They literally increase police and teacher salaries every year. Compensation is by far the largest part of the budget and has been increasing much faster than revenue, which is a problem. |
Shh don’t burst their sanctimonious bubble with inconvenient facts. |
Only in Montgomery County does the sole “pro business” Councilmember think that the normal way to create jobs is for the government to pay private sector companies. God forbid they would consider making the county more business friendly by focusing on the enabling environment. |
And yet we can look across the river at Virginia and see a counter example of a place that used the government as a stepping stone to diversify their economy. |
More MoCo jobs (and Maryland ones) leaving the State.
Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions is eliminating 300 jobs and will not fill 85 current job openings.... Emergent BioSolutions manufactures and sells over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan, and supplies government stockpiles with vaccines. The company says its latest reorganization would focus the company on its core products business, including Narcan and its anthrax vaccine. Last quarter, it was awarded a procurement contract valued at up to $235.8 million to supply its anthrax vaccine, BioThrax, to the U.S. Department of Defense. As part of its restructuring, Emergent is shutting down its Baltimore-Bayview drug manufacturing facility and its drug product facility in Rockville. It said it will concentrate manufacturing operations at sites in Winnipeg, Canada, and Lansing, Michigan. |
This one is on Wes Moore, not the MC Council for once. |
Pretty much. The jobs and economic growth strategy of the pro-growth candidate in the last County Executive race was to increase the amount of affordable rental housing and restaurant jobs. Oh and more breweries. That’s it. He had nothing else to say about economic growth except that somehow more affordable rental units, restaurants and breweries would grow the economy. There’s a reason he came in a distant third. |
Police salaries 2 years ago were the lowest in the region. The salary increases have merely taken MCPD to the middle of the pack. And they still can’t get people to want to work for MoCo, and so they still face major shortages |
Friedson wants to be Governor someday. His entire career is about ideally positioning himself for this, rather than trying to do what's actually best for the county. I had high hopes for him, but have been greatly disappointed. |
OK, that's the dumbest jobs creation concept I have ever seen. |
It's rough being a high COL area that has no economic growth. Still subject to inflation but the tax base is not growing. So yeah that means salaries can't go up as much as folks would like. |
I’ve also been disappointed. He talks a good game on budget and business but has been consistently outmaneuvered by Elrich and Madaleno and made the mistake of aligning very closely with Riemer. |
+1 key point he talks a good game but he is entirely useless when you call his office and look for your help. Seems like his entire career is looking for photo ops. |
Isn’t most of this drop from retirees who are staying in place?
This was expected. The percentage of the retirees in the population will be over 20% soon. |
Photo ops and getting donations from developers and real estate lawyers. |