Rockville City Council Elections

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Anonymous wrote:Which team isn't going to increase my taxes? Seems like Team Rockville is more likely to increase taxes.

When was the last time the city property tax rate increased? Why even live in the city of Rockville if that’s all that matters? Move to the county or Virginia. Also, to repeat myself, when was the last time the city tax rate went up?

Why does it matter that it hasn't gone up last year or the year before? I don't want it to go up. Why do you get to decide that it should go up or that it's not important? I have no problem paying my taxes to get city services, but IMO, Rockville city is not hurting for money, and I don't believe for a second that they would need to increase the taxes for any reason.

Why does it matter if they don't build more housing in Rockville? Why does it matter if schools are overcrowded? Why does anything matter? What a dumb question to ask.

You’re obsessed with taxes and they haven’t raised them in years.

I posted one thing about taxes and that makes me obsessed? so, can you answer the question or not?

I kind of did already...no one will be raising your city taxes.

I don't think anyone can know that. "Read my lips.. no new taxes"... remember, or maybe you are too young to remember.

I think certain members of the council are more open to raising taxes than others.

Let me be clear on this since I don't know that you know much about local politics. Out of the last four years, Team Rockville has had a majority and been able to do whatever they wanted for the first three. They did not raise your taxes. This year when one of the Team Rockville council members went to the House of Delegates, they become split 2/2. There have been no tax increases since then either. Can you explain why you think Team Rockville would suddenly want to raise your taxes now?

Poor choice of words.. I should not have said "certain members of the council" but "certain people running for council" since some of them aren't in the city council right now.

I know their stance on growth, school crowding, being a welcoming city -- all important things, but no mention of fiscal responsibility that relate to budget and revenue (ie taxes), at least, not that I saw.

Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

One of the people, I forget who, suggested it be used for the deer to live at. Some of the candidates are really not knowledgeable at all. Deer won't just stay there unless you built a Trump-wall around it. The deer are a problem and I'm glad they're doing a test culling to see how it goes.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

Then I won't be voting for any of them.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

Then I won't be voting for any of them.

Sounds like you can throw your ballot away.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

Then I won't be voting for any of them.

Sounds like you can throw your ballot away.

Why? Would everyone have voted for it? I wouldn't vote for the one who supported the bailout of the failing business.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

Then I won't be voting for any of them.

Sounds like you can throw your ballot away.

Why? Would everyone have voted for it? I wouldn't vote for the one who supported the bailout of the failing business.

Who exactly are you voting for then? That Trumpist?

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

Then I won't be voting for any of them.

Sounds like you can throw your ballot away.

Why? Would everyone have voted for it? I wouldn't vote for the one who supported the bailout of the failing business.

Both candidates for Mayor voted for it. Like it or not, vitality of Town Center is a pretty important issue and most don't want to see it fail.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I believe they all voted for it.

Why would you necessarily need to raise taxes to build an outdoor amphitheater, vs say, making a budgeting decision to spend money on that vs. something else? Also, who knows how well thought out some of the Redgate ideas were, vs. just tossing out some stuff that sounds like it would be nice to have.

Then I won't be voting for any of them.

Sounds like you can throw your ballot away.

Why? Would everyone have voted for it? I wouldn't vote for the one who supported the bailout of the failing business.

Both candidates for Mayor voted for it. Like it or not, vitality of Town Center is a pretty important issue and most don't want to see it fail.

Evidently the pp’s number one priority is city taxes which are already low and haven’t gone up in a long time. She should take her family and move out of the city to save those taxes. Or better yet, move to West Virginia where she would feel more at home.

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I was also not happy about the RTC issue. Taxpayers ended up paying money to the landlord who kept rents artificially high to shore up Dawson’s? Ridiculous. And a waste of money.

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The gold course is losing money hand 9ver fist. An amphitheatre (or anything that won't lose money) would be an improvement.

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Anonymous wrote:The gold course is losing money hand 9ver fist. An amphitheatre (or anything that won't lose money) would be an improvement.

The golf course is out of business...

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Well there's only 3 people on the council + mayor now and since one of the current council members is running for mayor, only two people on the current council are running again. Since they didn't ask any question about taxes there's really no way to tell their opinion on raising taxes. The only thing I saw that indicated people would have to raise taxes were the Rockville Forward slate that wanted to turn the Redgate Golf Course into an "outdoor amphitheater". That won't be free.

That's a good point, and I'd like to understand how they plan on financing that project.

I was not happy about using tax dollars to bring back a failing business in Town Center. It saw declining sales, and this was good money chasing after bad. The owner was supposed to secure funding from the private sector but failed to do so probably because no bank would loan a failing venture. There's been no disclosure about revenue and sales; the contract for the city was also not made public even though it uses tax dollars, and they denied a request for the contract to be made public.


Which one of the council members voted in favor of that?

I was also not happy about the RTC issue. Taxpayers ended up paying money to the landlord who kept rents artificially high to shore up Dawson’s? Ridiculous. And a waste of money.

I assume the city has no control over the rents. The owner can leave the rents high with vacant spots if he wants. Is there anything the city can do but subsidize if they want stores in RTC?