Following is a memo from County Executive Ike Leggett to Council President Nancy Floreen on Montgomery County’s growing budget deficit. In the memo, Leggett estimates that the voters’ repeal of…
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Now Comes the Hard Part
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Today, Maryland Democrats are celebrating the reelection of Governor Martin O’Malley, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski and their holding onto both chambers of the General Assembly. But the reality of governance…
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Phil Andrews: Ambulance Fees Can Cost Lives
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Council Member Phil Andrews sent out this mailer under his own authority line.
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Bob Ehrlich depicts himself as a tax cutter. Isn’t that good for Montgomery County? It depends on which taxes you’re talking about.Taxes Ehrlich has made criticism of Governor O’Malley’s 2007…
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DED for the Ambulance Fee
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County Executive Ike Leggett used the Department of Economic Development’s (DED) email system to send the following message yesterday about Question A, the ballot question on the ambulance fee.e-Alert October…
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In Part One, we showed how Bob Ehrlich’s positions on transportation and the Purple Line would damage Montgomery County. Today, we examine a different set of issues that are connected…
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Ehrlich vs. O’Malley on School Construction
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State political news has been dominated this week by the debate between Bob Ehrlich and Martin O’Malley on state education aid, a worthy topic on which we will have some…
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The Ambulance Fee Cut List
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As both the Post and the Gazette have reported, County Executive Ike Leggett has proposed a list of budget cuts to offset possible repeal of the ambulance fee by the…
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Welcome to the New Normal
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Over the last two years, a number of adjectives have been used to describe the county’s ongoing budget crisis. “Unprecedented.” “Abysmal.” “Devastating.” “Unthinkable.” Well, maybe those adjectives were suitable as…
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Ali’s Education Contrast Mailer
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Here’s a contrast mailer on education sent out by District 39 Senate challenger Saqib Ali against Senator Nancy King. This is a more respectable piece than anything involving Disney characters,…