CCM ABUSES

TAXPAYER FUNDS

AGAIN WITH

PRO-AMBULANCE FEE

INFOMERCIAL

Office of the Executive Uses Taxpayer Funds to

Advance a Legislative Proposal That is Not Current Law

Another www.RobertDyer.net Exclusive!!

Ike Leggett's Public Information office has done it again. County Cable Montgomery is currently airing a one-sided pro-Ambulance Fee infomercial produced at taxpayer expense. The dangerous Ambulance Fee has not even been passed into law by the County Council yet!

But here is a program touting all the phony baloney talking points for a fee that targets senior citizens and our volunteer fire departments countywide.

Just like the fancy brochures I brought to your attention last year, this program is simply propaganda for a legislative initiative.

Let's say I'm on the council or am county executive. I have a crazy idea that everyone in the county should have to wear a purple shirt on Tuesdays. It has no popularity among the public. Would it be ethical or legal for me to use county taxpayer revenue to produce fancy brochures and TV commercials touting my arguments for purple shirts? I dare say, No.

Even worse, Leggett is using unlimited taxpayer funds to tell his side of the story, while our volunteer fire departments are being forced to use their valuable funds to inform the public about the dangers of this Ambulance Fee!

It's outrageous!

And, as usual, you heard about it here first, not in the Washington Post or other local media!