Thanks to those who sent in feedback! Here is of the feedback that we received last week.

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County Exec's Tone Deafness

Can you take this opportunity to respond to Elrich’s  recent comment that we can afford to pay his proposed increased property taxes because Trump reduced our Federal tax bite this year.  I also note that county bus service seems to be wasting a lot of money.  Elrich worked for a long time to get the big, expensive to operate Flash busses running on Colesville Road.  I notice that they are almost empty on their runs most of the day.  Also, the county keeps getting bigger and bigger Ride-On busses, and most of them anywhere in the county that I see them, are carrying few passengers.  I have not been out to observe passenger loads at the peak of rush hour, which may call for those busses, but the expense of operating them with such small loads outside of rush hour seems like a big waste of money.  Is anyone looking at the budgets for the county’s bus systems?

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Newsletter

We look forward to your weekly newsletters.
You are spot on man with everything including this federal work base which we find are more socialist as they want more government paid stuff.
We grew up in the world you labeled a Better Method and Capitalism. Work hard because there are no free handouts. Make a contribution to society, community and the family -   not to keep taking.
This lack of wanting to be accountable and work in a budget is empathetic suicide. We would end up in prison if we ran out home like they run the government.
Thank you sir.
God bless you.

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Property and Local Taxes

What happened to the Republican’s initiative to limit tax increases to the COLA levels?  And, where was the Republican Party at the Council’s budget hearing?  The newsletter is helpful, but we need action.  And, while I am an independent, I have contributed to the R party, and would be willing to obtain signatures to limit taxes although I believe it is too late for these tax proposals to be stopped.

Finally, the R party has to initiate Md public information requests to MOCO government and council around key issues.  I have done this and am currently on appeal with the Ombudsman office regarding funds spent on unauthorized individuals and the cost the taxpayer subsidizes services to these persons.  It is clearly in the hundreds of millions given the illegal aliens account for more than 150,000, or about 13-14% of MOCO’s population.  This has and will continue to ballon as a result of various provisions of the Trust Act.