I live in the region...over in Virginia. The problem with the DC city employees is that they’ve got a hire-DC mentality....so they hire marginal employees, even as managers, and you end up with a staff which isn’t that capable. They will go after the $800k and probably waste over $5 million in lawyer/court fees....and most of the people involved who owed less than $2k...will just pay it back to avoid any issues. The folks with over $20k? I imagine most are not in a position to pay it back.
If you had to pick a city in America that requires constant oversight...this would be my number one choice. They need a full-time staff of fifty people looking over their business every single day.
I thought they were under the oversight of Congress. That’s why they don’t get to vote. Or, has that changed?