The Politics Hour
Virginia reports a budget surplus. District schools get mixed marks on recent test scores. And new polls peg Maryland's gubernatorial race as a statistical tie. Join us for our weekly review of the politics, policies, and personalities of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
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Council member Brown talks about his support for a group of protesters who have organized a tent city in the Shaw area on 7th & R Streets NW near Rhode Island Avenue to highlight the lack of affordable housing in the city:
Former D.C. council member (D-Ward 5) and current candidate for council chair Vincent Orange defended the 2006-07 council's spending record against council member Michael Brown's criticism of overspending. Orange argued that at that time, the D.C. Council had secured $1.6 billion in "rainy day" funds. Orange also said that Brown's recently exposed tax difficulties "go to the question of whether D.C. residents want to send people who have financial problems up to Wall Street to say I represent the District of Columbia:
Samuel H. Dean talks about how he would improve the County's schools. He addresses the education budget and how he would fund his proposals:
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Kojo,
The next time you discuss the Virginia surplus would you please discuss this: Is governor McDonnell balancing the budget on the future of state workers?
"To balance the budget this year, the General Assembly and the governor chopped and cut everywhere they could. They also “borrowed” more than $600 million from VRS (Virginia Retirement System), promising to pay it back with interest.
That’s obviously not going to happen any time soon, and that’s regrettable."
Read more here:
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/opinion/editorials/article/mcdonnel...
Rebecca
Kojo,
The next time you discuss the Virginia surplus would you please discuss this: Is governor McDonnell balancing the budget on the future of state workers?
"To balance the budget this year, the General Assembly and the governor chopped and cut everywhere they could. They also “borrowed” more than $600 million from VRS (Virginia Retirement System), promising to pay it back with interest.
That’s obviously not going to happen any time soon, and that’s regrettable."
Read more here:
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/opinion/editorials/article/mcdonnel...
Rebecca
You've played snippets of various campaign songs over the years. Would it be possible to have a page with links to these great songs, from past and present campaigns. One that comes to mind is a song from Vincent Orange's mayoral bid. I believe it was sung to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."