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| Robin Ficker |
The Montgomery County Council voted 6-5 on Tuesday to reject a Charter Review Commission proposal that would have made it easier to raise property taxes above the current County Charter limit. This means the proposal will not be put before the voters as a ballot question in November 2024. Currently, under the successful Robin Ficker ballot initiative approved by voters in the past, the Council must vote unanimously to raise property taxes above the charter limit. The CRC proposal, the latest attempt to do an end run around the popular "Ficker Amendment," would have dropped the unanimous vote requirement.
Councilmembers who voted against the CRC proposal were Marilyn Balcombe, Andrew Friedson, Natalie Fani-Gonzalez, Evan Glass, Sidney Katz, and Dawn Luedtke. The Councilmembers who voted for the proposal to remove the unanimous vote requirement were Gabe Albornoz, Will Jawando, Kristin Mink, Laurie-Ann Sayles, and Kate Stewart.
Montgomery County's high property taxes are one of several highly-regressive tax burdens on working families and residents who are on fixed incomes. Along with high property assessments, the annual payments have essentially become a second mortgage for many cash-strapped residents. The Ficker Amendment has provided relief from even-more-nightmarish tax bills since it was passed. That's because, as it is, the Council has raised property taxes on residents every year except for FY-2015.
8 comments:
Just trying to catch up to CA & NY which has seen wealth-flight to FL, SC & TX.
FL? FL? Try keeping up for a change.
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And don't get me started with TX. Let's just see how long your theory holds water. I'll put my money on a paper sandwich bag.
7:15 is a paid troll for the dems. How else could one ignore facts.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/07/10/states-fighting-wealth-flight-heres-what-to-know.html
Interesting, SS touted as best place in MD but MD is 43rd worst state to retire in. I'll let y'all see how that relates to our destination 'target' states of NY and Calif.
They get indoctrinated at Uni and then their whole self-image is wrapped around their “progressive” identity. One component of which is to hate the opposition. US needs to get a handle on this or this country will truly destroy itself.
@9:43 - LOL! Good one, dems hardly ever quote FauxNews as a reliable source. Denial of the truth is a terrible trait huh?
MoMo breaking out the classic "educated people don't think what I think, therefore education is bad" without any reasoning or context. Got to love it.
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