Family connections spark Md. debate

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The director of the Montgomery County department charged with independently reviewing the public school system’s finances is the sister-in-law of the school district’s budget manager, according to inquiries by The Examiner.

Karen Orlansky, director of the county’s Office of Legislative Oversight, is related through marriage to Marshall Spatz, Montgomery County Public Schools’ director of Management, Budget and Planning, officials confirmed Monday.

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