@blackpaperclipss: Mr. McGuire: DC’s $49M Budget Could Have Hired 685 Police | Oversight Hearing Sept 18 Mr. McGuire listed nearly $49 million in DC budget allocations, including: +$5M for World Pride 2025 +$1M for an LGBTQ+ community center in Shaw +$250K for a Black LGBTQ+ history program +$1.3M for a Reparations Task Force +$600K for workforce development for transgender residents +$40M for migrant services +$868K for council staff COLA (cost-of-living raises) He argued that money could instead have gone to hiring 685 new MPD officers. 📅 Hearing: Sept 18, 2025 | House Oversight Committee 👉 Should DC redirect these funds toward policing? Comment your thoughts ⬇️ 🔔 Subscribe to @blackpaperclips for more Oversight & politics clips.