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[quote=Anonymous][b]I don't understand the connection between the federal pay freeze, which was the result of Obama caving in to Republican demands that the middle of a big recession was the perfect time to make federal employees pay for deficit reduction, and the county pay freeze, which was the result of Montgomery County getting a whole lot less tax revenue as a result of the big recession. [/b]

Get it.  The County got less money because we tax payers were not getting raises and were even getting laid off.  Our property values were going down. Everyone was suffering.   It was not a time for a raise.

[b]And I totally support Maryland's law on the maintenance of effort. Without such a law, what do states cut, when the economy goes bad? They cut education.[/b]

This law is about union power over local elected officials.   MCPS is about about one half of our MoCo budget.  MCPS regularly has $20-$30 Million surplus at the end of the year.   The teachers get raises, when the rest of the county budget is cutting back. Why can't our elected leaders decide how to spend money?  What business does the state have in deciding our local budget?

[b]In any case, it's one thing to say that in your opinion, MCEA has too much influence on the MC BOE. It's quite another to call them the BOE's "overlords".[/b]

You can't get elected to the school board without a union endorsement.  Call it what you want.  To be honest, I can't blame the union.  We voters like giving the union all this power.  Let's not kid ourselves about this power, though.  It is what it is.[/quote]

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