(The Center Square) — After months of discussion and the adoption of similar programs by some of its neighbors, Loudoun County leadership voted down a guaranteed income pilot program.
In a surprising turn of events, Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors abandoned the pursuit of a new economic mobility pilot in a 3-5-1 vote. Months earlier, in May, the board had voted 6-2-1 in favor of appropriating $2 million of county fund balance dollars to the program’s development.
Supervisors Michael Turner, D-Ashburn, Kristen Umstattd, D-Leesburg, and Caleb Kershner, R-Catoctin, joined those opposing (Kershner was absent for the May vote) and Laura TeKrony, […]
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