MONTGOMERY COUNTY Congressional District #8 Chris Van Hollen County Executive No Endorsement County Council ‘ balancing the cost and delivery of County services I's clear thatthe County ». “Executive and County Couneit have been intimidated by School Superintendant Jerry Weast and his over aggressive Education Bureaucracy that gobbles up 57 percent, or $2.2 billion, of the Budget with virtually no transparency or accountability. One place to start controlling those costs isto look at Weast’s compensation ppackage—revealed to be some $489,000 in 2008, according to media reports. ‘County taxpayers won't find that figure in the School Board's financial reports—his VE FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S SCHOOL BO! Congressional District #4 Donna F. Edwards DISTRICT 14 DISTRICT 18 State Senate Rich Madaleno House of Delegates Ania Sol Gutierrez. Jeff Waldstreicher Dana Beyer ‘State Ser 9 Saaib Al . sHouse of Delegates 5 Charles Burkey) rll Reznik Shatig Robinson pays virtual state sodet. employees ‘more than istrict ol Board Candidate Year Of the bright lights Wilens proposes to cut ind the true costs oF education admis S of Montgomery County's Education savings to put more Bureaucracy. Wilens has noted that while “If you work for MCPS, but don’t speak — teachers are adequately compensated, with sfdents om a daily basis;-we might they do need help in keeping clas Sizes; Piot need you.” The school systemdoes.— = at manageable levels. He alsomnotes, “the not need so many administrators, he says, — bureaucracy of $150,000 (and higher) “and we certainly don't need to spend administrators that has been putin relations place by Superintendant Weast has to be reduced.” a4 During the last budget debate—when_ ‘Mr. Wilens has also said he “would \Weast threatened to sue the County ifthe aye supported MCPS employee Council atempted to cut his budget—it_furtoughs as away to reduce costs ‘was revealed that there are 2,626 education B Fall 2010 + PRIMARY 2010 +The Local Link