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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My vote will be based on who is least likely to favor the widespread elimination of SFH zoning, and so I'm voting for Jawando. [/quote]

+1 Plus Jawando voted against the absurd tax breaks for for-profit developers that have contributed to the budgetary crisis in the county. [/quote]

Even more of a reason to vote for him then [/quote]

The new PILOT program hasn't even kicked in yet.  It provides tax breaks for for-profit AND non-profit builders who build more affordable housing by converting commercial properties to residential.  Any budgetary crisis we are facing now doesn't stem from this at all.

The budget crisis comes from several things:
1) state mandate to fund MCPS at certain levels (maintenance of effort).  Yet enrollment is now declining, so it should be seen as a ceiling not a floor. 
2) state distribution of more costs onto the counties (like teacher retirement costs)
3) Blueprint for Maryland's Future
4) Maryland Police Accountability Act shifted new mandatory disciplinary structures to the counties, another unfunded mandate
5) unchecked compensation (including benefits) growth for employees. 
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