What does the mock hard hat below have to do with the current relationship between Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and the County Council? Quite a bit, actually. At last…
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Ten Random Questions
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Here are ten random questions we – and the spies – have been asking.1. Will progressives find someone to run against Rona Kramer?Senator Rona Kramer (D-14) is the bane of…
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Duchy Trachtenberg’s Labor Record
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Council Member Duchy Trachtenberg recently wrote to the Gazette protesting a flyer critical of her that was distributed by the Municipal and County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO) at the Montgomery…
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Right now, 44% of the traffic to this site is comprised of direct visits to our article, “What the Post Does Not Want You to Know About Disability.” That’s fairly…
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We will give anti-government employee Post intern Steven Stein credit for one thing: he’s a persistent young man. His latest editorial attacks a County Council compromise on the disability issue…
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Fire Fighters and Leggett Strike Deal
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County Executive Ike Leggett and the Montgomery County Career Fire Fighters Association have reached a Memorandum of Agreement amending the union’s contract. Here are the key provisions.1. The union’s 4…
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We published our post “A Heavy Blow to Public Collective Bargaining” on Wednesday, April 8. But exactly a week later, it received an avalanche of direct visits from all over…
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A new decision by Montgomery County Labor Relations Administrator Andrew M. Strongin that the County Executive does not need to abide by collective bargaining agreements threatens significant damage to public…
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How Hard Will MoCo be Hit by State Cuts?
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The state’s budget crisis will inevitably impact state aid to counties. What will it cost Montgomery?At the moment, the House and the Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee (B&T) have passed…
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Last Sunday, a Washington Post editorial slammed Montgomery County’s recently-passed budget as full of “sweetheart deals” for the county’s public employee unions. The week before, the Post ran an article…