By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents MCPS teachers, has been unhappy about MCPS’s budgetary situation for months. In March, when the county executive did not…
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Glass: Shame on the School Board
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS’s last-minute threat of layoffs did not affect the county council’s passage of its budget today but it did cause significant consternation in the council building and…
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Will MCPS Implement Layoffs?
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By Adam Pagnucco. A document provided yesterday by MCPS management to the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), which represents teachers and other educators in the school system, notifies MCPS unions…
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MCEA, SEIU Local 500 Slam Elrich and Council
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By Adam Pagnucco. The primary elections overshadowed the budget during the recent news cycles, but now that they are both done, the budget’s passage is generating fireworks. First, County Executive…
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Elrich Blasts Council on Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. The county council unanimously passed its straw vote on the operating and capital budgets today, with Council Members Andrew Friedson, Evan Glass, Kate Stewart and Marilyn Balcombe…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With crime rising and average response time increasing, you might think that the county would want to increase the size of its emergency call center, which handles…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Accountability. We hear this word from county leaders All. The. Time. But when the time comes to actually impose it, the concept is nowhere to be found…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, Council President Andrew Friedson introduced a one-time $20 million special appropriation to provide aid for businesses called the J.O.B.S. (Jobs, Opportunities and Business Support) program. …
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Elrich’s Structural Deficit
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s charter prohibits long-term debt from being used to finance current operating expenses, meaning that current annual operating budgets must be balanced. However, the charter says…
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How is Elrich Spending the Money?
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich released his recommended FY25 operating budget on March 14. That same day, I published my first impressions of his budget, which were: No…