The D.C. Council is poised to reject several high-profile initiatives in Mayor Adrian Fenty’s proposed 2009 budget legislation, including a much-maligned strategy to slash public comment on the annual school spending plan.

Mayor Adrian Fenty has ordered the D.C. Department of Transportation to address the “top transportation concerns” citywide, but critics question whether the list the agency compiled was based on real need, or on who made the most noise.

Nearly eight months after a legislatively set deadline, Mayor Adrian Fenty has submitted to the D.C. Council the names of two education researchers chosen to serve as independent judges of the city’s public school reform.