Last February, I wrote in favor of a property tax bill proposed by Delegate Al Carr (D-18), commonly known as the Commercial Assessment Rate Review (CARR) bill. The CARR bill…
Wheaton
Wheaton: Ready, Aim, Aim, Aim….
A Guest Blog by Holly Olson. On June 30th, the International Downtown Association (IDA) presented its study findings on redevelopment in Wheaton. IDA is a membership association for professionals in…
Local First Wheaton!
At yesterday’s rainy Taste of Wheaton event, the county’s newest and most unique business alliance was unveiled. The seeds of this alliance were planted in last summer’s joint business/resident revolt…
Reflecting on Wheaton
Could Wheaton look like this someday?So why have we been talking about Wheaton? After all, this blog is called Maryland Politics Watch, not Wheaton Watch. There are two reasons. First,…
Power to the People
Part Three of a Three-Part Series by Holly Olson. (View Parts One and Two.) In Part Two of my post on Wheaton, I was perhaps a little hard on our…
Where is the Love for Wheaton?
Part Two of a Three-Part Series by Holly Olson. (View Part One here.) While serving on the Wheaton Redevelopment Advisory Committee for three years, I had the opportunity to talk…
Wheaton, We (May) Have a Problem…
Part One of a Three-Part Series by Holly Olson. The Wheaton community suffered another loss recently when restaurant owner Victor Lantang closed his Indonesian restaurant, Sabang. If you never had…