax subsidies at favored companies. If companies refuse to locate or expand in D.C. because of its awful tax system, that’s a sign that something needs to be done about the awful tax system. For everyone, not just one company. D.C. is trying to close a $200 million gap between expected revenues and planned expenses in this year’s $10.2 billion budget, and a $550 million gap in next year’s budget.
