By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has proposed a 3.18 cent property tax hike in his recommended Fiscal Year 2021 operating budget, which was released today. The budget does…
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Who Are These People?
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By Adam Pagnucco. They look like the folks who were elected in 2018. Their names match the names listed on the county website. There is no evidence of alien abductions…
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Picture This
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By Adam Pagnucco. Picture this, dear readers: two events, both scheduled for today. Picture 1: Robin Ficker, author of numerous charter amendments on taxes and term limits, has announced his…
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RGA Hits Jealous on Taxes
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is up with a second TV ad, this one claiming that Democratic nominee Ben Jealous would raise taxes and “would blow a…
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Who is Voting for Neil Greenberger?
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By Adam Pagnucco. At least one homeowner is voting for Council At-Large candidate Neil Greenberger and he printed a picture of the person’s house on his first mailer. To our…
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GOP Tax Bills Discriminate Against Maryland
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By Adam Pagnucco. Much has been written about the tax bills passed by the U.S. House and Senate in recent weeks. Overall, both bills offer small tax cuts to the…
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Setting the Record Straight on MCPS Funding
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By Council Member Nancy Floreen. Adam Pagnucco’s recent post on the County Council’s budgeting work made an astoundingly misleading claim: “The County imposed seven years of austerity on MCPS [in…
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Greenberger Guarantees No Property Tax Hikes
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By Adam Pagnucco. Former County Council spokesman Neil Greenberger, who is running for an at-large seat, has released a campaign video guaranteeing that if he is elected, there will be…
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By Adam Pagnucco. If the next County Executive and County Council want to prevent another Giant Tax Hike, they will have to do something that has not been done for…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Unfortunately for those Council Members who voted in its favor, last year’s 9% property tax hike won’t go away. The issue came up at the first County…