Montgomery Looking to State for Help
Leggett, others want Maryland to invest in Montgomery.
Montgomery County officials pressed state leaders to support efforts to resolve the county's transportation problems. "We will not go anywhere unless we solve the transportation problem, and we need the state to help us," County Executive Ike Leggett said. Leggett spoke at the Committee for Montgomery breakfast at the Montgomery County Conference Center, where members of the Montgomery County Council and the delegation to the General Assembly shared the message that state investments in the county pay good dividends. "For just as it was once said that what is good for General Motors is good for America, I am not alone in saying what is good for Montgomery County is good for the state of Maryland," Council President Roger Berliner said. In …
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Richard Holden
9:38 am on Saturday, December 17, 2011
Don't invest in an incompetently run county. There are major transportation problems in Montgomery County. Look at Route 27 which is in gridlock in either direction during the mprning and evening rush hours and look at the number of homes just north of Brink Road and Route 27 that are getting ready to be built. Where are the roads to accomodate the additional traffic? Solution: Leggett needs to … more ›