The Barras Report Blog

Jun 98 min read

The short path to ruin in DC

The DC Council gave preliminary approval this week to a $21 billion Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Financial Plan that included dozens of...

Apr 78 min read

Winning round one at DC’s Gallery Place

WHEN you have an opponent by the short hairs and they know it, gloating is in poor taste. Proper etiquette for the victor is to “smile,...

May 13, 20237 min read

BUDGET MADNESS IN DC, PART 1

THE $19.7 billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Financial Plan submitted earlier this year by Mayor Muriel Bowser demonstrates her...

Jan 28, 20237 min read

A City Traumatized By Crime

I am on the telephone listening to my granddaughter discuss the week’s events. Normally she is a confident, self-assured, sassy high...

Oct 2, 20227 min read

THE BARRAS REPORT

IF YOU DON’T WIN A DC CONTRACT, START A CITIZEN PROTEST THAT surely must be the thinking of leaders at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield...

May 8, 20227 min read

Mayor Muriel Bowser fights to lead — for a third time

IT'S difficult to imagine any mayor’s second term like the one with which Muriel Bowser has grappled. It began in 2019, filled with...

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