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Montgomery County Council president proposes progressive income tax, rejects County Executive's property tax increase
Summary
Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González proposed an alternative Fiscal Year 2027 budget that would eliminate a proposed 6.3-cent property tax increase, introduce a progressive income tax she says would cut taxes for 96% of residents, increase school funding by $90 million and guarantee at least a 2% pay raise for county employees.
Natali Fani-González, president of the Montgomery County Council, delivered an alternative Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal urging the council to reject the County Executive's planned property tax increase and adopt a progressive income tax instead.
"Families in this County are facing an affordability crisis," Fani-González said, arguing that "household budgets are stretched thin" and that the county cannot add to that burden by raising taxes. She called for a…
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