Leggett's Lament
Poor Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, his tax and spend mantra is collapsing around him like a sand castle hit by an ocean wave. County income and property tax receipts continue to lag behind out of control county spending, inflated salaries for his senior managers and costly county employee pensions.
Poor Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, his tax and spend mantra is collapsing around him like a sand castle hit by an ocean wave. County income and property tax receipts continue to lag behind out of control county spending, inflated salaries for his senior managers and costly county employee pensions.
With the economy flat-lining, housing prices continuing to slip and no hope of a bailout from debt-ridden Governor Martin O'Malley or the federal government, Mr. Leggett has tried a variety of new initiatives to create jobs and raise tax revenue in hopes of saving his fantasy world.
Just how is Mr. Leggett doing? His support for the controversial carbon emissions tax bill, combined with a 150 percent energy tax increase for county residents, certainly raised some revenue but no jobs to speak of. Same for the dozens and dozens of speed trap cameras erected county-wide in the name of "public safety". He did vindictively fire all 21 low salary volunteer firefighter administrators, but left his highly paid security and administrative staff intact so no real savings or job creation there.
Just how is Mr. Leggett doing? His support for the controversial carbon emissions tax bill, combined with a 150 percent energy tax increase for county residents, certainly raised some revenue but no jobs to speak of. Same for the dozens and dozens of speed trap cameras erected county-wide in the name of "public safety". He did vindictively fire all 21 low salary volunteer firefighter administrators, but left his highly paid security and administrative staff intact so no real savings or job creation there.
Mr. Leggett's partners at CASA of Maryland did report an increase in county-wide employment from the multiple taxpayer funded Day Laborer Centers, but alas the illegal alien day laborers do not pay any taxes on their cash wages they receive, so again no gain.
Seems the only thing "looking up" for Mr. Leggett is the growing number of illegal alien students receiving In-County tuition at Montgomery College, a revenue killer for the County, and the tidal wave of illegal alien children & anchor babies registering for county public schools. 2,500+ more children than expected this school year, part of a projected 10,000+ student increase over the next few years.
Seems the only thing "looking up" for Mr. Leggett is the growing number of illegal alien students receiving In-County tuition at Montgomery College, a revenue killer for the County, and the tidal wave of illegal alien children & anchor babies registering for county public schools. 2,500+ more children than expected this school year, part of a projected 10,000+ student increase over the next few years.
At a cost of $14,000 per student per year (not including English for Speakers of other Languages costs), this budget breaker is clearly the result of Mr. Leggett's open door sanctuary policy for illegal alien families.
Mr. Leggett has long accused Help Save Maryland of "not being able to separate fact from fiction" when it comes to the financial cost of illegal aliens (education, healthcare, incarceration, law enforcement, social services, etc.).
Hope Santa brought poor old Ike a new abacus to help with his budget dilemma!
Brad Botwin
Director, Help Save Maryland
Brad Botwin
Director, Help Save Maryland
1 comment:
how about 700 a month for electricity?
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