David Lublin raised a number of good points on the property tax increase that deserve a response. Let’s take them in order.(1) Lots of people have lived in homes for…
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Much is being made of County Executive Ike Leggett’s proposal for a property tax increase. Here’s how to calculate what it means for you.Leggett’s property tax proposal has two components….
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Are MoCo Public Employees Overpaid?
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Yesterday, the Post reported on growing disagreements between Montgomery County leaders over compensation paid to county employees. Labor costs account for 80% of the county’s $4.3 billion budget and the…
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MoCo Property Tax Increase in Doubt
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Last Friday, Montgomery County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg flatly told the Gazette, “I do not support going over the charter limit.” This is a serious blow against passage of a…
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Computer Tax at Death’s Door
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Yesterday the Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee voted to replace the computer tax with a package combining a surcharge on residents earning at least $1 million a year, transportation cuts…
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General Assembly Announces Blogger Tax
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Following is the exclusive transcript of the press conference called by Senate President Mike Miller.Senate President Miller: Ladies and gentlemen of the press – the real press – I am…
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In Defense of Taxing Millionaires
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The current battle over whether to replace the hated computer services tax with an income tax surcharge on millionaires has become a defining ideological struggle among Maryland state legislators, especially…
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Paying for Roads One Way or Another
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Yes, I know everyone is talking about MoCo’s budget crisis, and don’t worry – we will too. But this Post article on a report by the Metropolitan Washington Council of…
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The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Senate President Mike Miller is threatening education and teachers’ pension funding in an effort to get the Maryland State Teachers Association to support slots….
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Is the Computer Tax Here to Stay? (Updated)
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The Washington Post reports that Maryland’s Senate has not reached a consensus on how, or whether, to replace the much-despised computer sales tax. But Maryland Politics Watch readers have seen…