By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has passed the Kicking the Can Budget, a budget that will go down in infamy because of its homeowner tax increase and the nearly…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In response to my Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) request, county council staff has confirmed that taxpayers paid some of the costs of Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles’s…
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has a long and generally supportive history with labor, having been endorsed by nearly every county union during his long political career at…
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Sayles Went to Hawaii During the Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. It started just before the week of May 4, which was one of the most critical weeks of this county council’s term. Source after source – at…
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MCPS Releases Potential Reductions List
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By Adam Pagnucco. At yesterday’s school board meeting, MCPS management released a potential reductions list of school district positions. The list is due to the county council funding 98.4% of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman has recommended an FY27 operating budget that cuts property tax rates while boosting general fund spending by 7.3%. Anne Arundel County…
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Is This Progressive?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, the county council passed an income tax plan that it calls progressive. County Executive Marc Elrich calls it regressive. Who is right? To answer that…
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The Kicking the Can Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. The great budget battle of 2026 appears to be over. And its result is a weary agreement by nine council members to kick the county’s budgetary can…
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By Adam Pagnucco. J. Wellington Wimpy, the gluttonous character in Popeye cartoons, loved to say, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Would the county council give Wimpy…
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Council Postpones Budget Votes
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By Adam Pagnucco. The council was supposed to take hugely important straw votes on the capital and operating budgets today, but it’s not going to happen. Moments ago, Council President…