| 101 | Editor | NYT: Staying Afloat in DC (Control
Board actions) |
| 108 | Behr/Harris | DC Council Votes to Cut Costs to
Businesses in City (unempl benefits closer to MD,VA) |
| 110 | Janofsky | NYT::Glimmer of Hope on DC's Raod to Financial Recovery |
| 110 | Editor |
Winning Back Businesses in DC |
| 111 | Lewis | IN
DC, Unsung new Signs of Progress and Purpose |
| 112 | Powell | Control
Boards Don't Last Forever:courting trouble by excluding elected leaders |
| 113 | Editor | Crunch Time in the District (budget gap, layoffs) |
| 113 | Vise/Chandler |
Clinton Proposes US Run Many DC Services (NCRSGIP--"grand
swap) |
| 115 | Behr | Additional Remedies Needed for DC
Economy, Business Leaders Say |
| 115 | Jim Walsh | Making a Positive Difference in DC (swan song) |
| 115 | Powell/Vise |
Analysts Call (Clinton) Plan Good Step for DC (Dearborn, Harlan,
Wyner) |
| 115 | Loeb | DC Officials Give Clinton Plan Mostly High
Praise (?s re sentencing guidelines) |
| 115 | Vise | Clinton Plan
for DC Meets Resistance: Key GOP leaders criticize proposals) |
| 115 | Editor | Helping Hand for City (begins serious discussion of DC restructuring) |
| 115 | Williams | Activists Worry re Home Rule (more fed
involvement irks vets of DC wars)(Hobson, Croft, et. al.) |
| 116 | Chandler/Vise | President Late but Enthusiastic Convert to Crusade to Rally DC |
| 117 | Vise | DC to Pick Up Pace on Budget, Fiscal Chief (Williams) Says ($138M cuts for
'98) |
| 118 | Harris | A Skeptical View of New Clinton Plan
(litany of local opinions) |
| 118 |
Powell | DC Union Audit Reveals $500K
Missing : Local Officials Suspended--US Atty probing) |
| 120 | Vise | Barry
Steps Up Timetable for Balanced Budget (to 1998) |
| 121 | Buchholz | Ltr to
WP: A Real Plan for DC (sounds like me) |
| 122 | Editor | The
Orphaned Capital (support for O'Cleireacain's revenue plan) |
| 123 | Vise | Some Control Board Members Say Clinton Rescue Plan Shortchanges
DC |
| 129 | Vise | Norton Challenges Neighbors in push for DC
Tax Cuts--Clinton Supports Ec Incentive |
| 129 | Clinton | Press
Conf: Clinton Support for ec incentives |
| 201 | Vise | Control
Board Blasts DC's Contracting |
| 203 | Vise | Barry Offers
$3.3 Billion Budget: Finance Chief Assails Debt Maneuver |
| 204 | Vise | Barry
Unbending on Debt Proposal, Under Attack |
| 204 | Editor | A Budget
or a Buyout? |
| 205 | Editor | Bookkeeping in the District (if not cooked,
scrambled) |
| 205 | Vise | Fiscal Chief (Williams) Puts His Job on the
Line: Vows Action on Audit Report |
| 212 | Editor | Consensus
or Confrontation (on 98 Budget now coming apart) |
| 215 | Loose | DC Paying
$23M in No-bid Warehouse Lease--'89 Deal Involved Old Barry Friend |
| 217 | Loeb | Budget Strategies Target DC's Most Desperate |
| 303 | Mayer/Haggerty | Home Buyers Knocking on DC's Door -- sales prices up...have bottomed
out? |
| 304 | Vise | Control Board Sharply Critical in Rejecting
Barry Budget PLan |
| 304 | Loeb | Homeowners File Protest at Tax Office --
over property tax increases |
| 305 | Powell | DC
Finance Chief to Privatize Tax, Payroll Services |
| 306 | Editor | Dept of
Finance and Rigamarole--false real estate tax increases |
| 308 | Vise | Control
Board Demands Shake-up in Contracting--dysfunctional system, no basic skills |
