By Adam Pagnucco. Facing severe crises to public health, the county’s economy and its budget, County Executive Marc Elrich sent the letter below to the county council about the budget. …
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Hucker, Elrich Stop Takeout Tickets
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By Adam Pagnucco. Within minutes of seeing our post on parking tickets being issued for restaurant takeout pickups, Council Member Tom Hucker asked county officials to stop the practice. When…
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County Screw-Up Led to Tax Hike Proposal
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By Adam Pagnucco. Buried in the fine print of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended FY21 operating budget is a shocking revelation: the executive claims that a mistake made by county…
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Elrich Then and Elrich Now
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By Adam Pagnucco. The big news coming out of County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended Fiscal Year 2021 budget is that he is proposing a tax hike. As you might imagine,…
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By Adam Pagnucco. As MoCo residents are just now starting to find out, County Executive Marc Elrich has recommended a property tax hike as part of his Fiscal Year 2021…
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Elrich Defends His Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. Forty-five minutes after eight members of the county council released a statement opposing the property tax hike contained in County Executive Marc Elrich’s recommended budget, the executive…
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Elrich Recommends Tax Hike, Council Says No
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has proposed a 3.18 cent property tax hike in his recommended Fiscal Year 2021 operating budget, which was released today. The budget does…
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Grading the County Council
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By Adam Pagnucco. Regular readers know my views on the administration of County Executive Marc Elrich by now, but let’s turn to an equally important entity: the Montgomery County Council….
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By Adam Pagnucco. There is much condemnation of Council Member Nancy Floreen among Democratic activists for leaving the party and launching an independent run for Executive. Some of the outrage…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Washington Post has published an editorial branding Council Member Marc Elrich, who is currently leading in the Democratic primary for Executive, as “an outlier who proudly…