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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blair by far.

Just a few examples of his fiscal mismanagement:

1) I want to help the environment, but drastic changes at a county level, with no outside funding, just doesn't make sense.   I've used this analogy before here -- MoCo's attempt to dent climate change is like me trimming my nails to lose weight.   It has to be a global effort, or at least a national one, and we are foolish to spend county tax dollars on significant changes.  We should be leveraging federal funding to the fullest extent possible.    I'm not saying we should ignore the need for upgrades.  We should do it, but on a smaller more sustainable scale. Elrich just implemented a Net Zero policy on government capital projects -- they can't use more energy than they create -- adding 10% or more to the cost of every single project.

2)   He is in bed with the unions, so he gave them outrageously high hazard pay during covid (far, far higher than surrounding jurisdictions) and there were almost no decent mechanisms in place to ensure compliance, so there was a lot of fraud.   He promised that FEMA would reimburse the county, but I think he ended up with maybe 20% reimbursed. He gave VOLUNTEER firefighters hazard pay.  People who don't have to work.

3) He raided the OPEB fund that prefunds retiree health benefits.   This OPEB fund is required by Government Accounting Standards Board and required to maintain our AAA bond rating.  There is a formal process to go through before using these funds differently, and he just circumvented it.

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OPEB was Elrich or the Council? Pretty sure that was the Council.[/quote]

Nope. Elrich.  Council fixed it.   Every fiscal disaster Elrich has created is documented when it gets to Council.   I don't agree with everything Council has done with his proposals or fiascos.   But they originate squarely with him.

"The Council’s budget process has been consumed by the pandemic for the last two years – which
led to a same services budget in FY21 and modest increases in the FY22 budget largely
attributable to one-time Federal resources.
    • The County Executive’s recommended FY23 Operating Budget communicates a very different
narrative compared to the past two years. The Executive’s budget includes unprecedented
growth in both projected revenues and recommended expenditures in FY23.
    • The level of budget growth proposed by the Executive has not been seen since the Great
Recession and funds substantial programmatic and/or staffing enhancements across all County
agencies.
    • Council staff has significant concerns about the sustainability of the unprecedented level of
spending, use of one-time resources, and multi-year funding commitments included in the
recommended budget:
         o The Executive’s assumed budget growth is a historical outlier, with FY23 revenues
         supported by the County’s most volatile taxes and one-time resources.
         o The Executive’s recommended use of $20 million in OPEB Trust assets to pay current year
         retiree health costs does not align with current fiscal policies.
         o The Executive’s recommended expenditures may create a structural imbalance as early
         as FY24 based on the assumed revenue growth in FY24-28.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2022/20220419/20220419_2.pdf
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