By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has cast a straw vote by 6-5 to raise taxes on homeowners who receive the Income Tax Offset Credit (ITOC), a flat $692 credit…
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A Disaster in the Making
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By Adam Pagnucco. The income tax restructuring now before the council threatens to disproportionately hit low income homeowners. But that’s not all. It will also inflate property tax bills and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. A big majority of county council members have spoken out against the tax increases recommended by County Executive Marc Elrich. Almost all of them voted against his…
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“There’s No Way Out”
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By Adam Pagnucco. Faced with the herculean task of rewriting County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY27 operating budget, which contains unpopular tax increases, the county council finds itself in a…
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By Adam Pagnucco. President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is blowing the roof off of gasoline prices. When combined with his cuts to federal spending and employment, the dual effect…
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Should We Restructure the Income Tax?
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By Adam Pagnucco. In her landmark memo proposing to rewrite County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY27 operating budget, which includes increased property and income taxes, Council President Natali Fani-González proposed…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council President Natali Fani-González has proposed reducing collectively bargained compensation increases as part of a plan to avoid the tax hikes recommended by County Executive Marc Elrich. …
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By Adam Pagnucco. Council President Natali Fani-González made major news last week when she proposed a plan to avoid County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended property and income tax increases. One…
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165 Does Not Equal 8
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By Adam Pagnucco. As of this writing, there are two plans on the table for the county’s FY27 operating budget. There is County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended budget, which relies…
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Don’t Call Them Cuts
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the county council begins reviewing County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY27 operating budget, which contains both a property tax increase and an income tax increase, Council…