By Patricia B. O’Neill, President, Montgomery County Board of Education. Last week, in a surprising move, the Maryland Senate voted to transfer hundreds of millions in teacher pension costs from…
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How to School Annapolis
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This year was supposed to be a lean year in the statehouse. Cuts were everywhere. Furloughs and pink slips were being handed out left and right. State aid and teacher…
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MCEA Condemns Teacher Pension Shift
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Following is a press release from MCEA opposing the shift in teacher pensions that was passed by the Senate. The release contains some pointed language directed at Senator Rich Madaleno…
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News Channel 8’s Bruce DePuyt interviewed Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18) about his plan to shift teacher pension obligations to the counties. Among Madaleno’s reasons for characterizing teacher pensions as unaffordable…
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Save a Little Money for a Rainy Day
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By Marc Korman. County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal was recently released. Included was a proposal for the current fiscal year (2010) that the County tap its…
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Look Them in the Eye
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And now we see their true colors. After frenzied lobbying by Director of Economic Development Steve Silverman, a majority of the County Council has caved in and supports a $4…
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The Senate’s passage of a partial handoff of teacher pensions to the counties last night – a proposal crafted by none other than MoCo Senate Delegation Chairman Rich Madaleno –…
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Teacher Pension Shift Passes the Senate
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The teacher pension shift proposed by Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18) and passed by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee has now passed the full Senate on a 28-19 vote. Following…
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Madaleno Rocks MoCo on Teacher Pensions
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Sixteen months ago, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett stared Senate President Mike “Big Daddy” Miller in the eye at a Committee for Montgomery Breakfast and told him, “We leave here…
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Senator Nancy King Comments on the Budget
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Senator Nancy King (D-39), a member of the Budget and Taxation Committee, sent out the following legislative update to her constituents containing information on the current state of the budget.Dear…