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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The council is so good at figuring out new ways to take our money! This is on top of recently raising property tax rates and the recordation tax, of course.

"On or about July 8, 2023, Saturday payment will be required in garages and lots.  Rates and hours requiring payment will be the same as the rest of the week."

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Parking/FAQ/using-meters.html

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Poor drivers. Won't someone think of the drivers?[/quote]

Poor county council, nonprofits, snd community activists. Whatever will they do without more taxpayer money!!!? We gotta make sure they can eat! [/quote]

Eh. "Free" parking subsidizes drivers and driving. End driver/driving subsidies.[/quote]

End lunch subsidies, housing subsidies, electric power tool and car subsidies, solar panel subsidies, etc. etc.

End it all![/quote]

That's an unnuanced view of public policy. In the nuanced view, we subsidize behaviors/actions we want to encourage, and remove subsidies from behaviors/actions we don't want to encourage. We want to encourage kids having lunches, people having housing, and clean(er), local energy sources. We don't want to, and don't need to, encourage driving.[/quote]

Which is why we make parking easier, so that local businesses thrive.

But this is moco, where the county does everything in its power to kill jobs, kill businesses, and stifle economic growth.  No surprise.[/quote]

Gee I guess that's why NYC has so many failed businesses - no parking![/quote]

Moco isnt nyc.  Wow, is stupid are you?  Where’s our subway system with the most stops in the world like NYC?  Really, really piss poor comparison and logic on your part.

I think we are arguing with a teenager in high school, lol. [/quote]

Not to mention that NYC is actually really struggling right now.  [/quote]

Not to mention that people moved to Rockville/Montgomery County because they wanted the suburban lifestyle.  If they wanted an urban lifestyle, they would have moved to DC, New York, or sone other urban center.  If you want to live in a community where driving is so difficult that people are more dependent on public transportation, you could certainly move to one of those places, rather than railing at them for treating the suburbs like the suburbs and trying to make driving so miserable here they give it up.  Alternatively, you could try to come up with an alternative that is so great, people want to drive less.  (Personally, I think facilitating and incentivizing work from home would be the place to start for reducing automobile usage).[/quote]

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