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If lots of rich families in Bethesda made the nutty decision to pick up and move from expensive housing in MCPS (which is not perfect) to expensive housing in FCPS (which is not perfect) -- then the housing in close-in Bethesda would become more affordable to the rest of us. Yay![/quote]
And then the county would raise your taxes or cut schools funding because revenue has gone down.

Elrich has already proposed $25mil cut to MCPS, and no, Elrich can't tell MCPS to make those cuts to central office.

-dp[/quote]

Who says revenue would go down if some rich people took their ball and went elsewhere?

Forgive us, please, if we're not sufficiently grateful to these hypothetical rich people who are doing us, MCPS, and all of society a favor by choosing to live in Bethesda.[/quote]
Supply and demand. Market forces.  Less demand  =  lower prices = lower property taxes.

I highly doubt they think they are doing you a favor. People live there for various reasons, mostly because it's close to their work in DC.

I don't live in Bethesda. I grew up in LAUSD, and I remember when Prop 13 passed, property taxes were frozen, and school funding tanked. It hasn't recovered since the late 70's when Prop 13 was passed.  School funding in CA is terrible.  In the richer areas, parents pay $1500/per child per year for things like art and PE.   So, unless you are willing to pay up the nose for these extras, you should understand the ramifications of what you want to happen.

MCPS has issues, no doubt, but the school funding is one of the best in the country, and that is largely due to the wealthier areas of this county because they do pay more property taxes than the rest of the county.

I don't want my taxes to go up. I already pay enough, but I certainly don't want school funding to go down.  I'm pretty upset about Elrich's proposal.[/quote]

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