What is it with Montgomery County?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was no reason to cancel school today! and definitely no reason to cancel school; tomorrow-it is absolutely ridiculous. So glad we are moving out of this asinine county!

Most of the counties in this region are closed. Are you planning to move further south? Where hopefully it won't snow, but if it does they will be even less prepared. Good luck wherever you decide to move.

And every county above Baltimore has re-opened and many had just as much snow as us. Other areas can handle snow. Have a plan in place when they know a blizzard is coming. NY was only supposed to get 8-12" and got socked with over 2 feet. Yet they were more prepared than the area with the bullseye.

[Anonymous]

Would you like a little cheese with that whine? Montgomery county is in the same boat as other counties in the area. It is not unusual or unreasonable to expect them to need 72-96 hours to clear the roads after a large storm. If you think about it, that's an incredibly successful accomplishment.

You should perform a line-by-line audit of the 2016 Montgomery County operating budget and figure out how to solve everything you think is a problem. Then, send your miracle solutions to every other county in Maryland so they can also implement your brilliant plan.

[Anonymous]

And this is one of the richest counties in the country?

Its poorly run. You could double the money for Montgomery County and you won't see any change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And this is one of the richest counties in the country?

Its poorly run. You could double the money for Montgomery County and you won't see any change.

Yes. Which is why Hogan won't give anymore money to MCPS. They don't want to better manage or cut corners? They think money should just grow on trees.

[Anonymous]

Trash collection resumes tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was no reason to cancel school today! and definitely no reason to cancel school; tomorrow-it is absolutely ridiculous. So glad we are moving out of this asinine county!

good riddance!

Fewer assholes to deal with

[Anonymous]

Wow, I can't wait to see the complaining when they cancel Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trash collection resumes tomorrow.

--but for those of us that are Monday- Wed are SOL until next week---thankfully it's still cold out so it's not so stinky!

[Anonymous]

Loudon might be the richest county in the area and they close early and way more often than MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trash collection resumes tomorrow.

--but for those of us that are Monday- Wed are SOL until next week---thankfully it's still cold out so it's not so stinky!

I hear ya - we are normally Tuesdays. Our cans are beginning to fill up.

[Anonymous]

What a bunch of miserable complainers! This snow is a once in a five year event, at most. I'm happy the county didn't waste money on more plows. I wish schools could start, but I also understand why they can't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of miserable complainers! This snow is a once in a five year event, at most. I'm happy the county didn't waste money on more plows. I wish schools could start, but I also understand why they can't.

Yes, I can't stand the people in Montgomery County! They're all such haters!!

(Actually I am very happy living in Montgomery County.)

[Anonymous]

Bitter, angry people who overspent on their houses and don't feel like they are getting the return: I.e. Larlo, Jr. Getting a Full ride to HYP. Their marriages are dry from evenings spent on DCUM obsessing over status rather than making love, but they can't afford to divorce because of the loss in HHI. This is not what they envisioned 15 years ago, but they are too leveraged financially and emotionally to escape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was no reason to cancel school today! and definitely no reason to cancel school; tomorrow-it is absolutely ridiculous. So glad we are moving out of this asinine county!

Most of the counties in this region are closed. Are you planning to move further south? Where hopefully it won't snow, but if it does they will be even less prepared. Good luck wherever you decide to move.

And every county above Baltimore has re-opened and many had just as much snow as us. Other areas can handle snow. Have a plan in place when they know a blizzard is coming. NY was only supposed to get 8-12" and got socked with over 2 feet. Yet they were more prepared than the area with the bullseye.

The districts in PA are much smaller so they don't need to wait around for every single school in our giant counties to be plowed. A few ESs, one or two MSs and one HS in some PA districts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last year they failed to change bell times properly because they because they don't have enough school busses.

Three days after this blizzard they still had unplowed roads.

They can't seem to get their trash collectors out for possibly the entire week following blizzard.

And now they cancel school yet another day.

And this is one of the richest counties in the country?

They are too big.
They waste tax dollars
They don't have a snow emergency plan
They rely on county snow plows to do their lots when most school districts in the country have smaller counties or private clean-up service in their budget
They build too fast without having any schools to put the kids entering the new homes
They have a monopoly on the booze and liquor licenses and none of that money is going to where it should be (so corrupt)
The school board wastes money time and time again ($11 million on changing the times 20 minutes) and then complains they don't have enough each year for their budget
They are liberal so they give away our taxes on citizens that are not even legal
Most of the county that is rich don't send their kids to public so they don't care what the schools are like
The middle class is shrinking faster than ever

Very well stated.