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Economy
By Cary Lamari. I would like to start out by talking about a member of my family. He in a very large way inspired me to look into affordable housing…
Will Reregulation Work?
One of the biggest issues before the General Assembly at the moment is an effort to “re-regulate” electricity provided by new power plants. The bill, as amended, would grant the…
In a tart letter to County Executive Ike Leggett, County Council Members George Leventhal, Nancy Floreen, Valerie Ervin and Mike Knapp refer to a “leadership crisis” in the Department of…
Hijacking of Planning Underway
By Jim Humphrey, Chair, Montgomery County Civic Federation Planning and Land Use Committee. In 1973, under authority granted by the State of Maryland, Montgomery County enacted its Adequate Public Facilities…
A Sorry Moment for the Slow Growth Movement
Dear readers: those of you who read this blog know that nothing ticks us off more than double-talk. We can deal with differences in policy or ideology. Indeed, we have…
Pay and Go, a proposal to lift some of Montgomery County’s infrastructure requirements from developers, produced one of the biggest conflicts over development policy this county has ever seen. It…
The 1997 passage of Pay and Go, a proposal designed to free developers from some of the county’s infrastructure requirements for new projects, set off a firestorm in the 1998…
For all the discussion of developer contributions a year ago, none of the four District 4 candidates last time had any record on the development issue. This year, two of…
Growth? What Growth?
For those who are still worried about growth, we have a message for you: there’s nothing to worry about.That’s right, there is little to no growth in Montgomery County at…