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Metro’s Financial Crisis Demands Leadership from D.C. But the Prospect of New Taxes is Making Politicians Skittish | Washington City Paper

September 29, 2023
  • D.C. Policy Center

On September 29, 2023, the D.C. Policy Center’s Executive Director, Yesim Sayin, was cited by the Washington City Paper:

“I was shocked by how little Metro can do to solve this problem,” says Yesim Sayin, the head of the D.C. Policy Center and a former official in the CFO’s office, after reading through WMATA’s latest budget plans. “This seems more to me like a call for action to the region’s leaders…And it has to be a dedicated source of funding because it can’t go through the budget risk every year.”

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