By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has reached agreement with the three county employee unions (MCGEO, the fire fighters and the police) to provide additional pay related to the…
Budget and Taxes
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By Adam Pagnucco. The District of Columbia and several local jurisdictions in Maryland have begun deferring a variety of taxes, fees and regulations during the coronavirus crisis. Taken together, these…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Republican Party has alleged on its website and through blast email that the county council is “sneaking in” a tax hike. County GOP Chairman…
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Elrich Sends Budget Letter to the Council
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By Adam Pagnucco. Facing severe crises to public health, the county’s economy and its budget, County Executive Marc Elrich sent the letter below to the county council about the budget. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last night, Council Member Nancy Navarro, who chairs the council’s Government Operations Committee, wrote on my Facebook page that she intends to introduce a council resolution on…
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The County Budget is in Crisis. What Now?
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By Adam Pagnucco. After arguably the worst communications debacle in county government history, the Elrich administration is now belatedly defending its recommended FY21 operating budget. But we are waaaaaaay past…
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County Screw-Up Led to Tax Hike Proposal
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By Adam Pagnucco. Buried in the fine print of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY21 operating budget is a shocking revelation: the executive claims that a mistake made by county…
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Elrich Then and Elrich Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. The big news coming out of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended Fiscal Year 2021 budget is that he is proposing a tax hike. As you might imagine,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As MoCo residents are just now starting to find out, County Executive Marc Elrich has recommended a property tax hike as part of his Fiscal Year 2021…
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Elrich Defends His Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. Forty-five minutes after eight members of the county council released a statement opposing the property tax hike contained in County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended budget, the executive…