By Adam Pagnucco. Council President Natali Fani-González made major news last week when she proposed a plan to avoid County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended property and income tax increases. One…
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165 Does Not Equal 8
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By Adam Pagnucco. As of this writing, there are two plans on the table for the county’s FY27 operating budget. There is County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended budget, which relies…
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Don’t Call Them Cuts
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council begins reviewing County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY27 operating budget, which contains both a property tax increase and an income tax increase, Council…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The three unions representing MCPS employees – the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrators…
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Fani-González’s Bold Budget Proposal
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By Adam Pagnucco. With many county council members and an overwhelming majority of Democratic primary voters expressing opposition to broad-based tax increases, Council President Natali Fani-González has proposed a bold…
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By Adam Pagnucco. UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the Washington region, has been calling for a boycott of the Montgomery County Conference Center…
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By Adam Pagnucco. If you have been looking at your property tax bill over the last few years and have noticed substantial increases, you’re right. (And if you would like…
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By Adam Pagnucco. For many years, County Executive Marc Elrich has championed affordable housing, claiming that the private sector does not provide enough of it so the government must step…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the county council began consideration of County Executive Marc Elrich’s FY27 operating budget, which contains a property tax increase, an income tax increase, many fee increases…
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MoCo’s Exploding Infrastructure Backlog
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2005, County Council Members Tom Perez and Marilyn Praisner put together a task force of county agencies to “identify the types of infrastructure most in…