By Adam Pagnucco. Part One described a bill by Council Member Kate Stewart that would impose substantial governance requirements on the county’s main community media organization, Montgomery Community Media (MCM). …
Budget and Taxes
756 Articles
756
S
Should the County Fund Local Media? Part One
2 Min Read
2 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kate Stewart recently made news by introducing a bill that would impose new requirements on “community media organizations.” The bill provoked pushback from a number…
3 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Reardon “Sully” Sullivan and County Executive Marc Elrich disagree on just about everything. After all, Elrich is a long-time socialist who regularly proposes tax increases whereas Sully…
D
Did They Make Any Cuts?
3 Min Read
3 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Outrage about the county’s recent huge tax hike on most homeowners has been swirling on social media for weeks. And in the many discussions on this topic,…
S
Stop the Spend Charter Amendment Fails
2 Min Read
2 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. The Stop the Spend charter amendment, which would limit the annual growth in the county’s operating budget to the rate of inflation absent a unanimous county council…
W
Who Would Take the Cuts?
3 Min Read
3 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. In a recent column, I revealed that the county’s latest six-year fiscal plan projected that county agencies – the largest of which are county government, MCPS, Montgomery…
A
Another Tax Hike?
3 Min Read
3 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. This year’s county operating budget produced an excruciating double-digit tax hike on most homeowners as well as a structural deficit for next year. Now, the county’s most…
I
Is the MCPS Budget in Trouble?
4 Min Read
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. So far, this summer has been a season of doom at MCPS. Confronted with the county council’s failure to fully fund the school board’s budget request, Superintendent…
T
This is Why the County Needs Reserves
3 Min Read
3 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. When the county council discusses the county’s operating budget, they often refer to reserves and structural deficits. At times, those topics sound like gobbledy-gook from pointy-headed budget…
M
MoCo’s Shocking Homeowner Tax Hike
4 Min Read
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Lisinopril and atenolol are effective treatments for high blood pressure. If you do not already use these medications or others to manage cardiac issues, you may see…