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Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on July 13th and the Fiscal Year 2016 Savings Plan dominated the conversation. Leventhal said he was concerned about some of the county executive’s proposed cuts, including $500,000 that the Council added to the budget’s reconciliation list to assist homeless veterans. He also suggested that county […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on Monday to discuss several key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. Leventhal began the discussion with his impressions of the new Silver Spring Library that opened on Saturday. He described it as the nicest library […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with members of the media Monday and discussed some of his upcoming priorities this summer, including the Earned Sick and Safe Leave bill, Pesticide bill and the Economic Development Corporation. You can watch the full news briefing in its entirety, below:

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with the media Monday and talked about the recent developments in the Purple Line, the Exelon-Pepco merger and the search for the next superintendent of the county’s school system. You can watch that news briefing in its entirety here.

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters at his weekly briefing in Rockville today. Leventhal discussed a variety of topics, including the latest on the budget. “We are going to get to the revenue discussion on Wednesday,” Leventhal said.  “And, we will make the big decisions by Thursday.” Other topics discussed included body […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on May 4th at his weekly briefing in Rockville. Leventhal announced several upcoming meetings at the briefing, including a public discussion of Montgomery County’s new public financing system for county elections on June 15, a police relations meeting with Chief Tom Manager on June 9, and […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters for his weekly briefing on April 27th. Some of the topics discussed included the Office of Child Care, Governor Larry Hogan’s first 100 days, Child Protective Services, the renovations needed on the Council Office Building and the County Executive’s plan to privatize the Department of Economic […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal is scheduled to meet with members of the media at 11:30 a.m. today, to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. Leventhal is expected to discuss the council worksessions reviewing County Executive’s Isiah Leggett’s recommended Fiscal Year 2016 […]

Mongomery County Police Spokesperson Nicole Gamard briefs reporters about the massive search for the missing Hoggle children today in Montgomery County. Watch the briefing here:

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on April 13 for his weekly briefing. He began with some good news about universal healthcare access in Montgomery County. Other topics included the Council’s upcoming budget hearings, the energy tax, public campaign financing laws, the “free range” parenting case in Silver Spring, the Shaare Torah […]