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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't some council members live in protected historic zones in neighborhoods like Takoma Park or Kensington?

If they want to upzone, they should be forced to put their money where their mouths are and upzone all historic districts as well. No exceptions.  Up zone the council members' hoods too.  [/quote]

I don't know where the county council members live, but I do know that the Montgomery County Council does not have the authority to change the zoning in the City of Takoma Park or the Town of Kensington, because both are incorporated municipalities that have their own planning and zoning authority.  [/quote]

TP and Kensington as well as Rockville municipalities need to be dismantled then.  Council members for the county cannot live in those little protected enclaves but then get to dominate and govern everyone outside of their protected borders.  It's total hypocrisy. There should only be one governing body for the entire county if pols from the county are going to run the county.  You can live in DC and run for office in MoCo, so why should we allow people in TP, Rockville, Kensington etc govern the county if [b]none of the stuff[/b] they pass affects them while they get to dictate how people in Silver Spring get to live, for example. [/quote]

Land use is only one small part of the decisions that County Councilmembers make.  The rest of the decisions impact the municipalities (ie school funding)

Also, elected officials at all levels make decisions that affect areas other than the one in which they live.  You know this.[/quote]

Except council members conveniently protect themselves from all of their crappy land use decisions by living in protected enclaves.  It's total hypocrisy.  You want upzoning in MoCo? Fine, start upzoning ALL of Takoma Park, Kensington, etc. first.  You're in MoCo too. No exceptions. Period. [/quote]

Please list the councilmembers who live in "protected enclaves" aka incorporated municipalities with authority over land use.[/quote]

I was just looking into this.  I'm pretty sure the only member who *may* live in an incorporated municipality is Kate Stewart in TP. [/quote]

I assume that Sidney Katz lives in the City of Gaithersburg.[/quote]

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