U.S. Tells D.C. to Pay Inaugural Expenses (washingtonpost.com)

As the WP reports, DC is supposed to pay for the Bush Inaugural Security. Don’t do it. Only spend the money that Congress has allocated for it. (About a third of the total)

On top of it all, it’s a federal holiday in the District so the District loses $66M. (I assume that’s all the city vendors combined and not the tax revenue. )

Maybe not. $66M per business day, 260 business days a year. $16.5 B a year. What is DC’s annual tax revenue? Runs about $3.5 B a year I guess that is the expected general business loss for a federal day off.