By Adam Pagnucco. Tomorrow, this year’s county operating budget spectacle will come to its dramatic conclusion. This is arguably the most significant budget since the Great Recession. Like the budgets…
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How Elrich is Setting Up a Future Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. News of County Executive Marc Elrich’s ten percent property tax hike has shocked county residents. But a more shocking thing awaits anyone who dives deeply into his…
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Full Ten Cent Property Tax Hike is Dead
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By Adam Pagnucco. From the day that County Executive Marc Elrich sent his recommended ten cent property tax hike to the county council, not a single source of mine in…
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: Proprietor Income
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By Adam Pagnucco. Here is a huge part of our economy that is largely untracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: proprietors. This is how the U.S. Bureau of…
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Who’s-Who Employer List Opposes Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. A group of the county’s most prominent employers and business organizations has sent a letter to the county council opposing a potential property tax increase. The letter…
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By Adam Pagnucco. With MCPS unions pressing for full funding of the school system’s requested budget and the county council resisting the full ten percent property tax increase recommended by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In an amazing response to Council President Evan Glass’s op-ed calling for more transparency and accountability in MCPS’s budget, the school board has cited its own demographics…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s understand something about Council Member Will Jawando. He is an excellent public speaker. He keeps his cool on the dais and says exactly what he intends. …
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Can MCPS Fix the Achievement Gap? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One related the story of how MCPS started a pilot program in East Silver Spring Elementary School, a school with a large Black and brown student…
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Can MCPS Fix the Achievement Gap? Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. The achievement gap. This is absolutely one of the most challenging issues in all of public education. After decades of work, it’s doubtful that anyone has yet…