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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is a great and necessary.

maxwell is proposing to expand access to many specialty programs:  Montessori, language immersion, TAG; and also proposing increased funding for the most needed services like parent liasons.  Increased funding for full day PreK

All this is going to cost money.   As a county we need to pay more than we are paying if we ever expect to have a decent school system.

Montgomery County may not have to pay as high a tax rate, but their property values are so much higher that even a lower tax rate gives their county plenty of money.   [/quote]

Do you have a link or citation to a source that actually delineates these items or whatever Maxwell intends to do with this extra money?  I haven't seen it and can't find anything.

Sure, if this tax increase would mean my child had greater access to expanded specialty programs and universal Pre-K, I'd be all over it.  But I'm with the PG residents who view this proposal with a healthy dose of skepticism.  We are already the highest taxed municipality in the region, and what do we have to show for it?

As property values steadily increase in my part of the county, and other close-in DC suburbs become astronomically expensive and price out the middle class, I don't know why Baker puts instead the full force of his office behind building upon that momentum and promoting development in areas with high potential for economic growth.  The lack of a robust commercial tax base is what REALLY hurts the county.  Instead, he is doing the opposite and promoting development away from transit, in declining neighborhoods outside the beltway.  This tax increase will only make it less attractive to move here.

My views can pretty much be summed up here:  http://pgurbanist.blogspot.com/2015/04/smarter-growth-will-expand-prince.html [/quote]

PP here I replied to the first page but I see your post sums up my thoughts too[/quote]

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