BOE spends $200,000 to defend $1,500 per year lease.

...After filing a Maryland Public Information Act request with the Montgomery County Board of Education, the Brickyard Coalition learned the Montgomery County Board of Education has spent more than $200,000 fighting legal battles in its effort to lease a 20-acre parcel of land to Montgomery Soccer Inc. MSI plans to construct a series of soccer fields on the land that has housed Nick’s Organic Farm for the last 30 years.
School system spokesman Dana Tofig confirmed the amount...

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