Olde Town Advisory Committee to brief Gaithersburg Mayor & Council tonight

The Olde Town Gaithersburg Advisory Committee will give its annual briefing to the Mayor and Council tonight at City Hall. They are expected to report success in leasing percentages in Olde Towne-area apartment buildings, new dining additions, and the imminent delivery of the Olde Towne Park Plaza.

Still a drag on Olde Towne are crime, failure to attract retail despite low rents relative to other parts of Gaithersburg, and the concern that those issues will eventually impact the rental apartment market.

MCPS a top ten offender in spending money that doesn't go to the classroom

TAX DOLLARS

DID NOT GO

TO EDUCATION,

STUDY FINDS

Montgomery County is ranked 8th in the nation in school spending that goes to administrators, rather than the classroom, according to Fox 45's Project Baltimore investigative unit. Baltimore City was the worst offender in the nation, their journalists found. Montgomery County Public Schools rank 8th out of all school systems in America in pumping cash to administrators, rather than to teachers and classroom costs. Six of the top ten are in Maryland.

This is once again proof that the record tax hike of 2016 did not go to hire teachers or improve academic performance (as recent PARCC test results proved - math scores declined, and English scores rose statewide, proving there was an obvious flaw in English portion of the test, rather than actual success by MCPS). In fact, a large chunk of the recordation tax money went to pay off the County's legal costs in the Silver Spring Transit Center debacle, in an outrageous and corrupt bait-and-switch by the County Council.