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Opinion
Published
05/11/10
County Executive John R. Leopold is being congratulated for his fiscal leadership while former Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer is being berated for driving the city into fiscal disaster. In fact, Anne Arundel County is following down the same path as the city, and acting even more irresponsibly. Find Us On Facebook
The budget Leopold presented last week plans to spend down county operating cash to dangerous levels. Leopold is proposing to reduce the general fund's cash on hand on June 30, 2011, to $20.8 million, only 1.8 percent of annual operating expenses. Perhaps revenues will come in higher than projected, costs won't materialize and the...
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Carpet Bagger - 2010-05-11 16:34:31
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Conti lost badly (69%-39%) in Colorado 6 years ago. So why not move to Annapolis, where you can use the local DNC newsletter for free P.R..
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Just the facts - 2010-05-11 13:42:54
I welcome a new face in the race. Assuming you are elected you'd make changes? Citing Moyer is a joke 'The previous mayor's budget for fiscal 2010 projected the city would have a reasonable general fund cash balance of 14.7 percent of the general fund at the end of year, eight times the risky level Leopold is proposing for the county. Yeah her projections and we wonder why she left town. Leopold has held the line and avoided firing County employees. A raise is not in the numbers, nor is and increasing taxes... How about enumerating some of the changes you intend to implement?
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