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Dogs, Drones, and Draining Cash

Dogs, Drones, and Draining Cash

Hyattsville is proposing another deficit — but what's really scary is what they're not telling us about the capital fund

Claire Panak Tombes
Apr 02, 2025
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The proposed capital improvement plan includes $22 million of capital spending in fiscal year 2026 on everything from a new police dog to an environmental depot. Hyattsville is proposing to fund $10.6 million of that with “cash” — with no indication of where this “cash” is coming from.

Why is “cash” in quotation marks? Bec…

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