Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

stop gaslighting the massive number of layoffs that have occurred in the area just to serve your talking points. it's offensive to the thousands of civil servants in moco.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

stop gaslighting the massive number of layoffs that have occurred in the area just to serve your talking points. it's offensive to the thousands of civil servants in moco.

I am not even remotely denying that layoffs took place. That doesn't even make sense. How do you rehire someone that hasn't been let go?

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most recent jobs report has Moco losing more jobs than gained, due to government layoffs. and that doesn't include the eventual jobless claims from people on admin leave.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

stop gaslighting the massive number of layoffs that have occurred in the area just to serve your talking points. it's offensive to the thousands of civil servants in moco.

I am not even remotely denying that layoffs took place. That doesn't even make sense. How do you rehire someone that hasn't been let go?

of course you want to say it's all fine and no one's lives have been upended and ruined. disgusting.

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Btw while it is clear many feds and contractors (including friends of mine) have been laid off, the unemployment rolls data does not show anything that would form the basis for a massive housing downturn in MoCo.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

stop gaslighting the massive number of layoffs that have occurred in the area just to serve your talking points. it's offensive to the thousands of civil servants in moco.

I am not even remotely denying that layoffs took place. That doesn't even make sense. How do you rehire someone that hasn't been let go?

of course you want to say it's all fine and no one's lives have been upended and ruined. disgusting.

lol here come the hysterics

do you even live here? I bet you love DOGE

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Many poeple will be without pay check in cominng 4-5 months. One Fed and one contractor lost job in our street.

Not sure if PP lives in this area. Massive job loss has taken place. It's not reflected in payroll data yet. It will show up.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

stop gaslighting the massive number of layoffs that have occurred in the area just to serve your talking points. it's offensive to the thousands of civil servants in moco.

I am not even remotely denying that layoffs took place. That doesn't even make sense. How do you rehire someone that hasn't been let go?

of course you want to say it's all fine and no one's lives have been upended and ruined. disgusting.

lol here come the hysterics

do you even live here? I bet you love DOGE

You’re the one echoing DOGE talking points. And did you read the WAPo piece on Feds killing themselves? Piss off calling people hysterical.

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Anonymous wrote:Btw while it is clear many feds and contractors (including friends of mine) have been laid off, the unemployment rolls data does not show anything that would form the basis for a massive housing downturn in MoCo.

Unemployment for MD ticked up, and employment rolls do indeed show more layoffs than new jobs for Moco.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay 18k in property taxes. A larger house, blocks from me but zoned for another school district, pays 10k. Explain to me why I am not paying more to live in a specific school district.

Wow, you sound rich if you can afford a house with that much property taxes. Most of us could never afford to own that.
Btw did you know taxes are not user fees? Sorry life isn't always fair.

Correct, taxes are not user fees. The additional property taxes on higher valued homes mostly go to support schools in areas where there is a lower tax base to collect from. These high tax homes are disproportionately supporting the broader MCPS budget. Lots of those high tax homes aren't even "using" MCPS. However, when you start messing around with property values, you also decrease the taxable value of the home and erode the tax base. I'm not moving, my kids don't go to MCPS, I'll gladly take the tax break. Based on the maps I'm seeing, the new entrants to the W schools aren't going to see a huge increase in the value of their homes/property taxes. So the net seems like it will be a decrease in property taxes collected. Wonder how that hit to the MCPS budget will play out?

They would be fine. Tax revenues are based on a ton of factors. Property values will continue to grow. The problem is that the MCPS budget will continue to grow faster than inflation because rising pension and healthcare costs.

definitely we should collect less in taxes to help schools.

That's some pretty blatantly self-serving speculation.

Looking at some of these proposed changes I can see several areas where property values will skyrocket.

just agreeing with the PP who said it was fine if property values overall decline.

The post you were responding to said property values will continue to grow

meant the prior one. but pure speculation whether property values will "continue to grow". Many reasons to expect they won't and overall would decline. as I've paid off my mortgage due to smart living I think it would be fine for property values to decline so I pay less taxes. schools are mismanaged anyway.

There are barely any single family homes being built. MoCo's population is growing again after a pandemic dip. Feds are being rehired. A lot of the population growth is higher income people (the middle class is hollowing out). There is still a lot of pent up demand for SFHs from existing residents. It's basic supply and demand.

LOL no.

Ha ha you are right, many of them took the fork, found higher paying jobs and can't be brought back

stop gaslighting the massive number of layoffs that have occurred in the area just to serve your talking points. it's offensive to the thousands of civil servants in moco.

I am not even remotely denying that layoffs took place. That doesn't even make sense. How do you rehire someone that hasn't been let go?

of course you want to say it's all fine and no one's lives have been upended and ruined. disgusting.

lol here come the hysterics

do you even live here? I bet you love DOGE

You’re the one echoing DOGE talking points. And did you read the WAPo piece on Feds killing themselves? Piss off calling people hysterical.

Sounds like you're trying to use suicide to change the subject from the fact that property values in MoCo are going to rise. Talk about disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:Btw while it is clear many feds and contractors (including friends of mine) have been laid off, the unemployment rolls data does not show anything that would form the basis for a massive housing downturn in MoCo.

Unemployment for MD ticked up, and employment rolls do indeed show more layoffs than new jobs for Moco.

These unemployment numbers are very similar to levels we've seen just in the past few years, while property values have skyrocketed.