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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at the disaster that is New Jersey - so many incorporated cities and tiny townships. It’s a massive layer of government and it’s what drives NJ’s sky high property taxes.

Bethesda residents get a good deal by remaining unincorporated. The county has much stronger leverage when it comes to costs. [/quote]
No they don’t. The council has literally passed legislation dictating that Bethesda is not prioritized for services, including sidewalk snow removal. The natural consequence is that Bethesda is ignored for all basic services “because their rich” which is the direct proximate cause of the death of the cyclist on Old Georgetown Rd. This “equity” attitude means that Bethesda is always last in line for public services. [/quote]

The “equity” is benefitting the upcounty population disproportionately [/quote]

Actually no. The “equity” benefits Silver Spring and Takoma Park disproportionately. [/quote]

Prove it. Less dense, rural areas have always been dependent on fiscal transfers from dense urban areas to fund their local services and infrastructure. Why would up-county buck this trend?

I really don't believe it. [/quote]

I think you have the burden of proof wrong. You clearly know very little about Montgomery County, MD. [/quote]

Tell me what I'm missing. I don't think taxes from up-county is funding services for poor kids in Silver Spring. Frankly, its Bethesda and Silver Spring tax dollars funding Silver Spring services.

Clarksburg is not over-contributing to the tax base - no friggin way. Though, I'm sure they've also bought into the "maker/taker" narrative.[/quote]
[b]Upcounty subsidizes other parts of the county.[/b] The county is not even keeping the revenues generated upcounty to support upcounty residents services. You are not aware of the Poolesville “services desert” or that fact that despite every new housing unit in Clarksburg paying the highest school impact fees in the county, that elementary schools in Clarksburg have more than 20 portable classrooms. Those impact fees are going towards subsidizing infrastructure down county where the county has eliminated impact fees and provided a generous 15-year property tax giveaway to developers. Also, just go drive around Ag Reserve. The roads are crumbling. The divestment is obvious. 
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You keep saying that. Prove it.

An anecdote about portable classrooms in Clarksburg is not proof. An anecdote about bumpy roads is not proof.[/quote]

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