The story of growth is an old one. Cities create jobs and attract residents, who eventually empty out into the suburbs. Those residents then drive back into the cities for…
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The Main Event: Fairfax v. Montgomery
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By Marc Korman. There has been a lot of attention given to the Office of Legislative Oversight’s “Comparative Data on Montgomery County and Fairfax County.” Of course, Adam wrote up…
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MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast has written a memo to the Board of Education comparing MCPS to Fairfax County Public Schools on Advanced Placement (AP) exam performance in 2009. The results…
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How do MoCo and Fairfax compare in economic terms?Fairfax has been a more prolific creator of jobs than MoCo, passing MoCo in total employment in the mid-1980s. The report states…
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How do MoCo and Fairfax compare on government spending?The overall FY 2010 budgets for MoCo and Fairfax are almost identical in size. Fairfax is much more reliant on property taxes…
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Council Member George Leventhal asked the Montgomery County Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) to produce a mammoth report comparing MoCo and Fairfax County on a very large number of measures….
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This goes into the category of stories that are difficult to believe without direct evidence. But once again, dear readers, we have it and then some!Have you ever been to…
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The Economic Engine of Maryland, Part Eight
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This series has easily been the most ambitious collection of essays we have ever attempted on Maryland Politics Watch. And all of our data points to one conclusion: the economic…
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The Economic Engine of Maryland, Part Seven
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Montgomery County, the economic engine of Maryland, depends on its public schools to compete with Fairfax County. How much does the state contribute to Montgomery’s schools?In absolute terms, the state…
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The Economic Engine of Maryland, Part Six
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How important are Montgomery County’s schools to the county’s economy? We asked some of our local leaders and here is what they said.Valerie ErvinCounty Council Member, Chair of the Council’s…