Elrich was joined at the press conference by representatives of communities from around the County as well as the Montgomery County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO). They agreed that eliminating 100% of the taxes for 20 years did not make good fiscal or community sense.
Speakers included Cheryl Gannon and Alan Bowser, Montgomery County Civic Federation; Lisa Blackwell, MCGEO; Jenny Sue Dunner and Howard Schoenholz, Montgomery County Communities Coalition; Rohit Khanna, Somerset Town councilmember; Lloyd Guerci, Citizens Coordinating Committee on Friendship Heights and Brit Simantov, Kemp Mill Community.
For updates and link to press release, see here: http://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=46921