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Article: Two cutting-edge Democrats. (Prince Georges County, MD county executive Wayne Curry and Montgomery County executive Douglas Duncan)(Column)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- October 2, 1995
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Is the House Republicans' drive to cut government spending and taxes a pet cause of a radical fringe? Or is it part of a national trend supported by most voters? You only have to wander 8 miles beyond Washington's beltway into Maryland-to the sleepy, longtime tobacco market of Upper Marlboro and the onetime crossroads town of Rockville-to get the impression that many Americans want significant cuts in taxes and spending.
Today, Rockville and Upper Marlboro are the seats of two of the top 10 highest-spending county governments in the United States- Montgomery and Prince George's (No. 1 is Los Angeles County). This is Democratic territory: Montgomery voted 55 percent ...