County Leaders Oppose Teacher Pension Shift
Effects of shift would devastate county budgets, executives say. Local Republican Councilman Jerry Walker (R-Gambrills) shares those concerns.
Leaders of counties from around Maryland said a plan to shift part of the cost of teacher pensions from the state would have serious consequences for the budgets of local governments. Nearly two dozen leaders from counties around the state, all members of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO), met in Annapolis on Wednesday to show their opposition to Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to shift to local governments. District 7 Anne Arundel County Councilman Jerry Walker (R-Gambrills) that O'Malley's proposal to shift teacher pension costs was his biggest concern of the governor's State of the State address. “We don’t have the money to fund it,” Walker said. “We’ve already taken huge hits and to absorb this, it’s too much.” The local …
