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You're in D.C. for work or play and whenever you might need a first responder. There are not more mistakes being made at D.C. 9-1-1, but emergency call takers are reporting more often when they do make a mistake. That's what the acting director of D.C.'s office of unified communications is telling city lawmakers wondering why 36 ambulances have been sent to the wrong address so far this year. To go from 8 blown addresses in FY 2020 to 36 so far this year, does that reflect an underreporting that was going on? Were two council member and committee chair Brooke Pinto asked acting director Heather mcgaffin, why so many more ambulances are being misdirected by 9-1-1 dispatchers. The short answer, they're reporting more of their mistakes. There wasn't maybe always a way to report that, that they knew about. Mayor muriel Bowser wants to see McGrath and get the job, which requires a confirmation from the D.C. council. She says she's committed to transparency, but doesn't know if she can release 9-1-1 called transcripts, despite criticism from D.C. auditor Kathy Patterson that other jurisdictions do just that. Meghan cloher a WTO dude. 7 O four, the latest on D.C. city government versus Congress. After the House and Senate recently overrode some crime reforms passed by the D.C. council, the House oversight committee chairman, Kentucky Republican James comer. He's inviting members of the D.C. council, the chief financial officer in the city, and the D.C. police union to testify at a hearing scheduled for March 29th. Comer says the hearing will cover issues such as crime and homelessness. The offices of D.C. council chairman Phil mendelson and council member Charles Allen say they did indeed get invitations. We are reaching out to everyone to learn whether at least some D.C. leaders planned to attend this congressional hearing. It's 7 O 5, FBI agents raided Roy McGrath's Florida home today. This is two days after the one time top aide to former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, failed to appear in Baltimore federal court to stand trial on corruption charges. McGrath's wife, Laura bruner, was home during the FBI raid. Those in charge say she is fully cooperating with authorities. This week, the U.S. marshal service declared McGrath a wanted fugitive and started actually distributing, wanted posters of him, he's accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Maryland, including what prosecutors call a fraudulent severance payment of more than a quarter $1 million. 7 O 6 to get better schools be prepared to see higher property taxes. It's part of the message in Montgomery county executive Mark L rich's budget plan announced tonight. The total budget plan for Montgomery county executive Mark L rich $6.8 billion, with more than 3 billion going to the public schools. There is a correlation between not spending money on education and results. But to fully fund the school system's budget request, elrich proposes bumping up property taxes by ten cents with all of that going to education. If we want the best and discounting then we have to be willing to pay what it takes to get the best. The budget gets submitted to the county council for approval hearings are scheduled for April 11th. Kate Ryan, WTO news. Now the Montgomery county Chamber of Commerce is issuing a statement calling the proposal to raise the property tax tone deaf, citing the county's high cost of living. It says it opposes the county executive's plan property tax increase. Let's head next door to prince George's county, Maryland, elected leaders there are laying out their budget priorities. We are required to give 62% of our budget to our school system. Most of the $5.4 billion budget presented by prince George's county executive Angela also Brooks will go towards school and safety, the other 18% goes to everything else. We can not keep balancing our budget on the backs of residents. That's her way of saying there won't be any tax hikes. Instead, the goal is to, and her words, future proof the budget. The only long-term solution to the unfair tax burden that our residents face is to grow commercial

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