The Senate’s Budget and Taxation (B&T) Committee passed $365.9 million in cuts to local governments (both county and municipal). We compared those cuts to each county’s population and found that,…
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How Hard Will MoCo be Hit by State Cuts?
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The state’s budget crisis will inevitably impact state aid to counties. What will it cost Montgomery?At the moment, the House and the Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee (B&T) have passed…
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Ike Leggett, Fiscal Conservative
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Budget documents are not merely financial statements. They are also political statements. And County Executive Ike Leggett’s FY 2010 budget recommendation states quite clearly that he is running for re-election…
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When former Governor Bob Ehrlich (R) diverted transportation money to the state’s operating budget, Democrats pounced. But now some of them are poised to do much the same thing.Last week,…
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Two County Executives, Two Budgets
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Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson both submitted tight FY 2010 budget recommendations to their County Councils. Both men had formidable challenges and dealt…
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Ike Leggett on the FY 2010 Budget, Part Two
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Maryland’s $10 Billion Black Hole
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Lost in the debate about teacher pensions is one central fact that deserves discussion: the State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) of Maryland is seriously ill. That should concern state…
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Ike Leggett on the FY 2010 Budget, Part One
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As we have previously chronicled, Senate President Mike Miller is determined to unload the obligation of paying for teacher pensions on Maryland’s counties. On February 6, Big Daddy introduced SB…
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Chaos in Collective Bargaining (Updated)
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Facing a half-billion dollar deficit, the Montgomery County government has no choice other than to seek savings through renegotiating its contracts with its public employee unions. But a chaotic endgame…