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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know here he resides, but Katz represents Rockville, an area that will be largely exempt, yet he will still get a vote.

Must be nice![/quote]

How is someone from Rockville even allowed to vote on how the county is run when they incorporate themselves?  It makes absolutely zero sense is utter hypocrisy.  He can go vote to upzone silver spring yet his precious little historic district in Rockville would be exempt from building triplexes?  [/quote]

Because

1. the City of Rockville is in Montgomery County
2. the voters of Montgomery County elected him to the Montgomery County Council[/quote]

Doesn’t explain how Rockville voters can impose policies on the county they’re shielded from. Ridiculous hypocrisy.  Historic Rockville needs to be upzoned with triplexes first before silver spring.  [/quote]

Good news! Rockville voters can't! The zoning changes will require a majority on the Montgomery County Council, which has 11 members.

Also, while all of the City of Rockville historic districts are (by definition) in the City of Rockville, there is a lot of City of Rockville that is not in a historic district. I hope this explanation helps.

And finally, the zoning changes will also apply to county-designated historic districts.

https://www.rockvillemd.gov/2177/Historic-Districts[/quote]

This is good info, I think that the people in Rockville and Takoma Park think that they are shielded from that, maybe this fact will get them active!

Rockville, Takoma Park, this affects you, too!

Sign the petition!

https://www.change.org/p/protect-single-family-zoning-in-montgomery-county[/quote]

74% of petition-signers live in Bethesda. Something to keep in mind when concern is expressed for low-income homeowners in Silver Spring.

And I just can't with the assertion that "the only certain beneficiaries are speculative developers", as though nobody will live in the housing. Guess who is responsible for the housing the originator of the petition lives in? Hint: it starts with speculative, and ends with developer.

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