Many challengers for public office have sparse records on issues other than through their civic activities or biographies. But Becky Wagner, an at-large County Council challenger and Executive Director of…
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Silverman Explains Northrop Loss
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Montgomery County Director of Economic Development Steve Silverman sent the following letter to members of the business community explaining Maryland’s failure to land Northrop Grumman.April 29, 2010 Dear [Name]: I…
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Leggett Reacts to Northrop Grumman Decision
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Following is a statement by County Executive Ike Leggett on Northrop Grumman’s decision to locate its headquarters in Virginia instead of in Maryland.Statement by County Executive Isiah Leggett on Northrop…
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Maryland Loses Northrop Grumman
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The Washington Business Journal has the scoop.
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Is the Energy Tax a Job Killer?
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On March 15, the County Executive proposed increasing the energy tax by 39.6%. On March 25, he proposed increasing it by 63.7% because of threatened downgrades to the county’s bonds…
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Sleeping Giant Stays in Bed
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Last month, we ran a four-part series on the policy and political implications of the Gaithersburg West Master Plan. We asked whether the issue was a “sleeping giant” and speculated…
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Hopkins Slams Costco Subsidy
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District 1 County Council candidate Ilaya Hopkins condemned the Leggett administration’s $4 million subsidy for Costco at Westfield Wheaton today, a deal that includes a zoning text amendment expediting Costco’s…
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Differing rates of population, employment and real wage growth have resulted in greater rates of cross-border commuting since 1970. That commuting, which is often skewed towards the west in the…
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In the first five parts of this series, we examined differing rates of growth in population, employment and real wages across the Washington region and explored historic shifts of commuting…
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In Part Two, we saw that Fairfax County was adding population and employment, and seeing increases in real wages, at much higher rates than MoCo or Prince George’s County. And…