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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Somerset and the town clears our sidewalks for us. Many of the low income areas are in unincorporated sections of Montgomery County where there is no smaller local government like a town or a village.  Are you sure that it isn’t the usual practice for the county to do this in pedestrian-heavy parts of the unincorporated areas of the county?[/quote]

Thank you for pointing this out.  I live in Friendship Heights Village, which is a special tax district. Some of our taxes go to the Village to be used for community services including clearing snow.  I think it’s great, and, I doubt that anyone thinks less of me for using services that my/our tax dollars support.  [/quote]

You're telling me that the town clears your sidewalks? Through taxes? I assume these are special, additional taxes levied by your "village." If these are MoCo taxes paying to clear your sidewalks, that just makes me mad. [/quote]
I’m not sure about Somerset and the last time I was through I didn’t see too many sidewalks. But the Village of Friendship Heights has the brightest property tax rate in the county 1.6 per $1000 assessed value. [/quote]

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