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Patrick Lacefield
 Montgomery declines police support to federal agents on immigration raidsMontgomery County is the only county in the Washington area that wouldn’t automatically provide local police protection for federal agents conducting a workplace immigration raid.
Practical use of ‘Reverse 911’ attracts official attention
Montgomery County owns a “reverse 911” system capable of quickly calling thousands of residents during emergencies, but officials can only confirm having used it once: To tell polling places to stay open an extra hour during February’s primaries.
Montgomery council members question county’s emergency notification system
Montgomery County Council members Thursday openly questioned the ability of the county to notify residents in emergency situations, despite years of training, practice and the existence of an Emergency Operations Center with a roughly $2 million annual budget.
Council doubts emergency notification system
Members of the Montgomery County Council expressed doubt Thursday about the ability of the county to notify residents of emergency situations.
Montgomery eyes real estate ‘tax holiday’
People buying a home in Montgomery County may get an unexpected break as one Montgomery leader says he is investigating the possibility of a “tax holiday” to stimulate sales in the area’s bloated housing market. |
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