By Adam Pagnucco. Here are two things that almost everyone inside and outside of county government will agree on. The needs of residents and businesses for financial assistance to deal…
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Time to Get Control of the Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in July, I wrote a post about the county budget titled “Crash!” The post discussed the county’s revenue writedown of $522 million for Fiscal Years 20-22,…
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Would Question B Harm Schools?
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By Adam Pagnucco. One of the key claims made by some opponents of Question B (Robin Ficker’s latest charter amendment on taxes) is that it will harm schools by limiting…
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How Will We Pay for This?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Confronting one of the worst recessions in its history, the MoCo government is projecting a loss of $190 million in revenue this fiscal year and over $1…
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How Not to Restructure Government
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By Adam Pagnucco. Dear readers, let’s consider the following sequence of events. 2018: County executive candidate Marc Elrich campaigns on a platform of restructuring government. Elrich writes in the Washington…
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MoCo is Praying for a Federal Bailout
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By Adam Pagnucco. The COVID cuts have begun. County Executive Marc Elrich has sent a mid-year savings plan to the county council, which has tweaked it and given it tentative…
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By Adam Pagnucco. You heard that deafening noise, yeah? It came from Rockville, specifically from Monroe Street. It was the sound of the county budget being blown to smithereens. And…
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Hogan’s Shift and Shaft
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a long-expected move, Governor Larry Hogan has submitted a long list of state budget cuts to the Board of Public Works. Cuts to state employee salaries…
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Elrich Asks MCPS for Cuts
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a memo to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Jack Smith, County Executive Marc Elrich is asking MCPS to make operating budget cuts along with the…
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By Adam Pagnucco. For the first time in its history, the Montgomery County Government will be applying for a line of credit. That’s a sign of how seriously county officials…