SIGH. 'Fully loaded' SUV puts D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown on the spot.

Several weeks after Kwame R. Brown was elected D.C. Council chairman in November, city officials were asked to order for him a "fully loaded" Lincoln Navigator L with a DVD entertainment system, power moonroof and polished aluminum wheels. It had to be black - all black, inside and out - and it had to arrive in time for his inauguration Jan. 2, never mind the District's projected $400 million budget shortfall.

When you’ve got a $400 million shortfall, what’s another $1900/month? And never mind that in D.C., the farthest you can drive in a straight line and stay within the district is 14 miles.

Make 'em all ride bicycles.