| 311 | Vise | Clinton Proposes ($300M) Plan to Stimulate DC Economy |
| 326 | Loeb | New DC (Property) Tax Bills Will Restore Exemptions |
| 403 | Vise | Control
Board to Seek Money for Police Raise--from White House, Congress |
| 408 | Harris | DC Budget Drama Plays to Packed House--activists put Council in
spotlight |
| 409 | Vise | DC Rescue Plan Gets Nudge from VA's
Davis--taking lead in drafting bill |
| 412 | Vise | White House
Outlines Conditions for Increased Aid to DC in MOU to Barry |
| 419 | Vise | DC Bid for Federal Funds Hits Unforseen Hurdle--White HOuse
Resistance |
| 424 | Vise | OMB Chief Rejects DC Request for US funds
for Schools Police |
| 427 | Vise | White House Rescue Plan for DC in
Jeopardy--after requesting more aid |
| 428 | Harris | DC Agrees
of $45M Cuts to Balance DC (98?) Budget |
| 429 | Editor | The DC
Council's Big Moment--OK White House MOU, but work for changes |
| 430 | Vise/Harris |
DC Council Passes '98 Budget Says Balanced--critics say on backs of
poor |
| 507 | Vise/Harris |
DC Council Rejects White House Rescue Plan--concerned by home rule,
aid cuts |
| 508 | Editor | The DC Council Bailout--rejecting White
House plan called shortsighted |
| 508 |
| Cropp
Says Talks Continuing on White House Plan |
| 509 | Vise/Harris | DC
Council to Reconsider White House Rescue Plan--with added language on federal
payment |
| 510 | Vise/Mooar | DC Council Approves US Aid
Package--dispute continues over annual payment |
| 511 | Editor | Businesses
Generating Businesses--praising Prince George's Ec Development Corp |
| 512 | Editor | Next Step for the Clinton Pan--DC Council has to help in"heavy lifting" |
| 513 | Editor | The Barry and Control Board Polls--long
way to go, little help from Barry |
| 514 | Farhi | The Sad
State of Cable by Remote Control--unfilled orders,piracy plague DC Service |
| 516 | Harris/Vise |
Senate Group to Push Tax Cut for DC Residents (Lott, Mack, Lieberman,
Brownback) |
| 518 | Loeb | Control Board, DC Finance Chief Spend 18
Million on Consultants |
| 519 |
**WSJ Editor | Fixing A Flat--supporting
Norton Tax Plan! |
| 520 | Vise | (DC '98) Budget Plan (for $5.2B) Fails
Control Board's Test--to be turned down |
| 520 | Singletary | New
(Banking) Organization to Make Poor DC Communities Its Business |
| 529 | Vise/Lipton |
Wall Street Looks Kindly on DC's New Bond Issue (6.1% vs 5.2% for
Fairfax County) |
| 604 |
Editor | 'Unwarranted Intrusions': Rep Taylor
(R-NC) taking off after Barry in DC 97 supplemental bill |
| 604 | Vise/Harris | Fireworks Accompany Council's Vote To Approve $5.2 Billion DC
Budget |
| 605 | Vise/Wilgoren | Lawmaker's Demands Kill DC
Plea for US Funds: Rep. Taylor was after Barry's power |
| 606 | Vise | DC
Fiscal Chief Williams Regrets Power Struggle (supported Rep Taylor move) |
| 607 | Editor | The City's Trouble on the Hill: Taylor
and Williams vs Barry discredits Control Board |
| 609 | Vise | Tax
Breaks for DC Clear Hurdle (for low income residents, cap gains tax in distressed areas |
| 610 | Chandler | Hill Republicans Offer Plan to Cut
Taxes--Archer (Hse W & M) includes $325M for DC |
| 610 | Vise | DC Officials Question GOP Tax Break Plan--(doesn't help middle class, says
Barry) |
| 611 | Vise | Officials Agree: DC Budget Product of a
Tangled Process--(has to be voted on 18 times) |
| 612 | Editor | Mr.
