Is Montgomery County going the way of broken San Francisco?

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Is Montgomery County going the way of broken San Francisco?
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As taxes increase, schools decline, crime surges and a recession looms, residents may, as in San Francisco, vote with their feet.

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The two locations have much in common. They have roughly the same population. Both became magnets for educated professionals, attracted by niche jobs and top schools. Both are essentially one-party governments. The last time San Francisco elected a Republican mayor, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Montgomery County has never had a Republican city council president; its last Republican majority was during Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration.

Progressive prosecutors decline to prosecute crime, while local politicians bash the police. As a response, Montgomery County, like San Francisco, is facing a major police recruitment and retention shortfall. Violent crime is rising, as is drug abuse.

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