Name one program in the county budget that is not working and can be cut. Tell us how much in annual savings that would yield. While there’s no one program…
Budget and Taxes
A Reply to Nancy Floreen on MCPS Funding
By Adam Pagnucco. Thanks to Council Member Nancy Floreen for writing about MCPS funding in recent years in response to my blog post. First, a note of appreciation. While we…
Setting the Record Straight on MCPS Funding
By Council Member Nancy Floreen. Adam Pagnucco’s recent post on the County Council’s budgeting work made an astoundingly misleading claim: “The County imposed seven years of austerity on MCPS [in…
Greenberger Guarantees No Property Tax Hikes
By Adam Pagnucco. Former County Council spokesman Neil Greenberger, who is running for an at-large seat, has released a campaign video guaranteeing that if he is elected, there will be…
By Adam Pagnucco. If the next County Executive and County Council want to prevent another Giant Tax Hike, they will have to do something that has not been done for…
By Adam Pagnucco. The untold story of last year’s 9% property tax hike is that it was not merely the product of needed funding for public schools or the adverse…
By Adam Pagnucco. Unfortunately for those Council Members who voted in its favor, last year’s 9% property tax hike won’t go away. The issue came up at the first County…
By Adam Pagnucco. School construction has been one of the hottest issues for years in Montgomery County. Enrollment in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been increasing by close to…
MoCo’s Giant Tax Hike, Part Six
By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s giant tax hike will have consequences. Here are a few of them. 1. Term limits are more likely to pass. There are several reasons why…
MoCo’s Giant Tax Hike, Part Five
By Adam Pagnucco. The untold story about the Giant Tax Hike is that it could have been cut substantially while still maintaining every dime of funding for MCPS in the…