By Adam Pagnucco. In a new memo to the county council, Chief Administrative Officer Rich Madaleno describes a number of budgetary pressures including declining revenue growth, expenditures (both total and…
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Elrich Wants Us to Be Like Virginia. Really?
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By Adam Pagnucco. It won’t be a surprise to Montgomery Perspective readers that County Executive Marc Elrich wants to raise taxes. After all, he has tried to do so before…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Few county debates are more consequential than those concerning the charter, which is equivalent to the county’s constitution. And of such debates, the most weighty often pertain…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One recounted the history of Montgomery County voters placing limits on the county’s ability to raise property taxes. Under current law passed by voters in 2020,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo voters do not love property tax hikes and they have voted several times to limit them. Under a ballot measure passed by the 2020 general electorate,…
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What Were They Thinking?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of MCPS’s layoff-free budget adjustments, I keep hearing the same question asked about MCPS leadership over and over: What were they thinking? First, let’s…
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MCPS Confirms No Teacher Layoffs
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a message just sent to MCPS employees, MCPS has confirmed my analysis of its budget package as not containing layoffs. The school system now states that…
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By Adam Pagnucco. After getting $31 million less from the county council than it requested, MCPS management raised the possibility of reductions in force (terminations) affecting “all employee groups” and…
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Is the Party Over?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Regular gains in revenues. Surging reserves. Easy money. There may be chaos in MCPS and acrimony between the county executive and the county council (what’s new?), but…
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MCEA: No Layoffs but Furloughs Possible
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Jennifer Martin has just released a video in which she states that while MCPS likely won’t implement layoffs, furloughs and other…