The state’s budget crisis will inevitably impact state aid to counties. What will it cost Montgomery?At the moment, the House and the Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee (B&T) have passed…
County Budget 2009
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Ike Leggett, Fiscal Conservative
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Budget documents are not merely financial statements. They are also political statements. And County Executive Ike Leggett’s FY 2010 budget recommendation states quite clearly that he is running for re-election…
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Two County Executives, Two Budgets
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Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson both submitted tight FY 2010 budget recommendations to their County Councils. Both men had formidable challenges and dealt…
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Ike Leggett on the FY 2010 Budget, Part Two
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Ike Leggett on the FY 2010 Budget, Part One
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Chaos in Collective Bargaining (Updated)
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Facing a half-billion dollar deficit, the Montgomery County government has no choice other than to seek savings through renegotiating its contracts with its public employee unions. But a chaotic endgame…
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In the following letter to the County Executive, seven members of the County Council asked him not to include ambulance fee revenues in his forthcoming FY 2010 budget. Leggett’s ambulance…
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The recently passed federal stimulus package will help Maryland balance its FY 2010 budget with fewer program and aid cuts than originally proposed by the Governor. But as of right…
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Growth? What Growth?
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For those who are still worried about growth, we have a message for you: there’s nothing to worry about.That’s right, there is little to no growth in Montgomery County at…
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The Montgomery County Career Fire Fighters Association (MCCFFA) announced more than $7 million in concessions in a tentative deal with the Leggett administration yesterday. But the structure of the deal…