By Sharon Dooley. The message posted by Adam from the Obama Saturday message could hold great promise for Montgomery County’s transportation dilemma. The recent series about Council member Marc Elrich’s…
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By Marc Korman. In some of the darkest days of the Great Depression, our legislators were not passing jobs programs or crafting fiscal stimulus packages, but were busy repealing the…
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Uncle Ike Thumps Big Daddy (Updated)
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Looking Senate President Mike Miller directly in the eye, County Executive Ike Leggett issued a challenge to him and the county’s statehouse delegation this morning: do not cut county aid…
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Is Now the Time for the CARR Bill?
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Last February, I wrote in favor of a property tax bill proposed by Delegate Al Carr (D-18), commonly known as the Commercial Assessment Rate Review (CARR) bill. The CARR bill…
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MCEA, SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (MCAASP) have reached a tentative deal with the school system on contract savings. Here are the…
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Crisis in Transportation, Part Three
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In Part Two, we described Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski’s aggressive infrastructure bill to create jobs, stimulate the state’s economy and generate long-run returns for Oregon. So what about Maryland?No one…
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Crisis in Transportation, Part Two
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A flatlining economy. Intolerable and worsening traffic congestion. Falling transportation revenues. Maryland has all of these problems. So does Oregon. The difference is that Oregon’s political leadership is doing something…
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More Details on the MoCo Budget Disaster
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The following memo from the Montgomery County Department of Finance to the Montgomery County Council outlines how truly daunting the county’s budget challenge is.MEMORANDUM November 24, 2008 TO: Michael J….
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Crisis in Transportation, Part One
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Last week was a tough one for Maryland transportation advocates. Let us count the ways.1. The message from MDOT Secretary John Porcari’s Road Show presentation in Rockville was a gloomy…
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Rich Madaleno on the Budget
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Following is a statement from Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18), a member of the Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee, on the state’s budget.On Tuesday, the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) briefed…