By Adam Pagnucco. With MoCo’s revenues nose diving, the talk of tax hikes is predictably heating up. Here is one idea making the rounds: let’s just tax rich people. We…
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Why Another Tax Hike is Inevitable
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By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, I broke the story that a new six-year fiscal plan revealed that the county government’s revenue projections had crashed, causing an $854 million writedown over…
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MoCo Revenues Crash and Burn
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By Adam Pagnucco. It’s finally happening. In an event presaged by early signs of deterioration in the county’s (and the region’s) economy, Montgomery County’s revenues are now projected to collapse. …
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MoCo’s JOBS Initiative Keeps Crawling Along
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last year, the county council unanimously approved the JOBS (Jobs, Opportunities & Business Support) initiative, a new $20 million program to provide incentives for businesses. The press…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In what is likely to be viewed as terrible news by county government bosses but could actually be good news for taxpayers, Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In his capital budget briefing of the school board on Tuesday, Superintendent Thomas Taylor revealed that he wants to see a public-private partnership (P3) redevelop MCPS’s headquarters…
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A Better Plan for MCPS’s Headquarters
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I wrote about MCPS’s proposed $400+ million central office campus. The project, which uses land now occupied by the old Carver central office and the…
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Korman Explains the Shutdown
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have known Delegate Marc Korman for a long time. (He was once my co-writer on Maryland Politics Watch, the first site where I wrote through 2010.) …
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Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s rationale for his huge capital budget ask. Part Two quantified huge in historical terms. Part Three looked at the details of…
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Taylor’s Huge Capital Ask, Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined Superintendent Thomas Taylor’s rationale for his huge capital budget ask. Part Two quantified huge in historical terms. Part Three looked at the details of…