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…
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How the Counties Spend Your Money, Part Five
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Today, we examine public school spending and look at Montgomery County’s per capita budget in detail.In FY 2009, Maryland’s twenty-four public school districts received a…
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Ten-year data comparing state aid to state taxes paid by county illustrate a truth we all know: Maryland is a state of donors and recipients….
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The Post has reported on yet another attempt by the Prince George’s County statehouse delegation to acquire more state aid at the expense of Montgomery…
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MoCo’s Budget Problem
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A recent county budget presentation given by Chief Administrative Officer Tim Firestine to the Montgomery Delegation makes clear that the county’s budget problems are just…
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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.”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…