Like Al Gore, who lives in a humongous carbon-belching mansion while lecturing the rest of us on the dangers of global warming, sanctimonious moralists who don’t practice what they preach are some of the most annoying people on planet Earth. Unfortunately they’re everywhere, including the Montgomery County Council.
Like most local jurisdictions, Montgomery County has serious financial problems, with an estimated $400 million budget gap for the next fiscal year. In an Oct. 28 letter to Council President Phil Andrews, County Executive Ike Leggett identified $30 million in cuts from the current year that affect core services such as police protection and public schools, adding that future revenue shortfalls may lengthen the list. “There are few ‘easy’ reductions left to make,” Leggett warned.
