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…
Property Taxes
Unions Blast Effort to Reduce Tax Hike
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…
Is Anyone Else Getting a Big Tax Hike?
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,…
They Have Been Warned Again
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…
Realtors Launch Campaign to Stop Tax Hike
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…
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…
MoCo Property Taxes in Context
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…
The Hand of the King
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…
Unions Praise Tax Hike
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…
The Central Fiction of Elrich’s Budget
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….