MoCo plastic bag ban and tax increase on paper bags

[Anonymous]

This is fantastic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to see the Montgomery County Council have a moratorium on doing anything for twelve months but passing a balanced budget without tax increases.

I'd like to see the county not aggressively our residential assessments like they did in 2020. Coming to your mailbox before the end of December.

[Anonymous]

aggressively increasing our residential assessments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to see the Montgomery County Council have a moratorium on doing anything for twelve months but passing a balanced budget without tax increases.

I'd like to see the county not aggressively our residential assessments like they did in 2020. Coming to your mailbox before the end of December.

Assessments are done by SDAT at the state level. THe county has no control over this. They only control their portion of the property tax rate on that assessmen, and they did in raise it in 2023. Elrich wanted a 10% increase and the council gave a 4.7% increase.

https://moco360.media/2023/05/18/council-likely-to-pass-4-7-property-tax-increase/

[Anonymous]

Every place I’ve lived where this was instituted (several), some people whined in the beginning, then it became a nothing burger within a few months. And led to noticeably less litter around along with the other environmental benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every place I’ve lived where this was instituted (several), some people whined in the beginning, then it became a nothing burger within a few months. And led to noticeably less litter around along with the other environmental benefits.

It has not been proved to have led to less litter in Montgomery County.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Performative is right. Like the bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road that one person a day uses.

I have it on very good authority that an average of SIX people use the bike lanes on OGR each day.

So it’s SIX people. Not “no one”.


So there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Performative is right. Like the bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road that one person a day uses.

I have it on very good authority that an average of SIX people use the bike lanes on OGR each day.

So it’s SIX people. Not “no one”.


So there.

I once thought highly of Marc Korman. Not anymore. He pushed these through SHA while pretending that he was just a neutral observer on the matter. He is not as clever as he thinks he is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every place I’ve lived where this was instituted (several), some people whined in the beginning, then it became a nothing burger within a few months. And led to noticeably less litter around along with the other environmental benefits.

Zero evidence or data to show environmental evidence. Office of Inspector General Report specifically says this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every place I’ve lived where this was instituted (several), some people whined in the beginning, then it became a nothing burger within a few months. And led to noticeably less litter around along with the other environmental benefits.

Zero evidence or data to show environmental evidence. Office of Inspector General Report specifically says this.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Performative is right. Like the bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road that one person a day uses.

I have it on very good authority that an average of SIX people use the bike lanes on OGR each day.

So it’s SIX people. Not “no one”.


So there.

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Performative is right. Like the bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road that one person a day uses.

I have it on very good authority that an average of SIX people use the bike lanes on OGR each day.

So it’s SIX people. Not “no one”.


So there.

lol

The authority is MDOT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every place I’ve lived where this was instituted (several), some people whined in the beginning, then it became a nothing burger within a few months. And led to noticeably less litter around along with the other environmental benefits.

Zero evidence or data to show environmental evidence. Office of Inspector General Report specifically says this.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

You cannot prove a negative dimwit. There is no proof that the program works to reduce trash. None.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every place I’ve lived where this was instituted (several), some people whined in the beginning, then it became a nothing burger within a few months. And led to noticeably less litter around along with the other environmental benefits.

It has already been instituted. This about expanding it and taxing paper bags as well.

[Anonymous]

For me, this is death by a thousand cuts. Living here is onerous, and my own government is always looking for ways to make it more so... If only we reduce the lanes on this major road and increase traffic, the more people will take the bus! Etc..., Etc..., Etc... It is all to enact some fantasy that planners have to turn suburban America into Copenhagen.