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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]By all means please lead the charge to cut pensions for public safety workers (they are the only ones that still get pensions). They certainly could freeze salaries for a year or two but at a certain point you have to keep up with inflation and give people enough to live on in this county. "Bogus" positions will not add up to nearly enough and nobody will agree on which ones they are. Development will be the only way to I crease the tax base under Question B so it will actually increase the incentive to give money to developers.[/quote]

They can reduce salaries for people making over 100K. They can cut unnecessary positions. [b]They can restrict funds that they give to MCPS to be spent on specific line items not handed over to the union for salary increases on staff making over 100K or allowing MCPS to create another new 140K central office position. 
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MOCO really needs to focus on growing more business presence. Its crazy to compare how well NOVA is doing in generating business tax revenue while MCPS is in the red. [/quote]

They actually can't do that.

Limiting salary increases for high earners is not a terrible idea but be aware that you need to keep salaries competitive or people will leave. You're not going to get significant savings out of this.[/quote]

True, the council can't tell MCPS how to spend their money, but they can tell MCPS to go make lemonade with lemons by keeping their aggregate spending in check by way of property taxes.  MCPS is another wasteful county entity, the BOE needs to reduce their spending to the essentials as well.  BOE needs to prioritize and also live within its means. 
 MCPS pays way more than FCPS, LCPS, and HCPS.  Whitman HS was renovated in 2002 and Kennedy HS was renovated in 1999, why are they getting renovations ahead or at the same time as schools that are falling apart like Poolesville HS and South Lake ES?  Dufief ES is underenrolled and will be unless they change the boundaries, why is it getting replaced?  There are so many magnet programs that aren't even geared to prepare kids for college or the work world (not talking about the STEM and vocational magnets - those need to stay).  IB has it's value, but there are too many IB magnets - many colleges don't even accept IB exam scores for college credit.  LCPS and HCPS have overtaken MCPS and FCPS by focusing on the basics.  
MCPS is a state agency.  The County Council cannot tell them how to spend their money.[/quote][/quote]

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