How grows the county?

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Montgomery County’s tax-supported work force will grow by 1,071 employees next year, or 3.4 percent, under the proposed fiscal 2007 budget, but council members are expressing doubts about the county’s ability to sustain that growth in the long term.

“Not enough attention has been paid to the future costs,” said tax watchdog Marvin Weinman, president of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League.

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