If you don’t feel like reading through their responses, I think Friedson (exec), Goldberg and McNulty (at-large), Ashman (district 3) and Morrison (district 1) had the best answers.
“Until the Board of Education, the county executive, and the council stop passing responsibility and start sharing accountability, these delays will continue — and our students will continue to pay the price.”
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/04/29/jawando-releases-detailed-budget-changes/
This is much different (better) than the Elrich budget, the Fani-Gonzalez budget, or the options that GO considered today.
Councilmember Andrew Friedson opined on the largest operating budget proposed in Montgomery County history, which includes a property tax increase, increase tax increase, water quality protection charge increase and creation of 2 overlapping special taxing districts.