Leggett on FY 17 Budget: “It really places us in a very challenging situation” (VIDEO)

The Montgomery County Council took a straw vote, unanimously approving the FY 2017 budget recently. The Council is scheduled to take a final vote later this week. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, County Executive Ike Leggett talks about his concerns with the budget, including the recordation tax rate hike, additional spending, and employee negotiations.

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Sonya Burke

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Sonya Burke is the Multimedia Manager at Montgomery Community Media (MCM). You can email story ideas at sburke@mymcmedia.org or reach her on Twitter @SonyaNBurke.

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