Despite hiring freezes and plans to eliminate 225 jobs in Montgomery County’s government and education system, county leaders have approved adding a driver/bodyguard to the county executive’s security detail.
Since the county is facing a $297 million budget shortfall, most county agencies have responded by freezing hiring. County Executive Ike Leggett himself also instituted a freeze in January on filling about 1,000 vacant county positions, citing the county’s budget difficulties.
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