Montgomery County going broke?

Once one of the richest counties in the state, Montgomery County is now flirting with disaster. They owe millions. How did this happen? If you ask The Scoop the answer might be that they never should have spent $150 million, and then another $60 million on open space before they finally pulled the plug on the program. There's also the giant money pit otherwise known as One Montgomery Plaza. November is just around the corner and while everyone is looking at the top of the food chain for changes, people should also be looking at the other elected positions, where large employee payrolls thrive.

Rafferty for AG?

We said we had The Scoop on Montco DA Risa Ferman throwing her hat in the ring for the state Attorney General's seat, and we still haven't heard a difinitive no, but, now state Sen. John Rafferty is definitely throwing is figurative hat (The Scoop has never seen John in a hat) in the ring. So, is the county DA deferring to the state senator?

The One Montgomery County Money Pit

OK, so we've written about this before, but, seriously, who inspected One Montgomery Plaza in Norristown before the county plopped down your hard earned tax dollars to buy it?

The Scoop has it on good authority that the county's own property management director didn't even look at the building before it was purchased. Really?

Now, where does that lawsuit stand? You know, the one where the company working on the garage that was falling apart when the building was purchased is suing because the county apparently didn't pay them.

What a money pit.

Would a little due diligence have been too much to ask?

Montco DA for AG?

The Scoop has it on good authority that Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman will throw her hat in the ring for state Attorney General, ala the former district attorney Bruce Castor. Does Risa have the muscle?