By Adam Pagnucco. Council Member Kristin Mink has released a statement explaining her votes on the FY24 budget and the property tax increase. I have previously printed her thoughts on…
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Tax Hike Number Three
By Adam Pagnucco. Minutes ago, the Montgomery County Council voted 7-4 to increase property taxes by 4.7 percent. The increase is much less than the 10 percent proposed by County…
It’s the Economy, Stupid: Conclusion
By Adam Pagnucco. This series has discussed a lot of economic data but let’s change the subject to you, the reader. Who are you? Are you an advocate for funding…
What Will Happen on the Budget?
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…
How Elrich is Setting Up a Future Tax Hike
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…
Full Ten Cent Property Tax Hike is Dead
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…
It’s the Economy, Stupid: Proprietor Income
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…
Who’s-Who Employer List Opposes Tax Hike
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…
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…
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…
