<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Government</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/montgomery/government?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><description>Government</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Lashing Back at Taxes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12353-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12353-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In growing numbers, Montgomery residents are demanding an end to rising property taxes.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery Council Mulls Tax Relief's Scope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2455-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2455-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council is ready to give residents broad property tax relief next year by cutting tens of millions of dollars from County Executive Douglas M. Duncan's proposed budget.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council May Challenge  Duncan Over Tax Cap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26270-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26270-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A majority of the Montgomery County Council says it will attempt to abide by a voter-imposed property tax cap for the first time in four years, cutting as much as $84 million to bring tax rates in line with the legal limit.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun Show Groups Blocked from Montgomery Suit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30368-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30368-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal appeals court has ruled that a gun show promoter and an exhibitor have no standing to challenge a Montgomery County law that denies funding to facilities that display and sell firearms.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarbanes to Retire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26762-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26762-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The departure of Md.'s longest-serving senator is likely to trigger changing of the guard in state politics, both in age and geography.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu  and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Park Service Cleared Snyder's Outlook]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10466-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10466-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Park Service gave Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder permission to remove more than 130 mature trees from a hillside behind his Potomac estate in exchange for a possible share of the enhanced value he'll receive from his new river views, government documents show.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church Loses Harassment Suit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2485-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2485-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A jury awarded $1.35 million yesterday to a woman who said she was driven from her job as music director at a Lutheran church in Gaithersburg and pushed nearly to the brink of suicide by a pastor whose alleged sexual advances she had rebuffed.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navy Public Works Expert Named to Head WSSC]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30733-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30733-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Andrew Brunhart is a licensed engineer, a former White House military escort and, until recently, head of the Navy's public works projects in the Southwest.]]></description><author> Amit R. Paley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duncan Toots His Own Horn]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11303-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11303-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After more than a dozen media interviews and prominent roles at a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an opening gala, Montgomery County Executive    Douglas M. Duncan  (D) has taken another step to make sure residents know he was the driving force behind the new Music Center at Strathmore.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Plea for Help]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6246-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6246-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Immigrant advocates say there are hundreds of women working in Montgomery County who are too scared, poor or naive to report abuse by their employers, making them in effect modern-day slaves.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay Father Appeals Custody Ruling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58880-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58880-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A gay Montgomery County father is trying to overturn a court order that forced his partner to move out of their shared house as a condition for retaining custody of his son.]]></description><author> Jennifer Lenhart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Council Chides Duncan On Costs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55393-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55393-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Montgomery County Council members delivered a stern warning to the county executive that they will no longer tolerate cost overruns on capital projects.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loophole  Bolsters Duncan's War Chest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33744-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33744-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fourteen business entities controlled by the same family contributed at least $56,000 to Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan on the same day this month, employing a controversial loophole in the state's campaign finance law.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Court Is Asked to Review Aron's Actions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22349-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22349-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ruthann Aron, the Montgomery County politician convicted in 1998 of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband and another man, may have been living in Florida under a different name without her probation officer's permission, according to court records.]]></description><author> Katherine Shaver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunes Shift for East-West Rail Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12436-2005Jan15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12436-2005Jan15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A proposed light-rail link between Bethesda and New Carrollton via Silver Spring once seemed on a fast track to construction.]]></description><author> Katherine Shaver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bystander Killed In Md. Collision]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51921-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51921-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A 59-year-old Silver Spring man died yesterday after a garbage truck involved in a collision hit him at a bus stop on Georgia Avenue in the Aspen Hill area, Montgomery County police said.]]></description><author> Katherine Shaver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials To Seek More Aid For Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50338-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50338-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Montgomery County legislators are preparing to renew their drive for more state aid for county schools and transportation projects when the General Assembly convenes next week.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overtime Paid, by Department]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1897-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1897-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em>This is the amount of overtime paid by department as of Nov. 4. It does not include the school system, the Housing Opportunities Commission or the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wireless Firms Fight Taxation  In Maryland]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A273-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A273-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless are challenging the right of Montgomery County and the City of Baltimore to impose local taxes on wireless telephone lines.]]></description><author> Annys Shin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivey Could Be Lt. Gov. Candidate in Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58116-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58116-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/montgomery/government</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 3:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was noon at the District Heights Community Center, and there behind the coconut cake, sweet potato pie and chocolate chip cookies stood Prince George's County prosecutor Glenn F. Ivey, serving dessert.]]></description><author> Avis Thomas-Lester</author></item></channel></rss>
