D.C. Councilmember Kwame Brown says it is time to take a serious look at tickets and other fees that are being handed out by the District.
"At some point, we got to stop ticketing our residents for everything," says Brown. "We might get a ticket when we walk out the door right now."
Brown says he hears from residents all the time about the amount of fees.
Speed and red light cameras have received a lot of attention recently from angry motorists. Residents in many parts of the city have complained about too many cameras and many believe the amount of each fine is too high.
Fees charged by the District raise millions of dollars to support the local budget. Brown says he is concerned residents think the D.C. government is trying to gouge them.
"Everyone said we didn't raise taxes, but we doubled and tripled all the fees, and people are just tired of these huge fees, and it's time to reduce them. We didn't do it to stop some of this stuff, we did it to raise money," says Brown.
Sunday, May 19 2013 1:00 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:00:18 GMT
DC Councilmember Tommy Wells announced his candidacy for Mayor on Saturday in Northeast. Wells arrived to his campaign kickoff on a Metro Bus at the intersection of H Street and Benning Road. Wells currently
DC Councilmember Tommy Wells announced his candidacy for Mayor on Saturday in Northeast.
Friday, May 17 2013 6:12 PM EDT2013-05-17 22:12:08 GMT
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.
Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign.
Friday, May 17 2013 4:48 PM EDT2013-05-17 20:48:41 GMT
It's a rare treat when Fred Gray is in Washington. Who is Fred Gray, you ask? He's an 82-year-old, still-practicing attorney from Tuskegee, Ala., who happened to represent the likes of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the start of the civil rights movement.
It's a rare treat when Fred Gray is in Washington. Who is Fred Gray, you ask? He's an 82-year-old, still-practicing attorney from Tuskegee, Ala., who happened to represent the likes of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the start of the civil rights movement.
Friday, May 17 2013 8:58 AM EDT2013-05-17 12:58:40 GMT
The IRS official who led the tax-exempt organizations unit when Tea Party groups were targeted is now in charge of the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare, two Capitol Hill sources told Fox News.
The IRS official who led the tax-exempt organizations unit when Tea Party groups were targeted is now in charge of the IRS office responsible for ObamaCare, two Capitol Hill sources told Fox News.
Thursday, May 16 2013 10:20 PM EDT2013-05-17 02:20:49 GMT
D.C. police are trying to find the man responsible for a home invasion Wednesday afternoon. A 69-year-old woman answered the front door of her Massachusetts Avenue home just steps away from the National Cathedral and ended up being dragged through the house and eventually tied up with a vacuum cord.
D.C. police are trying to find the man responsible for a home invasion Wednesday afternoon. A 69-year-old woman answered the front door of her Massachusetts Avenue home just steps away from the National Cathedral and ended up being dragged through the house and eventually tied up with a vacuum cord.
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