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Food Distribution: Two food giveaway events are happening in Gaithersburg today. Click here to view the schedule and locations.
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Virtual Comedy Show: Are you in need of a pick-me-up and a good laugh? “The Mother of all Comedy Shows” is a live stand-up comedy performance that can be viewed in the comfort of your home. This show features an all-women lineup of comedians. This event is happening at 8:30 p.m. today. Click here to get tickets and the Zoom link.
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Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich isn’t considering any tax increases for his proposed 2022 fiscal year budget for the Maryland county that’s due out next week.
A county spokesman confirmed Elrich’s proposal, which was revealed during a talk at the County Democratic Party’s District 18 Breakfast Club.
“All things have come together to a place where we can manage” without a tax hike, Elrich said, and income taxes “have not been bad at all.”
Last year at the start of the pandemic, Elrich proposed a 5% property tax increase, which the Montgomery County Council flatly rejected. Instead, it proposed and approved a slight decrease in the weighted average property tax rate.
County executive celebrates progress on initiatives, community’s generosity
March 5, 2021 | 1:06 pm
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich gives the annual State of the County address on Friday, the anniversary of the first COVID-19 cases being confirmed in Maryland and the county.
Screenshot via live stream
On the anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19 locally, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich gave the annual State of the County address, looking back at the past year and the impact of the pandemic.
In the 21-minute prerecorded message, Elrich reflected on the “human toll” of the pandemic the deaths, illnesses and economic fallout and a frustrating vaccine rollout.
By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times - Friday, March 5, 2021
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich on Friday highlighted plans to rid the county of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 in the “post-pandemic world,” including banning single-use plastics, installing solar panels and establishing new standards for buildings.
“If it weren’t for COVID, climate change would have been the headline natural disaster of the year, and the decade, and the century,” Mr. Elrich said during his State of the County Address. “This was, and is, an existential threat to our lives it was before the pandemic, and that has not changed.”
Mr. Elrich said the Washington area is already experiencing the effects of climate change, including warmer summers, more flooding and more extreme storms that are “often disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable communities.”