City beautiful types already had enough reason to growl at downtown real estate tycoon Douglas Jemal earlier this week, with a post by vacant property watchdog Cary Silverman chronicling the history of a decrepit mansion at 11th and K Northwest–it's covered by a series of wrap ads that make the eyesore even more glaring. Turns [...]

Property taxes! They just don't save city budgets like they used to.
The AP has a story out today about the District's $340 million two-year budget shortfall. One of the main culprits is undelivered property taxes—or as the city's Chief Financial Officer Nat Gandhi said:
Much of the latest shortfall comes from a $123 million [...]