Anonymous wrote:No expansion of electric buses because of this region's weather?? Make it make sense. So now $ going to buy diesel buses: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1316435.page

Batteries don’t work very well in the cold. And, the heat used to heat the inside of the bus runs off the same battery used to power the bus, so discharges faster. This is fine for an individual car owner (just recharge more), but a bus has to run a daily consistent schedule.

No expansion of electric buses because of this region's weather?? Make it make sense. So now $ going to buy diesel buses: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1316435.page

Anonymous wrote:Great schools mean a lot of great things for the county, I cluding an educated work force, a place businesses want to move to, etc. Thriving counties do not have crappy schools, and MCPS has always been 50% of the budget - this is not new information

+1. This entire thread reads like MAGA hysteria. As Trump famously said, "I love the poorly educated!"

Great schools mean a lot of great things for the county, I cluding an educated work force, a place businesses want to move to, etc. Thriving counties do not have crappy schools, and MCPS has always been 50% of the budget - this is not new information

And now more taxes??

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Anonymous wrote:If half is used for MCPS, where does the other $ go? Where are the large equipments to shovel freezing rain (FR) and haul the FR away?

It goes to transportation costs.

Not true. Second largest expense is public safety which is 10.6% of county budget.