Guest column by Linda Herman. A Montgomery Perspective post on June 24 questioned the pending move of the Montgomery County Employee Retiree Plans (MCERP) office from the Executive Office Building…
Budget and Taxes
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I wrote about a pending lease for the office used by the Montgomery County Employee Retirement Plans (MCERP), which administers the county government’s pension and…
By Adam Pagnucco. Just imagine it. MoCo bureaucrats frolicking in an opulent palace. Amenities include a fitness center, a sauna, a hot tub, a basketball court, a bocce court, a…
Moody’s Downgrades Prince George’s County
By Adam Pagnucco. Moody’s has downgraded Prince George’s County from Aaa, its highest rating, to Aa1. The Washington Post has reported that Standard & Poor’s and Fitch are still assigning…
Teachers Declare Victory
By Adam Pagnucco. David Stein, president of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), has released a video on X declaring victory over the county council’s passage of a huge budget…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the county council passed an FY26 operating budget with robust spending increases and no tax hikes. How did they do it? In part, they relied…
Big Fee Hike Replaces Gigantic Fee Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. Back in March, I reported that County Executive Marc Elrich had recommended a gigantic hike in the county’s systems benefit charge, which funds solid waste and recycling…
The Family Gets a Big Win
By Adam Pagnucco. After several years of labor-management strife, the MCPS family reassembled a few months ago to jointly advocate for a large funding increase. And with the budget passed,…
Albornoz: “I am Troubled by What Lies Ahead”
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, several county council members released statements on their newly approved FY26 operating budget, which contains substantial spending increases (particularly for MCPS), no tax increases and a…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Council has released details of the FY26 operating budget it approved today. There will be more to say about this in the future, but…