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Strange Conclusions From The Election
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By Marc Korman. Since Tuesday’s election, pundits and politicians have drawn some strange conclusions from the results.1. Franchot Lost, O’Malley WonA front page article in the Gazette of Business and…
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MoCo School Unions Agree to Reopen Contracts
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Below is the text of a press release from MCEA, SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (MCAASP), the three unions that represent employees…
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Ficker’s Lead Grows
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Just as we predicted, Robin Ficker’s anti-tax charter amendment is picking up votes as the absentee ballots are counted.When the precinct count was finished, 170,216 votes supported the Ficker Amendment…
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The Great Maryland Tax Revolt
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Free State conservatives may have experienced a miserable election night with the victory of Barack Obama and Democratic pickups in the House and Senate. But they should take comfort from…
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Maryland’s Budget Apocalypse
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In a disaster movie that never seems to end, the state’s budget is getting even worse. We use the latest documents from the state’s Department of Legislative Services (DLS) to…
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A Footnote on Ambulance Fees
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The Washington Post reports that the County Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to block County Executive Ike Leggett’s proposal to impose ambulance fees. Marc Korman explained the proposal in…
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Death By A Thousand Cuts
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By Marc Korman. In July, I posted two entries about Governor O’Malley’s MARC train expansion plans. Those plans seem farther away than ever now that the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)…
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MoCo’s Great Crash, Part Two
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In Part One, we made the case that Montgomery County’s real estate and construction industries together might account for one-fifth or more of the county’s private sector economic activity. And…
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MoCo’s Great Crash, Part One
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There is a lot of talk about a Great Crash: that of America’s stock market. And there is a lot of talk about another Great Crash: that of America’s economy….