Archer's Plan for the District--"an experiment worth watching" |
| 613 | Vise | DC 1998 Budget Battle to Go to Congress--Competing Plans from DC and
Control Board |
| 614 |
Editor | How Not to Write a DC Budget
(local and appointed leaders couldn't do the job) |
| 620 | Vise | House
Gov't Oversight Comm Votes to Restructure US Relationship with DC--i.e. Clinton plan |
| 621 | Vise/Chandler | Senate Panel's DC Tax Plan Brings
Praise from Norton--different than House plan |
| 621 | Editor | A
Measure to Save the City--will Davis Plan (above) improve chances to revitalize city? |
| 626 | Vise | DC Tax Cut Not So Costly, Study
Projects--Norton, Senators still pushing 15% flat tax |
| 628 | Vise | Tax
Breaks for DC Move Ahead on Hill--Senate OKs its version--adds $50M for school
repairs |
| JULY,
1997 | |
| 703 | Vise | Finance
Chief (Williams)'s Credibility With Control Board Erodes (bad data on police raise) |
| 704 | Vise | DC Federal Aid Plan in Trouble in
Senate (Brownback wants school vouchers, pension study) |
| 710 | Vise | DC Board Pulls Brimmer into Cooperative Strategy
(urging closer ties to City Leaders) |
| 710 | Vise |
White House Seeks to Propel DCAid Plan (asking Lott to Ignore Brownback riders) |
| 711 | Woodlee | DC Hoteliers Fear Tax to
Fund ($90M Shortfall) Convention Center |
| 711 |
Vise | DC Officials Pull Together to Push (Competing) Budgets on Hill
(Mayor v Council v Board) |
| 712 | Fountain |
Neighbors Criticize User Fees at DC Public Pools ($1 for kids, $3 for adults) |
| 723 | Vise | DC Faces $200MGap without
Rescue Package, Officials Warn: Faircloth wants Mgmt Reforms |
| 731 | Vise | White House, Hill Leader Settle on Plan Putting
Control Board in Charge of Most of City Gov't |
| 731 |
Twomey | The Price of DC's Salvation: unreconciled balance between city
and shrine |
| 731 | Behr | Tax Breaks As
Lifeline; Plan Would Aid Some DC Home Buyers, Businesses |
| OCTOBER,
1997 |
|---|
| | |
| 1003 | Cohn | DC to Charge for Ground Water Outflow (from
bldg sump pumps)--called anti-business, "lunatic fringe" |
| 1005 | Loeb | House Bill
on DC Runs Gamut--Issues Big and Small Tacked On--Rome burns, Taylor fiddles |
| 1007 | Vise | Brimmer Blasts Congressman(Taylor) in Finance Overhaul Dispute--for "contract
steering" |
| 1007 | Vise | GOP Would Delay DC Budget (To Add) Vouchers,
Says (House Majority Leader) Armey |
| 1008 | Editor | Does (North Carolina's) 11th District
Know?--about Taylor's "unseemly practice" of steering contracts |
| 1009 | Editor | The House
at its Worst on DC--silly, showboating indulgences of Congressman (Taylor) |
| 1010 | Williams | DC
Employment Services Under Fire--Council Member Patterson criticizes contract
waste |
| 1011 | Vise | Clinton Would Veto DC Budget over Vouchers, Other Issues, Aides
Say--opposing Hill micromgmt |
| 1011 | Editor | Good for Mrs. Patterson--supports going public
on dubious contracting by DC Employment Services |
| 1015 | Perez-Rivas | Montgomery (County) Splits Over Budget Surplus--debate spending options: road
repairs vs tax credits |
| 1022 | Vise | DC Finance Chief Warns of $100M Shortfall--due
to Senate dispute over unrelated immigration rider |
| 1028 | Staff | (DC) Budget
Bill Closer to Passing Congress--stripping riders, rewriting voucher add-on to allow
veto |
| 1029 | Vise | Accord Reached that Could Clear ($4.2B) DC Budget Bill--Davis rewrites, Taylor
inputs sidelined |
| 1030 | Editor | Bad DC Bill, but Getting Better--Gingrich had
Davis undo Taylor's damage--vouchers not critical issue |
| NOVEMBER, 1997 |
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| | |
| 1101 | Haggerty | Tax Credit Sways Many
Prospective DC Home Buyers: $5000 Makes House in the city even better |
| 1102 | Vise/Loeb | Control Bd Faces Array of Costly Fixes for DC: near- and
long-term fixes needed. Faircloth urges push |
| 1104 | Vise/Loeb | Brimmer Lays Out Fix-Up
Priorities: Cleaner Streets, Fire Dept Overhaul, reorganization |
| 1107 | Vise | Running
DC, They Can't Hide: Brimmer's Colleagues Emerging from his Shadow: describes
each |
| 1110 | Thompson | Consultant's Expenses Not Detailed: Control Board Permits
Secrecy in Booz- Allen $5M contract |
| 1110 | Vise | Senate Passes $4.2B Budget Bill
