Bob Ehrlich depicts himself as a tax cutter. Isn’t that good for Montgomery County? It depends on which taxes you’re talking about.Taxes Ehrlich has made criticism of Governor O’Malley’s 2007…
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Doug Duncan’s Budget Record
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Former County Executive Doug Duncan’s call for zero-based budgeting reminds us that he had a substantial role in formulating county budget policy for a long time. From the county’s FY07…
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MoCo House Delegation Votes Down CARR Bill
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By a 17-6 vote, the Montgomery County Delegation defeated the CARR bill, which would have given the Montgomery County government the ability to levy different property tax rates on residential…
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Bad Boy Barve Gets a Lump of Coal
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After the last few weeks, we may as well just rename this blog Maryland Politics Watch with Kathleen Miller. With the Examiner’s trouble-making reporter grabbing scoops left and right, how…
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Thursday Night Smackdown!
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Last night, business and labor squared off on the CARR bill in one of the more entertaining bouts of the state hearing season. But there is a lot more to…
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Is Now the Time for the CARR Bill?
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Last February, I wrote in favor of a property tax bill proposed by Delegate Al Carr (D-18), commonly known as the Commercial Assessment Rate Review (CARR) bill. The CARR bill…
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MPW Poll: Is MoCo Experiencing a Tax Revolt?
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Strange Conclusions From The Election
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By Marc Korman. Since Tuesday’s election, pundits and politicians have drawn some strange conclusions from the results.1. Franchot Lost, O’Malley WonA front page article in the Gazette of Business and…
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Ficker’s Lead Grows
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Just as we predicted, Robin Ficker’s anti-tax charter amendment is picking up votes as the absentee ballots are counted.When the precinct count was finished, 170,216 votes supported the Ficker Amendment…
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The Great Maryland Tax Revolt
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Free State conservatives may have experienced a miserable election night with the victory of Barack Obama and Democratic pickups in the House and Senate. But they should take comfort from…