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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. Related Posts:

The Montgomery County Council tentatively approved the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget and Capital Improvements Program (CIP) on Thursday. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett released the following statement about the Council’s action regarding the budget: “I want to thank the County Council for their hard work in consideration of my proposed County Operating Budget for the […]

During a work session on Thursday, the Montgomery County Council unanimously approved the County’s operating budget and Capital Improvements Program (CIP) for the next fiscal year.   After weeks of debate, the Council moved forward with the tentative approval of the $5.3 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Operating Budget and the $4.6 billion CIP. With […]

The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow seniors to defer property tax increases at no cost.  Council Vice President Roger Berliner and Councilmembers Sidney Katz and Hans Riemer were the lead sponsors of Expedited Bill 10-16. Council President Nancy Floreen and Councilmembers Marc Elrich, Tom Hucker, Nancy Navarro and […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has proposed a plan to provide a shuttle transit service to the historic Potomac community of Tobytown. The proposal was introduced during a recent Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment (T&E) committee meeting, and if approved would begin October 2017. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner discusses […]

The Maryland legislative session wrapped up in April. County Executive Ike Leggett was joined by other elected officials in Annapolis at a news briefing. Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail for his wife Hillary with a stop in Silver Spring on Wednesday. Democratic leaders including Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett touted their support for the Clinton campaign at the event which took place at the Leisure World retirement community. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman reports. Related:

UPDATED Over 300 people attended a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday at Leisure World in Silver Spring.  The event comes a day before early voting in Maryland and one day after Hillary Clinton’s campaign opened an office in Bethesda. Several County leaders attended the event throwing their support behind the Clinton campaign including […]

Montgomery al Día, a Spanish language radio program launched by Montgomery County’s Office of Public Information, will host it’s 200th episode this week.  The program was started to help the County’s Hispanic community stay up to date on important issues, programs and services. Since April 2012, 150 guests have  been a part of the show. Montgomery […]

Montgomery Sister Cities hosted it’s annual meeting on Thursday, March 24. The event presented an opportunity for residents to learn more about the culture of four sister city countries which are China, El Salvador, Ethiopia and India. In this video, County leaders talk about the importance of diversity and plans for expansion of the sister […]