By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink has released a statement explaining her votes on the FY24 budget and the property tax increase. I have previously printed her thoughts on…
Budget and Taxes
Elrich Criticizes Council Budget
By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has released a statement criticizing the budget approved by the county council in a straw vote yesterday. The council approved a 4.7% property…
By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers and other educators in MCPS, has issued a press release blasting the county council for its tax and…
Tax Hike Number Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, the Montgomery County Council voted 7-4 to increase property taxes by 4.7 percent. The increase is much less than the 10 percent proposed by County…
What Will Happen on the Budget?
By Adam Pagnucco. Tomorrow, this year’s county operating budget spectacle will come to its dramatic conclusion. This is arguably the most significant budget since the Great Recession. Like the budgets…
How Elrich is Setting Up a Future Tax Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. News of County Executive Marc Elrich’s ten percent property tax hike has shocked county residents. But a more shocking thing awaits anyone who dives deeply into his…
Full Ten Cent Property Tax Hike is Dead
By Adam Pagnucco. From the day that County Executive Marc Elrich sent his recommended ten cent property tax hike to the county council, not a single source of mine in…
Who’s-Who Employer List Opposes Tax Hike
By Adam Pagnucco. A group of the county’s most prominent employers and business organizations has sent a letter to the county council opposing a potential property tax increase. The letter…
By Adam Pagnucco. With MCPS unions pressing for full funding of the school system’s requested budget and the county council resisting the full ten percent property tax increase recommended by…
By Adam Pagnucco. In an amazing response to Council President Evan Glass’s op-ed calling for more transparency and accountability in MCPS’s budget, the school board has cited its own demographics…