By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County’s latest six-year fiscal plan contains a surprising number: the county’s tax revenues have come in $455 million above estimates over the last two fiscal years. …
Property Taxes
By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of last spring’s 4.7% property tax hike, which was levied in part to fund a big budget increase for MCPS, the school system is…
Your Picks in Year One, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Part One started our list of the top twenty posts in our first year ranked by page views. We have previously listed posts 11-20. Today we list…
Landmarks of MoCo: Significant Events
By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, I summarized how I asked my sources to help me construct a list of important events in county history since the 1960s. Part Two…
By Adam Pagnucco. Now let’s get to the budget and taxes. Here is more from my panel with Council Members Andrew Friedson and Kate Stewart at the Greater Bethesda Chamber…
Fact Checking Elrich, Part Two
By Adam Pagnucco. Let’s resume evaluating Elrich’s pushback on the council over its recently passed FY24 budget. On school spending Elrich took two tracks on school spending. First, he remarked…
Fact Checking Elrich, Part One
By Adam Pagnucco. Despite getting 98 percent of his FY24 recommended budget funded by the county council, County Executive Marc Elrich went on the attack last week. He criticized the…
Elrich Busts Loose
By Adam Pagnucco. In a rip-roaring press conference on Thursday, County Executive Marc Elrich opened fire on his critics, especially those at the county council. His office sent me a…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last Thursday, the great tax hike battle of 2023 came to its dramatic conclusion as the county council raised property taxes by 4.7 percent. That followed the…
By Adam Pagnucco. While Montgomery County is increasing property taxes, it’s worth noting that three of our principal competitors have cut property taxes this year. At the same time, they…