Tuesday, December 14, 2010
But County Council refuses to take 11 ambulances out of service
Twenty administrative positions for volunteer firefighter stations are gone after Montgomery County Council members cut $32 million in mid-year spending on Tuesday. Their actions also eliminated some neighborhood senior programs and youth recreation activities, but they fell $4 million short of County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposal. Leggett (D) wanted to trim $36 million as a step toward plugging an estimated $350 million budget shortfall, but council members balked at some of the harshest proposals. The council rejected taking 11 ambulances out of service, and ending a program that provides energy rebates to poor families. Members also did not want to cut three neighborhood senior centers that serve food to low-income elderly …
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Deal for $1.9 million backed in 8 to 1 vote; Andrews is the lone dissenter
The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday approved a $1.9 million deal to sell the former Robert E. Peary High School to the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy, which has operated on the Aspen Hill campus since 1998. The 8 to 1 vote in favor of selling the 19.5-acre site on Arctic Avenue came during the final meeting of the current council's term. Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg was the lone dissenting vote. Supporters, including ninth-grade history students from the academy who were on hand for a civics lesson, celebrated in the council hearing room in downtown Rockville after the vote. "We didn't want this to be a divisive issue," said Behnam Dayanim, first vice president of the academy's board. "We didn't want to …
Friday, October 22, 2010
Democrats and Republicans make only appearance together
Business, the budget, buses and a late blunder dominated a Montgomery County Council candidate debate on Wednesday in Rockville. The debate, sponsored by the Citizens League of Montgomery County, marked the only time Democrats and Republicans vying for the four at-large councils seats will appear together before the Nov. 2 election. Facing three incumbent council members, the lesser-known Republican candidates used the opportunity for a side-by-side comparison. "I'm the only candidate who put forth a detailed fiscal plan," said Robert Dyer, a Republican from Bethesda who accused council incumbents of cozy relationships with developers that have led to overcrowded county schools. Dyer called for early education programs, including all-day …
LoCo Vollie
8:58 am on Thursday, December 16, 2010
Suck it up vollies. You shot down the fees, now deal with the cuts. You have no one to blame but yourselves. Kudos to the Council more ›