Bonuses for City Employees Despite Economic Crunch

dcogcadmin | December 14, 2009

As revealed through records released under the District’s Freedom of Information Act, many city employees have continued to receive bonuses even during this period of tight fiscal conditions.  D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles pointed to contracts entered into in better times to explain recent bonuses.  The records reviewed by the Examiner detail the names and amounts of bonuses received since Mayor Adrian Fenty took office in 2007 — $15 million in all.  The Examiner

As revealed through records released under the District’s Freedom of Information Act, many city employees have continued to receive bonuses even during this period of tight fiscal conditions.  D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles pointed to contracts entered into in better times to explain recent bonuses.  The records reviewed by the Examiner detail the names and amounts of bonuses received since Mayor Adrian Fenty took office in 2007 — $15 million in all.  The Examiner