DID YOU PAY FOR
THEM TO PARTY?
Regular readers are aware that the County Council's late Spring Break beach trip (officially referred to as the Maryland Association of Counties meeting) comes at the taxpayer's expense. Gov. Martin O'Malley famously called off a $12,000 taxpayer-funded bash at Seacrets nightclub due to "tough times." It just wouldn't be right to party at "Jamaica USA" on the taxpayer's dime during a recession (but OK at other times?!), right?
Have you been invited to Ike Leggett and Council President Nancy Floreen's next party?
You ought to have been, because you're paying for it!
Actually, it's not one party... it's three parties! In one day!
On March 27, Leggett and Floreen start partying early at Gaithersburg City Hall. It's a "Breakfast and Books Census Celebration!" For what we've paid, I hope it's not just one of those hotel Continental deals.
Then hit the road to Wheaton Plaza! It's time for the "Cuenta Conmigo Fiesta Census Celebration!" While you're at it, cuenta conmigo how big the county's budget deficit is!
If you still have enough energy left, it's off to Langley Park, for the "Count on Me Census Celebration!" Where Leggett or Floreen should tell the crowd, "count on me to tax and spend the county's finances into oblivion!"
In an election year, these "rallies" sound awfully like campaign rallies. So shouldn't these two candidates pay for them, instead of the taxpayers? It's outrageous.
They don't know how to balance a budget. They don't know how to provide basic services. But, ladies and gentlemen, they sure know how to party! Especially when you're picking up the tab.
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