By Adam Pagnucco. The county council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) has struck again, telling the council that another one of their bills will hurt…
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Bring in the Moms
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By Adam Pagnucco. It’s Sunday afternoon. Junior wants something. He wants it soooooo bad. He begs his parents to get it. Dad, who is busy…
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They Have Been Warned Again
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I published a post titled They Were Warned explaining how the county council was told by their own staff a…
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They Were Warned
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By Adam Pagnucco. The road to this year’s massive tax hike proposal is a long one, paved with years of unsustainable spending. That’s not on…
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Realtors Launch Campaign to Stop Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) has started an advocacy campaign to oppose County Executive Marc Elrich’s ten percent property…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the public considers the county executive’s request for a ten percent property tax hike to benefit MCPS, it’s time to review…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) has issued a statement claiming that the recordation tax increase proposed by Council Members…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part Three explained how MCPS transfers teacher salary money towards other spending almost every year. And that’s not just on MCPS –…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we found out that MCPS’s actual spending on instructional salaries regularly falls short of its appropriations. What happens to…
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Pay the Teachers, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we examined the basics on MCPS’s operating budget in preparation for answering one question: what happens to teacher salary…