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Montgomery County executive candidate George Leventhal fielded questions from members of three development groups at a forum held in Rockville on Jan. 8. Leventhal responds to a question about the county recordation tax. The three organizations that hosted the forum were the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors, the Maryland Building Industry Association, and the […]

Montgomery County executive candidate Bill Frick fielded questions from members of three development groups at a forum held in Rockville on Jan. 8. Frick responds to a question about the county’s earlier increase in recordation tax to provide additional funding for school construction. The three organizations that hosted the forum were the Greater Capital Area […]

Montgomery County executive candidate Marc Elrich fielded questions from members of three development groups at a forum held in Rockville on Jan. 8. Elrich responds to a question about why he supported last year’s increase in the county recordation tax. The three organizations that hosted the forum were the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors, […]

Montgomery County executive candidate Roger Berliner fielded questions from members of three development groups at a forum held in Rockville on Jan. 8. Berliner responds to a question about whether the increase in the recordation tax was necessary to fund school construction. The three organizations that hosted the forum were the Greater Capital Area Association […]

Montgomery County executive candidate David Blair fielded questions from members of three development groups at a forum held in Rockville on Jan. 8. Blair responds to a question about whether he would have increased the recordation tax to fund school construction. The three organizations that hosted the forum were the Greater Capital Area Association of […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner met with reporters Monday and the topics up for discussion were: A plan to use $30 million in recordation tax money to pay for $150 million in bonds that would pay for school projects; Support for a bill creating a safety oversight commission at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration; […]

The recordation tax could be used as a source of funding to pay for bonds that would in turn pay for projects to ease school overcrowding, Council President Roger Berliner said Monday. By putting $30 million a year for bonds, it would increase the amount of money the county has for school projects by $150 […]

The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved the fiscal year 2017 budget. CCM’s Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

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:

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 […]