Mayor Muriel Bowser won’t sign the budget approved by the D.C. Council, but she’s also not trying to stop it.
In a letter to Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Bowser said council members restored funding for programs such as childcare subsidies and legal services that she’d cut to help close a budget gap of more than $1 billion.
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The mayor argued the council is using one-time money to pay for ongoing programs, creating a predicament for the next mayor and council.
“I have warned that choosing to fund recurring programs with one-time money is setting up the next Mayor and Council with an $837 million fiscal cliff,” she wrote.
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