By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is the county’s economic development authority. It is a 501(c)(3) whose board members are nominated by the county executive and…
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Elrich’s First Veto: The Politics
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has a soft and raspy voice. Close your eyes and imagine that voice saying: I just think that developers should pay their fair…
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Elrich’s First Veto: The Policy Debate
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By Adam Pagnucco. On Friday, County Executive Marc Elrich issued the first veto of his administration against a bill by the county council offering 15-year property tax breaks for high-rise…
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Elrich Vetoes WMATA Property Tax Bill
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has vetoed Bill 29-20, which would grant high-rise developers on Metro station projects payments in lieu of taxes in return for 15-year exemptions…
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Chamber to Executive: Get the Money Out Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce has issued the following statement on the county’s pace of distributing federal COVID assistance. ***** Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Statement…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of the county council’s nuclear annihilation of the county’s federal COVID grant management, MCM carried this quote from County Executive Marc Elrich: Following the…
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Council Nukes Elrich Over COVID Grants
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By Adam Pagnucco. Here are two things that almost everyone inside and outside of county government will agree on. The needs of residents and businesses for financial assistance to deal…
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Friedson Floors Ficker on Taxes
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By Adam Pagnucco. Friends of White Flint made a huge score last week when they landed the heavyweight battle of the year, at least for MoCo tax geeks: a debate…
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Time to Get Control of the Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, I wrote a post about the county budget titled “Crash!” The post discussed the county’s revenue writedown of $522 million for Fiscal Years 20-22,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The six committees formed to advocate for and against MoCo’s ballot questions have filed campaign finance reports through October 4. Let’s see who is paying for all…