By Adam Pagnucco. Battered by tax-shocked residents, county employee unions and the legions of people who regularly demand funding for their favored spending, the county council is trying to navigate…
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Unions Blast Effort to Reduce Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 500 have issued a press release blasting measures taken by the county council’s Education…
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Is Anyone Else Getting a Big Tax Hike?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Coming out of the pandemic, the county is confronting economic headwinds including inflation and potential recession. It has vulnerable populations with needs, issues with recruiting and retaining…
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They Have Been Warned Again
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I published a post titled They Were Warned explaining how the county council was told by their own staff a year ago that the executive’s…
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Realtors Launch Campaign to Stop Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) has started an advocacy campaign to oppose County Executive Marc Elrich’s ten percent property tax hike. Yesterday afternoon, GCAAR…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In a vote sure to rile up residents who have been hit by County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposal to raise property taxes by ten percent, the county…
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MoCo Property Taxes in Context
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By Adam Pagnucco. In making the case for his 10 percent property tax hike, County Executive Marc Elrich is claiming that our property tax rate is modest compared to the…
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The Hand of the King
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County voters don’t like property tax hikes. In 1990, 2008 and 2020, county voters approved different versions of a charter amendment limiting increases in property taxes. …
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Unions Praise Tax Hike
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By Adam Pagnucco. All six county employee unions have issued a joint statement praising County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposal to raise property taxes by 10 percent. Their statement appears below….
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The Central Fiction of Elrich’s Budget
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By Adam Pagnucco. In making the case for his 10 percent property tax hike, County Executive Marc Elrich depicted it as being dedicated to MCPS. In one sense, he is…