In the News
- WTOP Commentator, Chris Core, Local Election Shocker, (November 3, 2010)
- Press Release, Volunteer Firefighters Cry "Foul" over County Executive's Gross Misuse of Taxpayer Funds for Political Purposes
- Political lobbying doesn't require a uniform, October 27, 2010, gazette.net
- Volunteer firefighters call on Leggett to stop spending tax dollars on campaigning, October 27, 2010, gazette.net
- Voters to decide fate of ambulance transport fees Nov. 2, October 27, 2010, gazette.net
- WTOP Commentator, Chris Core, On Ambulance Fees: MAD, (October 27, 2010)
- WTOP Commentator Speaks to the Budget: Finding the Budget Fat (October 19, 2010)
- Hurt on the highway? Crash tax will cost you. NBC Nightly News' Kevin Tibbles reports
- Tennessee Tragedy Raises Questions About Ambulance Fee, Oct. 13, 2010, Washington Post
- Washington Post Editorial Response, Ambulance fees would burden the poor, Oct. 7, 2010, Washington Post
- "Ambulance fee proposal raises fears of 'à la carte government' in Montgomery", Oct. 7, 2010, Washington Post
- WTOP Commentator Slams Ambulance Fees: Stepping Back To The Bad Old Days, October 6, 2010, WTOP or Downlonad MP3 File Here
- " High Ambulance Fees May Delay Emergency Care", May 2010, TheDenverChannel.com
- "Cities Implement First Responders’ Fee for Nonresidents to Fill Budget Gaps", July 12, 2010, Elaine Pittman
- "Ambulance Fee has Risen from the Grave", March 3, 2010, Robert Dyer
- "Family Billed Nearly $28K For Fire", February 16, 2010, Indiana News
- "Ind. City looks to Double Ambulance Fees", February 13, 2010, The South Bend Tribune
- "S.C. Backs Off Plan to Bill for Services", February 2, 2010, Firehouse.com
- "AMR rates rising for obese", June 30, 2009, Topeka Capital-Journal
- "Minor fender-bender? That'll be $700, please", April 20, 2009, CNBC
- "Audit faults D.C. agency on ambulance fee collection", March 25, 2009, The Examiner
- "Senator files measure that would ban Florida cities, counties from charging fees in crashes", March 20, 2009, Florida Today
- "Don't Count on Ambulance Fee To Rescue Budget, Council Says", March 12, 2009, Washington Post
- "7 Montgomery County Councilmembers Ask County Executive Not to Include Assumed Ambulance Fee Revenue in FY 2010 Budget", March 6, 2009, Council Office
- "County's ambulance fee may never begin", Feb. 22, 2009, HometownAnnapolis.com - The Capital
- "Council Committee Tables Ambulance Fee in Montgomery," October 24, 2008. Washington Post
- Debate on ambulance fee dominates town hall forum, Nov. 26, 2008, Gazette
- "Ambulance Fees: Do Not Resuscitate," November 12, 2008. Gazette commentary by Montgomery County Council Vice President (and Chair of the Council's Public Safety Committee) Phil Andrews. "It would be a sorry day if Montgomery County resorted to chasing ambulances for revenue. . . . Like the previous County Council, this council should nix the fundamentally bad idea of ambulance fees."
- "Volunteers Vow Referendum to Stop Ambulance Fees," October 22, 2008. Gazette
- "Dangerous Fees in Montgomery County," October 19, 2008 Washington Post Op-Ed piece by Councilmember Phil Andrews
- "Questions Remain on Ambulance Fees," September 17, 2008 Gazette Op-Ed piece
- Advisory Board Debates Ambulance Fee," July 23, 2008, Gazette
- Elderly, poor will hesitate to call ambulance if fee is approved, July 16, 2008, Gazette
- Ambulance fees are the wrong answer," July 16, 2008, Gazette
- Ambulance fee could deter those who need help most from calling 911," March 26, 2008, Gazette