The jury is grand after all

An earlier post had the grand jury investigation into the life and times of Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Matthews moved into the big city. That just might not be the case, according to a source. We'll have to play wait and see on this one. One source sent us into the city, another is bringing us back out to the burbs. Either way, The Scoop is just glad to know there is still an investigation.

To tax or not to tax

What's a Dem to do? Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Matthews is calling for a tax increase, but his partner in politics, Joe Hoeffel has been oddly quiet on the issue. Here's the deal. Joe has a snow ball's chance in hell of getting re-elected to begin with, but if he starts backing Jim's call for a tax increase he can kiss the snow ball goodbye. So, what do you say, Joe?

County playing fast and loose with your tax dollars

The county borrowed money to pay for the expansion on the prison. So what happened to the money? Seems the county treasurer doesn't know, but our county commissioners aren't sweating it. Of course, they never do seem to worry about your money. We're talking about $25 million that was allegedly set aside for the prison. Oh well, they'll just have to raise taxes to take care of that bill, too.