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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have often thought that BOE stipends should be increased, and I think they should be. But I am also realizing now that the fact that the BOE has no responsibilities on the revenue side of the equation removes an important oversight incentive for them. When you have to be responsible for people's tax dollars, it changes how you look at how the money is being spent. Right now the BOE is like the Council's child and they demand an ever increasing allowance that they don't pay much attention to in terms of how it is spent. Why would they? All they have to do is demand it and the Council will give it to them. Nobody is yelling at them about raising taxes for worse results. If people had cause to yell at the BOE for raising their taxes I bet the BOE members would suddenly develop spines. They would by no means be perfect but I really think they would care more.[/quote]

Talk to the state about BOE stipends. That is where the decision for that is.[/quote]

You'd need both a repeat request from the Montgomery County delegation (delegates & state senators) at the behest of the County Council.  And then you'd need to convince enough of the rest of the legislature to vote for that when they know it would mean consideration among their own county's residents to pay their own BOE members more, which would take from their county's revenues and probably reduce the likelihood that their friends get BOE seats due to the greater interest in candidacy for a better compensated position.

Should that happen?  Yes.  Tough hill to climb, though.  Even our hegemonic Council didn't [i]really[/i] want it, but went through the motions with the delegation due to expressed interest from the public.  There wasn't much hand-wringing, there, when the state legislature turned it down, even though the proposed compensation was still low in comparison to that commanded in public service positions by those with the kind of education/experience/capability credentials most would want for BOE candidates to bring to the table. [/quote]

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