In a shocking memo only now making the rounds of Montgomery County’s political and educational communities, Superintendent of Schools Jerry Weast reveals that a mistake in state budget formulas resulted…
County Budget 2009
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How Not to Deal with Labor
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Kathleen Miller’s account of the budget argument between County Executive Ike Leggett, County Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg and MCGEO President Gino Renne reveals just how bad the county’s financial situation…
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Is This Really Stimulus?
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The Post wrote a short article on County Executive Ike Leggett’s stimulus proposal on Friday. But in scrutinizing the details, we have yet to find where the “stimulus” is!Here are…
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Ike Leggett’s Letter to County Employees
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County Executive Ike Leggett sent the following letter to county employees last night.Dear Fellow County Employee: On behalf of nearly one million Montgomery County residents, I want to thank you…
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Thursday Night Smackdown!
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Last night, business and labor squared off on the CARR bill in one of the more entertaining bouts of the state hearing season. But there is a lot more to…
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MCEA, SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (MCAASP) have reached a tentative deal with the school system on contract savings. Here are the…
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More Details on the MoCo Budget Disaster
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The following memo from the Montgomery County Department of Finance to the Montgomery County Council outlines how truly daunting the county’s budget challenge is.MEMORANDUM November 24, 2008 TO: Michael J….
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Kathleen Miller’s scoop is a must-read. County Council Member and Management & Fiscal Policy Committee Chair Duchy Trachtenberg believes the county’s budget deficit could ultimately be as much as $500…
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MoCo School Unions Agree to Reopen Contracts
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Below is the text of a press release from MCEA, SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (MCAASP), the three unions that represent employees…
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MoCo’s Great Crash, Part Two
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In Part One, we made the case that Montgomery County’s real estate and construction industries together might account for one-fifth or more of the county’s private sector economic activity. And…