for District: separates out school vouchers, ignores Taylor items |
| 1112 | Editor | DC
Budget--Almost there: Faircloth OK'd consensus budget of Mayor, Council, CntlBd--some riders
still in |
| 1113 | Vise | Congress Leaders Agree on DC Budget--divisive items gone:
Moran says ought to abolish subcommittee |
| 1114 | Staff | Senate Sends DC FY98 City
Budget Bill to President: Norton says Congress shouldn't review |
| 1115 | Yang | (Congressional) Session Changes Gingrich, now more focused,
disciplines, less 'vision-oriented' |
| 1117 | Eggen | Localities Take Aim at Tax
Cheats--some suburban govts try private collection agents |
| 1120 | Vise | Clinton
Signs DC Budget Bill--provides millions for DC rescue package--all pleased he 'stepped
up' |
| 1123 | Editor | Fat City in the Free State--MD taxpayers should be prudent
about current budget surplus |
| 1124 | Staff | DC contribution to MCI Center
$58.5M so far, raised by bond sale, paid off by special business tax |
| 1125 | Loeb | Law Firm
to get $830K to propose Overhaul of DC Regs--as DCBusRegReformComm
recommended |
| 1127 | Editor | Good Job, Mr. Cooper: Post praises DC Auditor after
criticizing him on appointment |
| 1127 | Loeb | Brazil Aims to Streamline City
Regulations: Council members raise objections |
| 1130 | Shea/Wyner | Amazing, True Story of
Something DC Didn't Do Wrong--story of Pension Plan and getting rid of it |
| DECEMBER, 1997 |
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| 1204 | Perez-Rivas | (Montgomery Exec)
Duncan Says He'll Seek Property Tax Cut--has revenue surplus due to economy |
| 1206 | Vise | Brimmer Announces Major Reform Effort--$100M for city
services, gov't operations efficiency |
| 1207 | Rehrmann | Let's Eliminate Maryland's
(Real) Property Tax: $244M loss still well within expected $1B surplus |
| 1208 | Vise | Clinton
Touts DC Rights, but Metro Baptist Church speech too mild for Barry, some Council
Members |
| 1209 | Cohen | What Clinton Could Have Said--re student who claimed fear of
black crime, now afraid to mention it |
| 1210 | Editor | Fine Ones to Complain (re
Clinton Church talk)--those being bailed out whine over loss of control of city |
| 1210 | Staff | Council Angry over Control Board Exclusion--re discussions of
management reform teams' conclusions |
| 1210 | Babington | MD Governor Glendening
Rejects Call to Cut Property Tax--steer $300M surplus to schools, poor kids |
| 1212 | Marcus | Secret of
a Senator's (Brownback's) Success: behind-the-scenes consulting firm steering
donations |
| 1213 | Vise | Clinton's Aid to DC Wins Him Little but Scorn--city leaders want
more --Moran criticizes 'whining ingrates' |
| 1217 | Loeb | President Clinton Responds to
DC leaders' Criticism--says he understands their accumulated frustration |
| 1217 | Press
Conf | Clinton welcomes criticism to do more--sez 'keeping pushing' but ultimately up
to city shape its life |
| 1219 | Nakashima | (Outgoing) Gov. Allen Urges Big Boost in VA
Budget--more for schools ($6.9B v $6.0B), plus tax cut |
| 1220 | Williams | Sweeping Reform of City's
Business Regulations Wins Initial Approval, avoids rent control, environment |
| 1220 | Vise | Control Board Accused (by Norton, others) of Hurting Home
Rule--by not improving DC gov't operations |
| 1223 | Nakashima | VA Gov Allen Touts
Effort to Cut Gov't Regulation--targeted 71% of State's excutive agency regs |
| 1224 | Powell | Control
Board Picks Management Chief--Camille Barnett to be 'CMO'--48-yr old 'Dragon Lady' starts
1/15 |
| 1224 | Editor | The CMO's Challenge--tall order for newcomer--gotta be
assertive in thankless, critical task |
| 1225 | Loeb | Barry Decries Salary, Term
Given CMO--5-yr, $155K 'excessive and awful'--John Hill says justified |
| 1226 | Staff | In VA, Not
All Personal Property Taxes Equal--car taxes vary by $100s by county |
| 1226 | Struck | 'Tough'
Texan's New Tall Order--Barnett Brings Strong Image to CMO Job--good quotes on
regionalism |
| 1227 | King | Sounds of Wounded Racial Pride--DC should accept CMO
picked for talent, despite--not for--being white |
| 1228 | Harris | Food Stamps Are A Bargain
on DC Streets--sold cheap for cash, drugs, non-food items--to be replaced |
