She kept paying the mortgage on an inherited house. If you don't buy a house in DC, you won't even know that you need to change the tax status. The mortgage servicer handles your property tax payments.

I'm assuming that an extended family member was living in the home after the grandparents passed, so Alsobrooks probably didn't even receive any tax notices. This really is a nothing burger.

In terms of her PG County home, she's actually been overpaying her taxes because she didn't make her more expensive current house her "homestead." She's been getting the homestead benefit on a crappy townhouse.

I don't think anyone will bother with a Senate candidate when Obama had someone who deliberately dodged taxes as his Secretary of the Treasury.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

A Harris/Hogan ballot is a vote for gridlock. It means you want a president who can't even get a hearing for anybody she might nominate for SCOTUS.

+1 And not just SCOTUS, any judges at any level and any cabinet members. There’s a whole thread about this here: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1225656.page

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Anonymous wrote:on one hand crime is up but she did defund the police so that’s good. It’s important that we support equitable investment that focus on the root causes of systemic racism and she does exactly that. Everyone has to suffer a little bit before it gets better and no one is perfect.

It is important that County Executive Alsobrooks is taking these steps to decriminalize the youth by cutting the HUGE police budget to a more bare minimum 9-5 type department.

Remember, just like she put it so amazingly, more cops doesn’t always make streets safer!

Proving this, while her county has made HUGE progress defunding the police and allowing the money to go into communities, the crime is very minimal. Less than a thousand homicides in the ENTIRE YEAR of 2023!

I think she has a strong vision. Who cares if she cheats a little tax

A thousand homicides is a lot.

You are responding to a sarcastic post, as is another below.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Some great and fair points you make. Maryland is one of the worst states to live in thanks to Hogan and PG County is one of the worst counties to live in thanks to Alsobrooks so please tell me how in the heck we wound up with these two political hacks as our major party state Senate seat options? It's as bad as our choice for POTUS.

You obviously don't live in PG County. PG County is very supportive of Alsobrooks and what she's done for our county in the last 6 years. I was a Republican when I voted for both of these individuals (now an Independent) and have lived in PG County for over 32 years now. Hogan was okay and was certainly better than the alternatives in his elections, but he was not nearly as good for MD as Alsobrooks was for PG.

During Alsobrooks term, she continued to the cleanup of county government that discouraged Pay for Play and gave more accountability and required more transparency from politicians in Upper Marlboro. She cleaned up the police department and decreased corruption, racism and overspending. She continued improving the school district. New schools were built and low income schools were upgraded with new facilities. New charter programs were introduced benefitting more students. We used to be a box store and upper income wasteland for major businesses. We had several food desert areas. The county is now able to attract more businesses including supermarkets in lower income areas and businesses attracted to higher income customers. We no longer have to travel out of county to get better shopping and retail. Housing prices have been one of the highest improving in the Washington metropolitan area. The county had significant problems through the tenure of Jack Johnson. First Rushern Baker, and now Angela Alsobrooks have made significant improvements over the last 15 years. Many more improvements than MD saw under Hogan.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/2017/03/23/4c53eb12-0f74-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) moved Thursday to smooth the sharp edges from his criticism of Montgomery County officials earlier this week after two undocumented immigrants were charged with raping a 14-year-old at Rockville High School.

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Hogan demanded Tuesday that the county "fully cooperate" with the investigation, implying that Montgomery's policy of limiting communication with federal immigration authorities could interfere with the case. The comment angered county officials, who said their policy requires full assistance in any serious criminal investigation. They accused Hogan of exploiting public fears of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

Hogan took a more conciliatory tone Thursday morning, when he came to the county with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to read a Dr. Seuss book at Bethesda’s Carderock Springs Elementary.


“We kind of want to let everybody do their jobs,” Hogan told reporters when asked about the case. “I think the school system is taking it seriously, the police are taking it seriously, and there’s obviously a federal component to it that we’ve got to pay attention to.”

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Hogan is married to an immigrant, you halfwit. Being concerned about violent crimes perpetrated by people here illegally is not “anti immigrant”.

Thanks for pointing out another similarity with Trump. We all know being married to an immigrant doesn't automatically make a person not hateful.

And lying about a school not cooperating with police is not just unethical but also dangerous, as Rockville HS found out when someone threatened to come in and shoot all the "illegal" students (I'm going to take a wild guess they'd have shot anyone who looks brown and probably hit some white students in the process).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Some great and fair points you make. Maryland is one of the worst states to live in thanks to Hogan and PG County is one of the worst counties to live in thanks to Alsobrooks so please tell me how in the heck we wound up with these two political hacks as our major party state Senate seat options? It's as bad as our choice for POTUS.

Property values in Hyattsville and College Park suggest otherwise my friend

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Hogan is married to an immigrant, you halfwit. Being concerned about violent crimes perpetrated by people here illegally is not “anti immigrant”.

Yet he is part of an anti-immigrant, even legal, party.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Hogan is married to an immigrant, you halfwit. Being concerned about violent crimes perpetrated by people here illegally is not “anti immigrant”.

There are many anti-immigrant politicians married to immigrants... like former president Trump.

Anonymous wrote:Breaking: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/22/politics/angela-alsobrooks-improper-tax-deductions/index.html

Alsobrooks illegally took advantage of, among other things, tax breaks for "lower income residents and senior citizens".

Really?

This is so quaint that anyone on the right would want to prosecute this, in light of the crimes being committed by right wing politicians and judges all of the time now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Hogan is married to an immigrant, you halfwit. Being concerned about violent crimes perpetrated by people here illegally is not “anti immigrant”.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Some great and fair points you make. Maryland is one of the worst states to live in thanks to Hogan and PG County is one of the worst counties to live in thanks to Alsobrooks so please tell me how in the heck we wound up with these two political hacks as our major party state Senate seat options? It's as bad as our choice for POTUS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

People who are disconnected from state politics don't understand. Hogan is no an anti Trump. He may say he is but he is actually the "lipstick on a pig" version of Trump. I will give Hogan that he is against J6 and that makes him meet a very low standard of acceptability. But he is anti immigrant and quietly stokes hatred against immigrants just like the GOP (e.g. falsely claiming a school was not cooperating with police in regards to an alleged rape by undocumented students - school got death threats). He redirected state funding from mass transit in Baltimore to roads projects near his properties. He refused to send more covid vaccines to Montgomery County where there was demand for them. He spent millions on Covid tests from Korea that couldn't be used - without following basic rules for public spending (they had no written contract, no procurement process, no checking to see if they met fda requirements). Under his watch the GDP of Maryland did not grow one little bit (but his business made money).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is saying she is unqualified "offensive"? That is a fact.

Being county executive of a 40k person town doesn't make you qualified to be a US Senator!

What were Trump’s qualifications to be POTUS?

What is wrong with a Harris | Hogan ballot???

A Harris/Hogan ballot is a vote for gridlock. It means you want a president who can't even get a hearing for anybody she might nominate for SCOTUS.