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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…
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Will Reregulation Work?
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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…
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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…
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Hijacking of Planning Underway
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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…
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A Sorry Moment for the Slow Growth Movement
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Growth? What Growth?
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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…