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Posted onDecember 1, 2016Uncategorized

Time to Make Takoma Park Business Taxes Fairer

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How is it that Takoma Park’s S&A Beads paid $2,064.14 in city taxes in 2016 but nearby restaurant Kin Da, occupying a similar space, paid…

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Posted onOctober 21, 2016elections

Jeanette Dixon and Shebra Evans for School Board; No on Term Limits

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Board of Education candidates Shebra Evans and Jeanette Dixon Your 2016 down-ballot choices matter — your votes on state and county questions and for school…

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Posted onSeptember 20, 2016development

Parking or Public Space?

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“Reclaim your City!” That’s the aim of PARK(ing) Day, “an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks.”…

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Posted onJuly 25, 2016development

Does Starbucks Signal a New Takoma?

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Starbucks is coming to Takoma, to a storefront location at Carroll and Maple Streets, NW. Expect the company’s latest outlet — number 24,000-and-some — to…

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Posted onMay 20, 2016Uncategorized

A Tax Break for Takoma Park Businesses?

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Should Takoma Park eliminate its tax on business inventories? An Old Takoma business, S&A Beads, has made just that request to the city council. The council…

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Posted onApril 5, 2016elections

Donna Edwards for U.S. Senate

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I recently asked my wife whether we could put a “Black Representation Matters” sign in our yard, alongside the “Black Lives Matter” sign we got…

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Posted onApril 3, 2016police

For Better Police-Community Relations, Listen

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Police-community relations is a sensitive topic, racially charged, critical to individuals’ feelings of safety and belonging in any diverse and crime-challenged community. I wouldn’t say…

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Posted onJanuary 28, 2016budget

County Funding Now! … Budget Advocacy for Takoma Park Interests

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It’s time to speak out about Takoma Park priorities for Montgomery County budget funding! County Executive Ike Leggett. Photo by Ed Kimmel What are your…

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Posted onJanuary 6, 2016marijuana

Medical Marijuana, Under Attack in Takoma Park

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What to make of proposed ZTA 15-13, a Montgomery County zoning bill that would restrict the location of medical marijuana dispensaries in Takoma Park? Photo…

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