Barry Leans On the U.S., Commuters; Five-Year Fiscal Plan Attacked by Critics

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 22, 1995| Author: David A. Vise; Howard Schneider | Copyright information

D.C. Mayor Marion Barry yesterday presented a five-year plan for restoring the city to financial health that sets an extensive agenda for change but relies on suburban commuters and the federal government to finance hundreds of millions in increased spending.

In what aides called a conservative "foundation" for the administration's fiscal strategy and critics called an inflammatory political gesture, Barry suggested the city's books be balanced with a 2 percent income tax on commuters ...

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