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How the Counties Spend Your Money, Part Five
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Today, we examine public school spending and look at Montgomery County’s per capita budget in detail.In FY 2009, Maryland’s twenty-four public school districts received a…
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News Channel 8’s Bruce DePuyt interviewed Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18) about his plan to shift teacher pension obligations to the counties. Among Madaleno’s reasons for…
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Save a Little Money for a Rainy Day
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By Marc Korman. County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal year 2011 budget proposal was recently released. Included was a proposal for the current fiscal year (2010)…
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Look Them in the Eye
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And now we see their true colors. After frenzied lobbying by Director of Economic Development Steve Silverman, a majority of the County Council has caved…
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How the Counties Spend Your Money, Part Four
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Today, we examine total and per capita county spending in three categories: libraries, economic development and debt service.Here is total and per capita spending on…
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MoCo County Executive Ike Leggett will be on the “Political Pulse” TV Show on:Thursday, March 25th at 9:00 p.m.;Friday-Sunday, March 26th-28th, at 6:00 p.m.; andTuesday,…
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Purple Line NOW Video
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Courtesy of Just Up the Pike’s Dan Reed.
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The Senate’s passage of a partial handoff of teacher pensions to the counties last night – a proposal crafted by none other than MoCo Senate…
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Today, we examine total and per capita county spending in three categories: fire and rescue/emergency medical services, law enforcement and health/human services/housing.Here is total and…